House Jan 6 panel urges Congress to weigh barring Donald Trump from office

In its final report issued, the committee called for assessing whether anyone, possibly including Trump, who took an oath of public office and later stoked the insurrection should be disqualified

A House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection said Congress should consider whether to bar former President Donald Trump and others tied to the Jan. 6 attack from public office, one of nearly a dozen recommendations aimed at preventing future attempts to overturn a US election.
 

In its final report issued Thursday, the committee called for assessing whether anyone — possibly including Trump — who took an oath of public office and later stoked the insurrection should be disqualified from future government service under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. It also recommended closing loopholes in the congressional count of presidential