The congressional inquiry into last year’s riot at the United States Capitol on Monday voted to refer criminal charges against former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department.
The House Select Committee blamed Trumpfor the violent attack on the Capitol by his supporters.
Slamming Trump for summoning the mob to the Capitol nearly two years ago, the committee’s chairperson, Bennie Thompson criticized the former president for undermining faith in the democratic system.
“If the faith is broken, so is our democracy. Donald Trump broke that faith,” Thompson said.–DW
