调查该法案的众议院委员会1月6日攻击周三,美国国会大厦公布了34名证人的采访笔录,这些证人是在长达17个月的调查中接受采访的。
众议院1月6日委员会主席本尼·汤普森(Bennie Thompson)最初表示,该委员会将于周三公布其长篇最终报告,但该小组周三下午发布了一份声明,称该报告将推迟至周四公布。
证词被公开的证人中有前总统唐纳德·特朗普的只有一次的国家安全顾问迈克尔·弗林、骄傲男孩领袖恩里克·塔里奥、誓言守卫者领袖斯图尔特·罗兹、信息战争主持人亚历克斯·琼斯、前特朗普竞选顾问罗杰·斯通以及特朗普支持的律师约翰·伊斯曼和詹娜·埃利斯。
大多数记录包括证人援引第五修正案反对自证其罪的权利的回应。
委员会舒克说在他为特朗普起草了一份计划后,该计划将把伊斯曼提交给司法部进行起诉抓住权力不放通过谎称当时的副总统迈克·彭斯可以在1月6日的投票认证期间拒绝合法选举人。
该委员会还表示,将向DOJ提交多项刑事案件,涉及针对特朗普的至少四项指控,涉及特朗普在国会大厦遇袭事件中的行为。
然而,这种移交在很大程度上被视为象征性的,因为DOJ没有义务就此采取行动。
周一,在发布一份长达160页的文件时,宣布了这些提名总结报告这表明特朗普是国会大厦袭击的“主要原因”。
特朗普已经驳回工作嘲笑它是“非选举委员会”,并称之为“政治迫害”。
汤普森说,一旦向公众发布,完整的最终报告将在网上公布。
House Jan. 6 committee releases interview transcripts of 34 witnesses
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday released the interview transcripts of 34 witnesses who were interviewed as part of the sprawling 17-month probe.
House Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson had initially said the committee would be releasing its voluminous final report Wednesday, but the panel released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying the report's release would be delayed until Thursday.
Among those witnesses whose testimony was released are former President Donald Trump's one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, Infowars host Alex Jones, onetime Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone, and Trump-backed attorneys John Eastman and Jenna Ellis.
Most of the transcripts included responses from the witnesses invoking their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
The committee said on Monday it would refer Eastman to the Department of Justice for prosecution after he drafted a plan for Trump to cling to power by falsely claiming then-Vice President Mike Pence could reject legitimate electors during the Jan. 6 certification of the vote.
The committee also said it would make multiple criminal referrals to the DOJ on at least four charges against Trump in connection to his actions surrounding the attack on the Capitol.
The referrals, however, are viewed as largely symbolic, as the DOJ is not obligated to act on them.
The referrals were announced Monday in conjunction with the release of a 160-page summary report that fingered Trump as the "central cause" of the Capitol attack.
Trump has dismissed the work of the committee, mocking it as the "Unselect Committee" and calling it a "political Witch Hunt."
Thompson said the full final report will be posted online once it's released to the public.