Billy Bush has found himself in hot water once again.
19.12.2022 - 22:03 / deadline.com
The January 6th Committee met for its final official public proceeding on Monday, one expected to include a vote on a criminal referral to the Justice Department of charges against former President Donald Trump.
Such a move would be a dramatic if expected finale for the committee’s proceedings, which have exceeded expectations in their ability to draw attention with a steady stream of bombshells over the extent to which Trump sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The committee also planned to issue recommendations to make sure that such an attack on the Capitol never happens again. Committee chairman Bennie Thompson said that “we remain in strange and uncharted waters” and that “nearly two years later, it is still a time of reflection and reckoning.”
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the committee’s vice chair, said that among the “most shameful” of findings was that Trump declined and even refused to act for hours as the Capitol was being invaded, and instead sat in the Oval Office dining room and watched the events unfold. She called it a clear dereliction of duty.” She called Trump, now running for president again, “unfit for any office.”
“No man who would behave that way at that moment in time can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again,” Cheney said.
Major broadcast and cable networks carried the committee’s proceedings.
The committee likely will be dissolved when Republicans take control of the House next month. Two of its members, Cheney and Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA), lost their bid for reelection. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) did not run for reelection.
The legacy of the committee will likely be in its recommendations to the Justice Department and in its final report,
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