The House Jan. 6 Committee opened its final public hearing Monday with the majority-Democrat panel expected to recommend criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his role in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, said the committee will provide “a roadmap to justice” for prosecutors. He said the committee’s 18-month investigation requires further “accountability that can only be found in the criminal justice system.”
“He lost the 2020 election and knew it,” Mr. Thompson said of Mr. Trump. “But he chose to try to stay in office through a multi-part scheme to overturn the results and block the transfer of power.