The January 6 Committee's Referral to the Department of Justice

The indictment charges conspiracies under three separate federal statutes. The first 18 USC section 371 is conspiracy to defraud the government, basically obstructing a governmental function by deceitful or dishonest means. A count that in the target letter got the most attention because it is part of this post-Civil War reconstruction era KKK Ku Klux Klan statute. And here the right being denied is the right of citizens in states to vote and to have their vote counted.