Special prosecutor faces new pressures to charge Donald Trump

Special prosecutor faces new pressures to charge Donald Trump

December 20, 2022, Financial Times

Robert Kelner was quoted in an article appearing in the Financial Times about the prospect of the Department of Justice criminally charging Donald Trump after a congressional panel investigating last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol recommended he face federal prosecution for his attempts to overthrow the results of the 2020 election and foment the mob that stormed Congress.

Robert said the referrals are “more likely to discourage an indictment than it is to encourage one because it puts a bit of a political spin on the charging decision.”

“They could have simply opened the books and let the DoJ review all the gathered evidence and make its own determinations . . . I think that would have been the more prudent course,” Robert added.

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