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Monday, December 19, 2022

The January 6th Committee's Criminal Referral on Insurrection

Gerard N. Magliocca

While the full report of the Select Committee is still not public, we do know that the Committee referred to the DOJ recommendations for criminal charges against Donald Trump. One of those criminal referrals involves incitement or engagement (among other things) of "insurrection."

Let me just clarify two things. First, neither this referral, nor a subsequent prosecution and conviction for insurrection, is necessary to conclude that Donald Trump is barred from serving again as President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. The evidence and legal analysis in the report supporting the referral, though, will be useful for election officials, litigants, and courts that must address that issue next year. Second, the referral does not "trigger" Section Three as some media reports are suggesting. Section Three was triggered on January 6th, 2021.

I'll have more to say when the full report is released.  


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