joke about trump s false claims of a stolen election. the messages go to questions of criminal intent and whether trump and his inner circle knew biden won. it s also worth noting, those messages first showed up as part of the january 6th committee s final report. just as the federal statute cited in the target letter to donald trump, deprivation of rights, conspiracy to defraud the united states, and witness tampering echo parts of the committee s criminal referral. we believe that the evidence described by my colleagues today warrants a criminal referral of former president donald j. trump. title 18 section 1512-c, which make it unlawful for anyone to corruptly obstruct any official proceeding. crime to conspire to defraud the united states. knowingly and willfully make materially false statements to the federal government.