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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump has privately voiced concern about being charged related to January 6 riot
Reporter: GOP sources telling me 'this is not over'
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/13/politics/trump-concern-charges-january-6/index.html
Former President Donald Trump has privately voiced concern in the last two weeks about whether he could face charges as a result of the January 6 riot he's accused of inciting, according to multiple people.
Trump has mainly been quiet since leaving the White House last month, and his silence has been in part related to those concerns.
"He's worried about it," one adviser close to Trump told CNN.
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CNN has previously reported that federal investigators could look at everyone involved in the unrest at the US Capitol, including the role Trump played in inciting the crowd, according to the acting US attorney in Washington.
Asked directly by a reporter in January if investigators were looking at the role Trump played at the rally, acting US Attorney Michael Sherwin had said, "We're looking at all actors here and anyone that had a role and, if the evidence fits the elements of the crime, they're going to be charged."
Trump has mainly been quiet since leaving the White House last month, and his silence has been in part related to those concerns.
"He's worried about it," one adviser close to Trump told CNN.
--snip--
CNN has previously reported that federal investigators could look at everyone involved in the unrest at the US Capitol, including the role Trump played in inciting the crowd, according to the acting US attorney in Washington.
Asked directly by a reporter in January if investigators were looking at the role Trump played at the rally, acting US Attorney Michael Sherwin had said, "We're looking at all actors here and anyone that had a role and, if the evidence fits the elements of the crime, they're going to be charged."
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Trump has privately voiced concern about being charged related to January 6 riot (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Feb 2021
OP
"He's worried about it," While we're all worrying about if democracy will survive
Merlot
Feb 2021
#2
McConnell threw Trump under the bus today, practically inviting prosecution after the Senate trial.
sop
Feb 2021
#3
The families of the people who died in the insurrection will almost assuredly file suit.
TwilightZone
Feb 2021
#6
Thekaspervote
(32,785 posts)1. Good..I hope it eats him alive!!
Merlot
(9,696 posts)2. "He's worried about it," While we're all worrying about if democracy will survive
He worries about himself.
sop
(10,226 posts)3. McConnell threw Trump under the bus today, practically inviting prosecution after the Senate trial.
RockRaven
(14,982 posts)4. How about a wrongful death lawsuit too?
How about a civil suit for the damage to the Capitol caused by the insurrectionists?
VA_Jill
(9,992 posts)5. All of the above.
And then some. Pile it on.
TwilightZone
(25,473 posts)6. The families of the people who died in the insurrection will almost assuredly file suit.