District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine just tweeted that he will be making a major announcement regarding the January 6 insurrection.
On January 17 Racine announced that his office was conducting an inquiry to determine whether Trump could be charged criminally for inciting the January 6th assault on the Capitol. Little has been heard about that investigation since, until this announcement today. I’m aware of no other major January 6 inquiries by Racine’s office.
I had viewed this criminal as the least likely of the four major ones against Trump to bear fruit. Complex jurisdictional divides limiting what the D.C. Attorney General can do hampered major charges on this.
We shall see in less than an hour. I’ll update it here.
Minor Update: D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Norton has released press statement announcing her participation in the press conference and that of two others:
On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at noon, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine will host a press conference with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and leaders from the States United Democracy Center and the Anti-Defamation League to make a major announcement regarding the January 6 insurrection and those responsible for it.
Update: Live Link to Presser.
Update: District of Columbia is suing Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other terrorists who planned, promoted and participated in the violent attack.
Update: You can read the D.C. lawsuit HERE.
Update: Trump is mentioned by name 37 times in the lawsuit. Some examples:
On September 29, 2020, during the first presidential debate of his reelection campaign, President Trump specifically addressed the Proud Boys, stating: “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by . . . During and following the debate, the Proud Boys leadership immediately took to the social media application Parler to show support for a violent response following President Trump’s statement. Consistent with the organizational Defendants’ plan to leverage President Trump’s rhetoric to mobilize the groups’ followers, Defendant Biggs, a prominent Proud Boys leader, publicly interpreted President Trump’s words on Parler, suggesting that the President’s words should be interpreted to encourage violence: “Trump basically said to go fuck them up! [T]his makes me so happy.” Proud Boys’ Chairman Enrique Tarrio echoed Biggs’s sentiment, posting: “Standing by sir.”
On December 19, 2020, at 1:42 a.m., President Trump announced a January 6, 2021, rally in the District, tweeting: “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” . . . President Trump’s supporters, including Defendants and Defendants’ affiliates, took to social media, amplifying President Trump’s message, interpreting the tweet as “marching orders” for Defendants’ scheme to frustrate the final process in the presidential election:
• “Well, shit. We’ve got marching orders, bo is [sic].”
• “That’s a marching order if I ever heard one…”
• “THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF HAS ISSUED HIS ORDERS. JANUARY 6TH. WASHINGTON D.C.”
• “No excuses . . . GEOTUS [“God Emperor of the United States”] ISSUED US OUR MARCHING ORDERS!”
• “If you’ve been waiting for a signal, THAT’S IT.”
The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers immediately began working together to coordinate their efforts at the planned January 6th Attack