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Jan. 6 Committee Members Say Decision to Refer Trump for Prosecution Will Be Unanimous<!-- wp:html --><p>CNN</p> <p>Two of the most senior officials on the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-the-jan-6-committee-needs-to-ask-in-the-big-finale">Jan. 6 committee</a> said this weekend they personally believe the committee could make a unanimous decision to refer former <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/prosecuting-trump-for-jan-6-is-worth-the-political-risk">President Donald Trump</a> for criminal prosecution—should that be what it chooses to do.</p> <p>Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-tried-to-contact-jan-6-witness-liz-cheney-reveals-at-end-of-hearing">Liz Cheney</a> (R-WY) made the claims over a 12-hour period, each of them noting the committee could make a unanimous decision to refer the twice-impeached former president for prosecution.</p> <p>“We operate with a high degree of consensus and unanimity,” Schiff told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on <em>State of the Union</em>. “It will be certainly, I think, my recommendation, my feeling, that we should make referrals, but we will get to a decision as a committee, and we will all abide by that decision, and I will join our committee members if they feel differently.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/jan-6-committee-members-adam-schiff-liz-cheney-say-decision-to-refer-trump-for-prosecution-will-be-unanimous?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Two of the most senior officials on the Jan. 6 committee said this weekend they personally believe the committee could make a unanimous decision to refer former President Donald Trump for criminal prosecution—should that be what it chooses to do.

Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Liz Cheney (R-WY) made the claims over a 12-hour period, each of them noting the committee could make a unanimous decision to refer the twice-impeached former president for prosecution.

“We operate with a high degree of consensus and unanimity,” Schiff told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on State of the Union. “It will be certainly, I think, my recommendation, my feeling, that we should make referrals, but we will get to a decision as a committee, and we will all abide by that decision, and I will join our committee members if they feel differently.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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