“Federal prosecutors have introduced a new twist in the Jan. 6 investigation by suggesting in a target letter that they could charge former President Donald Trump with violating a civil rights statute that dates back to the post-Civil War Reconstruction era,” the New York Times reports.
“Congress enacted that statute after the Civil War to provide a tool for federal agents to go after Southern whites, including Ku Klux Klan members, who engaged in terrorism to prevent formerly enslaved African Americans from voting.
”Washington Post: After fitful starts, Trump Jan. 6 investigations hurtle toward charges.