McConnell on Jan. 6 criminal referral of Trump: ‘Entire nation knows who is responsible for that day’

McConnell responded tersely to the House's decision to refer criminal charges against Trump to the Justice Department.

Everyone in the nation knows who is to blame for that day. McConnell didn't have any immediate observations after the House panel voted to refer four criminal charges against Trump to prosecutors.

The committee, made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans, recommended that the Justice Department investigate Trump for inciting insurrection, obstructing an official proceeding, conspiring to defraud the United States and making a false statement.

A formal ethics investigation of the role that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and several allies played was recommended by the panel.

McConnell was bolder in his response to the action on the other side of the Capitol.

Roy Blunt said he had no idea about the referral.

Capito said she had never heard of Congress instructing the Justice Department.

The work of the committee was politicized according to her.

After Trump was acquitted of inciting an insurrection, McConnell denounced him on the Senate floor.

McConnell voted to acquit the president on the technical grounds that he no longer held the office.

McConnell has refused to say what responsibility Trump had for spreading the false belief that the election was stolen.

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