Calling on the Judicial Conference of the United States to authorize that the trial of former President Donald J. Trump for his alleged crimes related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection be broadcast to the American public.

Bill: 118-hres-644
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2023-08-04
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-08-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-08-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution calls on the Judicial Conference of the United States to authorize that the trial of former President Trump for his alleged crimes related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection be broadcast to the American public.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 644 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 4, 2023 Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Schiff , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Williams of Georgia , and Mr. Evans ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Calling on the Judicial Conference of the United States to authorize that the trial of former President Donald J. Trump for his alleged crimes related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection be broadcast to the American public.

Whereas former President Donald J. Trump knowingly spread misinformation to deceive the American public about the results of the 2020 presidential election; Whereas former President Donald J. Trump conspired to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by using knowingly false claims of election fraud; Whereas allegations of massive voting fraud in the November 2020 Presidential election have been refuted by a variety of judges, State election officials, and the Department of Homeland Security; Whereas on January 6, 2021, former President Donald J. Trump led a violent insurrection on the United States Capitol in which a pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol, leaving 5 dead and many more wounded due to the violence he incited; Whereas on August 1, 2023, former President Donald J. Trump was indicted by a grand jury for alleged crimes related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the January 6 insurrection; and Whereas the 4-count indictment charges former President Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiring against people’s civil right to have their vote counted: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives calls on the Judicial Conference of the United States to authorize that the trial of former President Donald J. Trump for his alleged crimes related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection be broadcast to the American public.