Trump’s former adviser turned himself in to police

According to the American news website Hill, the former Trump administration official faces two accusations of neglecting Congress. The first charge includes absenteeism at a Oct. 14 hearing to testify before a House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol, and his other charge is refusing to provide evidence to a jury.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Benn on Wednesday, and if convicted, he faces up to 30 days and a maximum of one year in prison, as well as a $ 100,000 to $ 1,000 fine.
The Justice Department’s action against Benn comes as the Committee to Investigate the January 6 attack on the Congress building has so far lacked the cooperation of former White House officials, including Donald Trump and his chief of staff Mark Meadows. Was not to cooperate with this committee. He had announced that he would use his executive powers to block the committee’s investigation.
Former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows also did not attend the Jan. 6 committee hearing on Friday.
He now risks referring his case to the US Department of Justice. If Meadows’s case is referred to the judiciary, he will be the second Trump administration official to have his case referred to the Department of Justice for ignoring the January 6 committee’s warnings.
“Benn must cooperate with our investigation or face the consequences,” said Benny Thompson, chairman of the Investigations Committee Jan. 6. Perhaps he wants to sacrifice himself in the disgraceful way of concealing the events of January 6 and show his complete loyalty to the former president.
Benn, however, has recently expanded his legal team to counter the allegations, and has hired Trump’s lawyers to defend himself.
According to IRNA, a group of After Trump’s speech that the election was rigged, the racists stormed the congressional building and occupied it for hours.
Many experts and analysts have called the move an attack on democracy in the United States, and even considered it the worst terrorist attack since 9/11.
Following this incident, for the second time, and after the end of his presidency, Trump was acquitted of inciting the attackers and, as for the first time, he was acquitted.
According to the American New York Times; Former US President Donald Trump’s request that his record be kept secret from the House Investigative Committee on the attack on Congress was rejected by a US federal judge.
Trump’s lawyers have demanded that documents, records and phone calls not be accessed and kept secret, and that Trump may take action in the event of an attack on Congress.