January 6 panel says evidence it gathered enough to criminally indict Donald Trump

Additional evidence is set to be unveiled this week in hearings that will demonstrate how Mr Trump and his advisers engaged in a “massive effort” to spread misinformation and pressured the justice department to embrace his false claims

Donald Trump. File Picture: AP Photo/Michael Wyke

Members of the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot said they had uncovered enough evidence for the justice department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against former president Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, a committee member who also leads the House Intelligence Committee, said: “I would like to see the justice department investigate any credible allegation of criminal activity on the part of Donald Trump.