Lead Capitol Riot Prosecutor Says Trump May Be Guilty for His Role

Michael Sherwin, a federal lawyer who previously led the criminal investigation into the Capitol riots, said the former President TrumpDonald Trumpbiden hindered by lack of confirmation Letlo wins Louisiana special house election to replace late husband U.S. Number of children displaced in custody passed 15,000: report more May be guilty of his role in the robbery.

In an interview aired on Sunday, Sherwin told CBS News’ “Interview0 Minute” that the former president was “a magnet that can be used to send people to D.C. Before he could do so, his supporters stormed the Capitol building.

“Now the question is, is he guilty of everything that happened during the siege, during the breach?” Sherwin said after Scott Pel asked if Trump’s role had been part of the investigation.

“We have plenty of people – we have Ohio soccer moms who were arrested saying, ‘Well, I did this because my president said I had to take our house back,'” he said. “It simply came to our notice then. Perhaps the president is to blame for these actions. “

But the federal prosecutor added that two military members had said in public records, “You know what? We did this because Trump is just talking about a big game. He just does all the talking. We didn’t do what we did. ”

Pel followed to ask Sherwin, “In short do you have investigators investigating the president’s role?”

Sherwin replied, “Everything we want is right.” “Everything is being looked at.”

Until last Friday, Sherwin led the Justice Department’s investigation into the January ot.30 riots, in which more than 200 defendants were accused of violating the law.

Trump has faced accusations, particularly from Democratic legislators, who rallied in DC and his supporters marched on the congressional capital on the day set to confirm the congressional vote on the eve of the congressional election.

He was impeached a second time a week before the president’s coup against the former president’s coup but was acquitted by the Senate. Ten House Republicans voted in favor of the impeachment and seven Republicans in the Senate voted to convict Trump.