January 6 investigators don't rule out concluding Trump's actions constituted a crime
CNN
Reps. Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney, chair and vice chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, are not ruling out the possibility of concluding that the actions of former President Donald Trump and some of his associates constituted a crime.
Speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper inside the Capitol on the anniversary of the attack, Cheney lamented on Thursday how Trump had "watched the attack happen on television."
"The president of the United States is responsible for ensuring the laws are faithfully executed; he's responsible for the security of the branches. So for the President to, either through his action or inaction, for example, attempt to impede or obstruct the counting of electoral votes, which is an official function of Congress, the committee is looking at that, whether what he did constitutes that kind of a crime," the Wyoming Republican said. "But certainly it's dereliction of duty."
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