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The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol has created a subcommittee to deal with “outstanding issues,” including potential criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, the panel’s chair confirmed Thursday.
Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told journalists at the Capitol that he established the subcommittee, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), “about a month ago.”
The subcommittee’s other members are Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the full panel’s vice chair. Thompson noted that “they’re all lawyers.”
Raskin explained that “we’re looking at potential referrals or criminal offenses and for civil offenses and for general lawlessness where it might not otherwise be obvious.”
“We’re looking at criminal and civil referrals for people who have broken the law and may have escaped scrutiny,” added Raskin, who previously served as the lead manager for former President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment for inciting the Capitol attack with his “Big Lie” about the 2020 election.
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