Federal investigators are still investigating Donald Trump’s role in the attack on the US Capitol.
Michael Sherwin, U.S. departure for the District of Columbia. The attorney, however, confirmed that the former president is still under investigation over the January 6 push in an interview with CBS 60 Minutes on Sunday.
“Maybe the president is to blame,” he said.
Sherwin also said there are now more than 40,000 cases against riot participants and said that if he did this to the deceased Capitol police officer Brian Cinick, because he was attacked with a bear spray, the murder charges would probably be. is coming.
“It’s not clear if Trump was the magnet that drove people to D.C. on Jan. 6,” Sherwin said. “Now the question is, is he guilty of anything that happened during the siege, during the breach?”
“… based on what we see in public records and what we see in public statements in court, we have plenty of people – we have Ohio soccer moms who were arrested saying, ‘Well, I did this because My president told me to take our house back. “He moves the needle in that direction. Maybe the president is to blame for those actions.
“But, you also see in the public records, members of the militia saying, ‘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. ”
Addressing a rally outside the White House on Jan. 6, Trump told supporters to “fight like hell” to stop Congress from recognizing Biden’s election defeat, which he falsely claimed was the result of voter fraud. The mob stormed the Capitol, killing five people, including a Trump supporter who was shot by law enforcement.
Trump was convicted of inciting the uprising but was acquitted when six of the seven Republican senators were able to persuade him to do so.
Legal lawsuits against the coup, including one brought against him by Democratic Congressman Benny Thompson under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, have now lost the protection of the position.
More than 100 police officers were attacked during the riots. Cynic died the next day. The cause of death has not been released. But two men have accused the 6-year-old officer of attacking the bear with a repellent spray.
Asked if the decision would lead to murder charges as a direct result of the spray attack, Sickwin said: “If the evidence has a direct chemical link to his death, yes. We have a factor, we have a link. Yes. In that view, true, it is a case of murder. “
He also said: “It would have been as bad as the day. It’s really surprising that more people weren’t killed. We found ammunition [one] Vehicle. And also, 11 Molotov cocktails were also found in the bed of the vehicle. They were filled with gasoline and styrofoam. [Lonnie Coffman, the man charged] Accordingly, put Styrofoam in it [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives], Because when you throw it, when it explodes, the styrofoam will stick to you and act like a napalm. “
He also said that the pipe bombs placed near the Capitol by an unidentified suspect were not properly armed.
“They weren’t fraudulent devices, they were real devices,” Sherwin said.
Sherwin also said allegations of treason, which are not part of the cases against participants in the riots, are possible.
“We tried to move quickly to ensure we have faith in the rule of law,” he said. “You will be charged based on your behavior and conduct.
“… The world sees us in the rule of law and order and democracy. And it was shattered, I think, that day. And we have to raise ourselves again. The only way to recreate oneself is the same application of the law, to show the rule of law that these people will behave properly under the law. “
