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reporter: chairman bennie thompson publicly claiming the january 6th house select committee will not refer former president trump or anyone else to the justice department for criminal prosecution. what i prefer that we complete our work and seal that work with the department of justice. and they will make that call after that. reporter: even without a referral, the justice department would prosecute. but some committee members feel those comments are premature. we have had a discussion about that. i thought we discovered that decision until we concluded our investigation, at least that s my understanding. reporter: vice chair liz cheney pushing back on thompson s statement. writing in a tweet, the january 6th select committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. despite the discord in the committee, attorney general merrick garland said he s monitoring its findings. i am watching. and i will be watching all the hearings. and i ....
Your head in the sand which is not a defense to a criminal case. but all of that evidence, bill barr, jason miller, everything we saw from republican appointees and republican officials, all of the witnesses were republicans yesterday. and all of those those statements, that testimony is going to be essential to prove his intent. daniel wellman, nice to see you in person. thank you for being here. thank you. georgia investigators are looking at efforts by former president trump and his allies to overturn the state s 2020 election results. and they re now going to talk to c kanye west s publishing. it is bizarre when you think about this investigation. essentially what happened after the 2020 election, this former publicist for kanye west and r. kelly shows up at the moment of ....