Congress issues criminal referrals of Trump, Eastman, and others to DOJ in relation to January 6th:
1. Trump, Eastman and others for impeding official proceedings (regarding obstructing the electoral college count)
2. Trump, Eastman and others for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
3. Trump and others, for making materially false statements (regarding fake electors)
4. Trump for inciting, assisting and aiding an insurrection
Additionally, referral of four congressmen to the congressional ethics committee for failure to respond to a subpoenas of the committee
Specifically:
18 USC 1512(c) for Obstruction of an Official Proceeding
18 USC 371 for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
18 USC 1001 for Conspiracy to Make False Statements
18 USC 2383 for Incitement, Assistance, or providing Aid or Comfort to an Insurrection
Committee unanimously sends the recommendation to DOJ.
[Note that a Congressional referral is not a DOJ indictment, nor a requirement for DOJ to accept, and an indictment is not a guilty verdict. But significant nevertheless]
The referrals go to DOJ, who can either open a new case, add them to existing cases (or reject them), with a view to bringing an eventual indictment and prosecution if, in their view, the evidence is likely to lead to a guilty verdict.
The insurrection case is separately interesting: it is a plausible 14A Section 3 hook for barring DJT from office directly; the exact requirements for invoking it aren't clear, and will prob be litigated based on this referral whether or not an indictment occurs
The executive summary of the committee can be found here: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23466439/j6-executive-summary.pdf
The four members referred to the House Ethics Committee are Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, and Andy Biggs
@Pwnallthethings
Jiminy "Cricket" Jordan won't be happy about that.
