Bloomberg Quotes Robbins on the Impact of Successfully Prosecuting Former President Trump in Jan. 6 Investigation

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A Judge Called Trump Probably Guilty. Charging Him Is Fraught

“It would be something of profound, legal, historical, political significance, and profound difficulty,” said Jeffrey Robbins, a partner with Saul Ewing in Boston and former assistant U.S. attorney. “That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done, but prosecutors would have quite a bit to overcome. But at the end of the day, as ... painful as it would be for the country, you can’t allow presidents to violate the law.”

Still, they said federal prosecutors have far more tools than do House investigators while searching for signs of a conspiracy between the rioters and the White House. They can obtain bank records and possibly find text messages and emails that have eluded the House investigators, and convene a grand jury to compel testimony and gather evidence.

“There is no doubt a great deal of other evidence not included in what the House has, or what it presented to the judge,” Robbins said.

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