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To: Special Counsel Jack Smith and Attorney General Merrick Garland
Indict Trump for Inciting Insurrection, Too
Trump incited an insurrection to stay in power, despite knowing that he lost the election. While a federal grand jury indicted him for attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the charges did not include inciting an insurrection.
No one is above the law, including a former president of the United States. The Department of Justice must hold Trump accountable for all his crimes, including inciting an insurrection.
Why is this important?
Trump has been indicted four times—twice by the Department of Justice, once by state of New York, and once by state of Georgia. A grand jury of everyday Americans in each of these cases reviewed the evidence and came to the conclusion that Trump must be charged for these crimes. These are critical steps toward holding Trump accountable.
However, Trump has not explicitly been charged for inciting an insurrection on January 6, 2021. Trump summoned a group of white supremacist, extremist supporters to Washington, D.C., to interrupt the certification of the 2020 election results, encouraging violence and mayhem. It’s imperative that the Department of Justice open a new investigation into these crimes.
The January 6 investigation committee in the House of Representatives already made a criminal referral to the DOJ recommending that Trump be charged for the January 6 insurrection. He's been impeached. Now, the DOJ must finish the job and charge him for insurrection, too. Our democracy depends on it.
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