Kinzinger said he believes the Justice Department will ‘do the right thing’ and indict Trump on January 6

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Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said Sunday he believes the Justice Department will indict former President Donald Trump after a House committee Jan. 6 concludes its investigation detailing his campaign to overturn the election.

If that’s not a crime, I don’t know what is. If a president can incite an insurrection and not be held accountable, then there really is no limit to what a president can or cannot do, Kinzinger, a member of the committee, said in an interview on CNNs State of the Union.

I think the Justice Department will do the right thing. I think he will be impeached, and I think he should be, he continued, pointing to the findings of the committees’ formal report from its 18-month investigation into the deadly riot at the Capitol in 2021.

Kinzinger said he believes Trump should be charged and convicted based on the evidence the committee found.

If he is not guilty of a crime, then frankly I fear for the future of this country, because now every future president of this country can say here the bar is doing everything you can to stay in power , he said.

Kinzinger, who decided against seeking re-election, was one of two GOP lawmakers on the committee on Jan. 6. The panel is set to dissolve when Republicans take over the House in the new Congress.

The committee released its final report, spanning more than 800 pages, late last month after a final public meeting when all nine members voted to recommend that the Justice Department pursue criminal charges against Trump as he makes another bid for the White House in 2024.

The full report details the committee’s arguments that place more blame on Trump and his false claims of massive election fraud for the Jan. 6 attack.

Trump has repeatedly accused the committee of being driven by partisan politics. During the criminal referrals, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung responded by repeating a statement the campaign had used before, calling the panel a kangaroo court that conducted show trials. of Never Trump partisans who are a blot on the history of this country.

Summer Concepcion is a political reporter for NBC News.

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