Senior Capitol Riots prosecutor says Trump could be guilty of his role

Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who previously led the criminal investigation into the Capitol Riot, said the former President TrumpDonald Trump Biden embarrassed by lack of confirmations Letlow wins Louisiana House of Commons special election to replace late husband could be guilty of his role in the raid.

Sherwin told CBS News’s “60 Minutes” in an interview that aired Sunday that it was “unequivocal” that the former president was “the magnet that brought people to DC on the 6th” before his supporters took over. storming the Capitol building.

“Now, is the question criminally guilty for everything that happened during the siege, during the breach?” Sherwin said after Scott Pelley asked if Trump’s role was part of the investigation.

“We have a lot of people – we have footballers from Ohio who were arrested saying, ‘Well I did this because my president said I had to take our house back.’ he declares. “It moves the needle in that direction. Maybe the president is guilty of these actions.

But the federal prosecutor added that two militia members said publicly: “You know what? We did it because Trump is only talking about a big game. He’s just talking. We did what he would not do. ”

Pelley then asked Sherwin, “In short, do you have investigators looking at the role of the president?”

“We have people looking at everything, that’s right,” Sherwin replied. “Everything is watched.”

Until last Friday, Sherwin led the Justice Department’s investigation into the deadly January 6 riot, which indicted more than 400 defendants for their alleged involvement in the violation.

Trump has faced accusations, particularly from Democratic lawmakers, that his call for supporters to rally in Washington and march to Capitol Hill on the day Congress was due to confirm that the Electoral College vote triggered the violence.

The former president was dismissed a second time a week before the end of his presidency following the insurgency but was acquitted by the Senate. Ten House Republicans voted in favor of impeachment and seven Senate Republicans voted to condemn Trump.