WEBVTT - Billy House on Jan 6th Panel Vote (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>January sixth panel has unanimously urged criminal prosecution for Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's dig into it again, joining us live as Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>coggressional reporter Billy House. Thank you again, Billy. Now we

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<v Speaker 1>know this is not legally binding to go through it

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<v Speaker 1>for criminal prosecution, but the but the charges are severe,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's go through them. And this is you might

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<v Speaker 1>want to comment to a result of serious exhaustive work. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it has been. I mean we're seventeen months of investigation,

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<v Speaker 1>uh by the committee and millions of dollars and as

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<v Speaker 1>you know, eighteen well publicized hearings. Um. But the referrals

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<v Speaker 1>are essentially four charges, including the assistance of an insurrection,

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<v Speaker 1>which is very severe, could result in disqualification of a person,

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<v Speaker 1>in this case former President Trump from running for office again. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and the referrals do go to them. I'm sorry, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't mean to terrupt. The referrals go to the Department

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<v Speaker 1>of Justice, which is where King on on two separate

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<v Speaker 1>investigations of its own. It's absolutely correct that, in fact

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<v Speaker 1>that the Department of Justice, at this point, seventeen months

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<v Speaker 1>after the the House Committee began its work, maybe even

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<v Speaker 1>further along than the House Committee ended up. So we

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<v Speaker 1>don't know where they are, but we know that they

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<v Speaker 1>are well into some of these issues. And so is

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<v Speaker 1>a separate investigation out of Georgia and Fulton County, Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 1>So the committee mentioned Donald Trump and John Eastman by name. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>unless I missed it and I may have gone away

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the bathroom or something, I'm watching the hearing,

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<v Speaker 1>they mentioned them as co conspirators. Uh, they mentioned more

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<v Speaker 1>names to come. Do we have an inkling of who? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we do, I mean, but they do it in a

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<v Speaker 1>kind of, uh, I don't want to say soft peddling way,

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<v Speaker 1>but with they they suggest, with the number of the charges,

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<v Speaker 1>including the obstruction and the conspiracy charges, that there are

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<v Speaker 1>a number of individuals and they run from former White

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<v Speaker 1>House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, to Justice Department lawyer

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<v Speaker 1>Jeffrey Clark to even former mayor julianni who had played

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<v Speaker 1>roles in some of these activities. And therefore they suggest

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<v Speaker 1>the committee that is that the Justice Department look into

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<v Speaker 1>those or scrutinize their roles, and they have ethics referrals

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<v Speaker 1>to that they're going to uh get to, including Kevin McCarthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Does it make hard harder for McCarthy's bid to become speaker,

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<v Speaker 1>which is challenged already. It is challenged, but ironically it's

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<v Speaker 1>the only challenger. Is also one of the four House

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<v Speaker 1>members with with the high geop leader UH to be

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<v Speaker 1>slapped with a referral to the House Ethics Committee. Andy

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<v Speaker 1>Biggs of Arizona, who says he's running against McCarthy UH,

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<v Speaker 1>is also being accused by the Committee of of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>not not obliging a subpoena and therefore should face ethics charges. Yeah. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I heard conjecture today that McCarthy actually to get in

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<v Speaker 1>and may have to make deals where it would take

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<v Speaker 1>one House member to UH to challenge him and he'd

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<v Speaker 1>be out. Is that correct? And how does that work? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a complicated process. Here's here's the rub. The entire House,

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans and Democrats, four thirty five members vote on January

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<v Speaker 1>three who will be the next speaker. UH. McCarthy and

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans hold a very slim majority, only four seats right now, UH,

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<v Speaker 1>And if Biggs and his group of five or so

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<v Speaker 1>decided to hold out, Arthur's gonna have a tough time

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<v Speaker 1>getting the require two votes. The process is, until somebody

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<v Speaker 1>can get at least plus one of the total House votes,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have a speaker. You keep doing the reballoting.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that hasn't happened for decades, but it's shaping up

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<v Speaker 1>to be a very real possibility this January. Okay, all right, Billy,

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<v Speaker 1>great work, and this is uh, the committee work, the

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<v Speaker 1>body of work is just absolutely amazing. Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>That is Billy House, Congressional Bloomberg reporter,