January 6 Riot Inquiry Panel On Capitol Hill To Show Evidence Of Donald Trump's Involvement In Fake Voter List

Kerusuhan di Capitol, Washington D.C. (Wikimedia Commons/Hill Tyler Merbler)

JAKARTA - A United States House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, attacks on the US Capitol in Washington DC will provide evidence this week that former President Donald Trump was involved in a failed attempt to submit a fake voter list to overturn the results of the 2020 election, a lawmaker says. main said on Sunday.

"We're going to show evidence of the president's (Trump) involvement in this scheme," Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff, a member of the House Elections Committee, said on CNN's "State of the Union."

"We will also show evidence of what his own lawyers think about this scheme, and we will show brave state officials who stand up and say, they will not agree with this plan to call the legislature back into session or cancel the certification of results for Joe Biden," he said.

Schiff's comments come as the Democratic-led committee prepares to hold its fourth public hearing on Tuesday, about their investigation into the January 6, 2021, attacks, and Trump's role in trying to block Congress from authorizing Joe Biden's election victory.

The evidence against Trump has the potential to be crucial, in the ongoing criminal investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) into an alleged bogus voter plot.

In an interview with CNN earlier this year, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco confirmed the department had received referrals about alternative fake voter lists being sent to the National Archives, saying prosecutors were reviewing them.

In March, the non-profit watchdog group American Oversight published copies of fake voter lists, which Trump support groups have compiled in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Since then, the DOJ has convened a grand jury to summon witnesses and documents as part of the investigation, several media reported.

Meanwhile, Jamie Raskin, another member of the Democratic panel, said in NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, new information and tips keep pouring in.

"There are still people who submit information to the committee. We know things this weekend that we didn't know last weekend," he said.

Last week, the DOJ renewed a request that the House Election Committee submit transcripts of its interviews with witnesses, saying in a letter that the transcripts may be relevant to ongoing criminal investigations and prosecutions.

The committee's failure to turn over them "complicates the department's ability to investigate and prosecute those involved in criminal acts," the letter said.

Asked about the letter on Sunday, Schiff said normally the two separate branches of government would not allow each other to 'steal' each other's files.

However, he added: "When the Department of Justice asks for specifics, we work with them and we will work with them here."

Separately, Donald Trump continues to peddle false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. On Friday, Trump lashed out at former Vice President Mike Pence, saying he "didn't have the courage to act" and rejecting the 2020 election results.

On Sunday, Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans serving on the committee, said he received death threats made at him, his wife and their baby.

"This incoming threat, sent to my house," he said on ABC's "This week."

"We got him a few days ago and threatened to execute me and my wife and five-month-old son. Never seen or heard of anything like it," he added.