• Mick Mulvaney said Donald Trump should most fear the prospect of being charged with obstruction.
• "It's not the crime, it's the cover-up," the former acting White House chief of staff said.
• The Jan. 6 panel referred Trump to the DOJ Monday on four criminal charges, obstruction among them.

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Former President Donald Trump has most to fear from the House Jan. 6 committee's recommendation that he be charged with obstruction, according to his former acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.

The Democratic-led committee on Monday said it was unanimously referring Trump to the DOJ on charges of insurrection, defrauding the United States, obstructing an official proceeding, and making false statements to investigators.

It said it had uncovered substantial evidence in its 18-month probe that Trump violated the laws in seeking to cling to power after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.

The referral is not binding — the DOJ can decide whether or not to act on the information it was sent.

Among the crimes the committee alleges Trump committed was seeking to influence witnesses testifying to the panel.

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