<p class="css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0">The House select committee <a class="css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0" rel="noopener noreferer" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/jan-6-hearings-what-new-details-have-emerged-on-donald-trump-capitol-riot-11665598144?mod=article_inline" _mce_href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/jan-6-hearings-what-new-details-have-emerged-on-donald-trump-capitol-riot-11665598144?mod=article_inline" target="_blank">investigating the Jan. 6, 2021</a> attack on the Capitol plans to recommend that the Justice Department make criminal charges tied to the assault, according to panel Chairman Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.). </p>
<p class="css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0">Mr. Thompson, speaking to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday, said a formal decision hadn’t yet been made, and that the committee hadn’t decided on a range of details surrounding the referral, including whom it planned to refer and whether the referrals would include former President <a class="css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0" href="https://www.wsj.com/topics/person/donald-trump" _mce_href="https://www.wsj.com/topics/person/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>. </p>
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<p class="css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0">“We’ve not made a decision as to who, but we have made decisions that criminal referrals will happen,” he said.</p>
<p class="css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0">The Jan. 6 committee met Friday to discuss the matter and review recommendations made by a subcommittee, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D., Md.), formed to look into the matter of criminal referrals and other outstanding issues facing the committee in its final weeks. The committee is expected to meet late Tuesday to further discuss the referrals, Mr. Thompson said.</p>
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