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US judge: Trump ‘likely’ committed crime in bid to overturn vote

While the Justice Department is investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, it has not indicated if it is building a criminal case against President Donald Trump [File: Evan Vucci/AP Photo]

A federal judge has said former United States President Donald Trump “more likely than not” committed a crime in his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Judge David Carter of the Central District of California made the remarkable statement in a civil case ruling pertaining to whether Trump’s lawyer John Eastman must release documents and testimony to the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol and the campaign by Trump and his allies to overturn the victory of President Joe Biden.

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