Crash Course: Jan. 6 committee refers Trump to DOJ for prosecution — and moves to sanction 4 House Republicans

The panel detailed four criminal charges prosecutors could bring against the former president. Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZ2xhcmQ1Z3Y4aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Jan. 6 committee refers Trump to DOJ for prosecution — and moves to sanction 4 House Republicans The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack [announced](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcGI2eWJhbHZwdS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) on Monday four criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department, including inciting insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an act of Congress and conspiracy to make a false statement. The panel also referred five other Trump allies for potential prosecution, including former chief of staff Mark Meadow and lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark and Kenneth Chesebro, who assisted Trump's efforts to illegally hold on to power. The document identifies co-conspirators who helped Trump but holds the former president responsible for being the primary cause of the mob violence. "That evidence has led to an overriding and straightforward conclusion: the central cause of Jan. 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, who many others followed," the report states. "None of the events of Jan. 6th would have happened without him." The committee also announced that they are referring four House Republicans for [sanctions](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYTAwY3d2MzM4MC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) by the House Ethics Committee for refusing to comply with the panel's subpoenas. They include GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.; Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa.; and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. "We asked multiple members of Congress to speak with us about issues critical to our understanding of this attack on the 2020 election and our system of constitutional democracy. None agreed to provide that essential information," [said](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMTJzcW44MHptcS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md during the hearing. [Read more from Samaa Khullar.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdWd0Z2o3MXFlMy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) Newly elected House Republican busted as a fraud — weeks after winning his race: report George Santos, who flipped the House seat in New York's 3rd Congressional District last month, made history as the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat as a non-incumbent, but his résumé appears to be filled with falsehoods, [according to a deep dive by The New York Times](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdDNyYm9mamN5di8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Santos' work history listed on his campaign biography mentions that he worked at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, but both of the Wall Street firms told the Times "they had no record of his ever working there." Similarly, officials at Baruch College found no record of Santos or anyone with a matching name and date of birth graduating from the college in 2010 despite Santos claiming he received a bachelor's degree in economics and finance. The Internal Revenue Service also could not locate any record of a registered charity with the name Friends of Pets United – Santos' animal rescue group, which he claimed to run for five years. The incoming congressman has also claimed to have a family-owned real estate portfolio of 13 properties, but The Times found no records of such properties. 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Elon Musk's censorship spree exposes the fundamental flaw in the right's definition of "free speech" The simplest explanation for Musk's ever-more-hilarious self-contradictory behavior as the new boss of Twitter is that the man is a narcissist and a hypocrite. Like his right wing brethren ([no, his politics are not "complicated"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcHB4YWtzbGswaC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)), Musk subscribes to a "[free speech for me, but not for thee](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOW10ZXVvdWx2MC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)" philosophy, which of course means he never believed in free speech at all. But it's worth digging a little deeper, because this entire (extremely entertaining) debacle also helps reveal quite a bit about the right wing mythology around "free speech" that colonized Musk's mind. It goes further than plain old hypocrisy and into the psychology of the right, especially the self-serving tale of their own alleged victimhood. Behind such right wing culture warrior catchphrases as "cancel culture" and "woke mobs" there is a very false, though very persistent mythology: That liberals pre-emptively reject right wing ideas, especially on "natural" human hierarchies, out of fear. That inside every liberal is a reactionary and bigot, which liberals only keep contained by carefully limiting their exposure to "different" ideas. In this fantasy, ideologies like white supremacy or homophobia are just so damn compelling that to encounter them at all is a sure path to conversion. To keep themselves from giving into temptation, the all-powerful liberal "elite" suppresses these "dangerous" ideas, to protect their own delicate minds from going to the dark side. [Read more from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOWVya25vM3pjaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjImbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo via Maja Hitij/Getty Images) - "Why Are We Awkward?," [The Atlantic](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbTZ0anYxNTQ1ZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?" 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More than 57% of the 17.5 million users who participated in the poll voted "yes," with 42.5% voting "no." Musk's fans on the right quickly alleged that fraud may be to blame, as has become a common right-wing refrain anytime a vote does not go their way. "NO. STOP THE STEAL," [tweeted](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdmw1ODkxdmwzei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Newsmax host Benny Johnson. "The votes saying 'yes' are most likely bots and there are far more tweets voting against you stepping down then [sic] there are in favor of it," [wrote](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZnp2OWZzeWIwMy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Kyle Rittenhouse. "The majority of the people vote NO!" Conspiracy theorist [Kim Dotcom](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvaDF0ZDk1Y3Y0di8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) wrote to Musk that it was "unwise" to run a poll like this. "They have the biggest bot army on Twitter. They have 100k 'analysts' with 30-40 accounts all voting against you. Let's clean up and then run this poll again. The majority has faith in you," [he wrote](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlhCjQP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveHVyajhpa3Q3cy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTU4czI2ZXM4NjJXA3NwY0IKY5DQo6Fj1u6_qFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), adding a kissy emoji. 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