Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Pushes Back on Questions About Potential Criminal Referrals

Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Pushes Back on Questions About Potential Criminal Referrals
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) leave a hearing on the January 6th investigation in Washington on June 13, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the Jan. 6 Committee, said that making criminal referrals is not why the panel has been doing its investigations.

As he was leaving the House chamber after the second day of the committee’s public hearings, Thompson was asked by a reporter whether he believed that former President Donald Trump had committed any crime and whether he would want the Justice Department to investigate or indict Trump.

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