Washington — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol voted Monday to adopt the final report of its probe, which includes 17 takeaways related to former President Donald Trump's efforts to remain in power.
The committee released a 161-page executive summary of its findings as the clock runs out for lawmakers to complete their work before Republicans take control of the House. The full version, along with transcripts and other source material, is expected to be released later this week.
The panel also voted to send criminal referrals to the Justice Department, recommending charges against Trump and two allies.
The committee's findings do not fault the intelligence community or law enforcement for the security failures of Jan. 6, something Republicans are likely to criticize. The summary doesn't reveal much new information, but wraps up much of what the committee has already laid out in public hearings.
Here is what the committee says it has established over the course of the year-and-a-half-long investigation:
On the night of the 2020 election and in the weeks after, the committee says Trump "purposely disseminated false allegations of fraud related to the 2020 presidential election in order to aid his effort to overturn the election and for purposes of soliciting contributions." The committee says those false claims "provoked his supporters to violence on January 6th."
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