There`s not a general catch all federal statute that allows for Congress to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice. We have the power and the authority. And I think the duty to publish all the information we have about crimes that have taken place, we have even already committed ourselves to the proposition that crimes have taken place.
Raskin explains Congress's authority to publish information about crimes related to the January 6 events.
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