Opinion
After gripping Capitol riot hearings, will Trump be indicted?

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Should Donald Trump be prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 US election?

The question, laden with consequences, hangs over Washington following the conclusion of a series of hearings by the House panel probing the attack on the US Capitol.

n This screengrab from a video released by the United States House Select Committee shows then-president Donald Trump recording a video statement at the White House on Jan. 7, 2021 that was played at a hearing by the select panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 21, 2022. HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE VIDEO SCREENGRAB VIA AP