Permanent record
January 6 Committee voted to refer Trump to DOJ
- Event date
- Category
- Elections, January 6, and institutional conduct
- Posture:
- Congressional referrals — recommendations, not charges
The committee recommended that the Justice Department consider four federal offenses. A congressional referral is not a criminal charge or conviction and did not bind prosecutors.
Evidence basis
primary-plus-independent
Documented response
Trump and allies disputed the committee's legitimacy and conclusions.
Disposition
DOJ made its own charging decisions; the later federal case was dismissed without trial in November 2024 under sitting-president policy.
Dated sources
- — PBS committee-report context (Independent reporting)
- — Associated Press federal-case dismissal report (Independent later-disposition reporting)
- — Special Counsel Smith Volume One report (Official later-disposition report)
- — January 6 Committee final-report collection (Congressional record)
Correction status
No substantive correction recorded for this version.
Canonical citation
January 6 Committee voted to refer Trump to DOJ. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2022-12-19-january-6-criminal-referrals/
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