Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who previously led the criminal investigation into the riot in the Capitol, said former President Trump
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In an interview aired Sunday, Sherwin told CBS News ’60 minutes’ that it was “unequivocal” that the former president was “the magnet that brought the people to DC on the 6th” before his supporters took the Capitol. building stormed.
“Now the question is whether he is criminally guilty of everything that happened during the siege, during the offense?” Sherwin said after Scott Pelley asked if Trump’s role was part of the investigation.
“We have a lot of people. We have soccer mothers from Ohio who were arrested and said, ‘Well, I did it because my president said I had to take our house back,'” he said. ‘It moves the needle in that direction. Perhaps the president is guilty of this action. ”
But the federal prosecutor added that two members of the civilian force said in the public record: ” You know what? We did it because Trump was just talking a big game. He just talks to everyone. We did what he would not do. ”
Pelley followed up on Sherwin and asked, “In short, are investigators investigating the role of the president?”
“We have people who look at everything correctly,” Sherwin replied. “Everything is looked at.”
Until last Friday, Sherwin led the Justice Department’s investigation into the deadly January 6 riot, which charged more than 400 defendants with their alleged involvement in the offense.
Trump faced accusations, especially from Democratic lawmakers, that he was calling on supporters to gather in DC and march to the Capitol on the day Congress would confirm that the Electoral College had incited violence.
The former president was charged for a second time for a week before his presidency ended over the uprising, but was acquitted by the Senate. Ten House Republicans voted in favor of the indictment and seven Senate Republicans voted to convict Trump.