The Justice Department is under no obligation to adopt the House committee’s recommendations, and not much is publicly known about any specific charges that the special counsel, Jack Smith, might consider.
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Jan. 6 Panel Will Cap 18-Month Inquiry With Final Hearing
The committee, which consistently broke new ground for a congressional investigation, is expected to approve its final report and vote on issuing criminal and civil referrals against Donald J. Trump.
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Jan. 6 Panel Will Cap 18-Month Inquiry With Final Hearing
The committee, which consistently broke new ground for a congressional investigation, is expected to approve its final report and vote on issuing criminal and civil referrals against Donald J. Trump.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Is Expected to Agree to Extradition to the U.S.
The FTX founder, now in prison in the Bahamas, faces criminal charges that he engaged in widespread fraud since founding the cryptocurrency exchange in 2019.
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Jan. 6 Panel Plans Vote on Referring Trump for Insurrection, Other Criminal Charges
The committee also was expected to recommend charging the former president for obstructing an official proceeding of Congress and defrauding the American people.