House Select Panel On Jan. 6 Attack ‘Is Going After Trump Now’

Former President Trump speaking at the rally before the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

Former President Trump speaking at the rally before the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

Screenshot from C-SPAN

Reprinted with permission from Alternet

A former New York state prosecutor says the bipartisan House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack is definitely targeting Donald Trump, the disgraced former U.S. president.

Tristan Snell, who served as assistant attorney general for New York state and helped lead the prosecution against Trump University that resulted in a $25 million settlement says the Select Committee's work this week makes "crystal clear" what it's objectives are.

"A robust, comprehensive, no-stone-unturned subpoena effort is the foundation of any real investigation," Snell explains. "And they're going after Trump himself. That is crystal clear now."

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