Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who previously led the criminal investigation into the uprising at the Capitol, said former President Trump
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Sherwin told CBS News’s “60 Minutes” in an interview aired Sunday that it was “unequivocal” that the former president was “the magnet that brought the people to DC on the 6th” before his supporters stormed the Capitol.
“Now the question is whether he is criminally guilty of everything that happened during the siege, during the breach?” Sherwin said after Scott Pelley asked if the role of Trump was part of the probe.
“We have plenty of people – we have Ohio football moms who were arrested and said, ‘Well, I did this because my president told me to take our house back,’” he said. “That moves the needle in that direction. Perhaps the president is guilty of these actions. “
But the federal prosecutor added that two militiamen have said in public records, “’You know what? We did this because Trump just has a big game. He just talks. We did what he wouldn’t. ”
Pelley went on to ask Sherwin, “Basically, do you have any investigators investigating the role of the president?”
“We have people who look at everything, correct,” Sherwin replied. “Everything is being watched.”
Until last Friday, Sherwin led the Justice Department investigation into the deadly January 6 riot, in which more than 400 defendants were charged for their alleged involvement in the infringement.
Trump has faced allegations, particularly from Democratic lawmakers, that his call for supporters to rally in DC and march to the Capitol on the day Congress was scheduled to confirm the electoral college vote led to it. violence.
The former president was impeached for a second time a week before his presidency ended because of the uprising, but was acquitted by the senate. Ten House Republicans voted to impeach and seven Senate Republicans voted to condemn Trump.