Kyle Stewart is a field producer covering Congress for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — Action on the floor of the House of Representatives paused for more than an hour Wednesday after Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., listed off the criminal charges former President Donald Trump is facing. “We have a presumptive nominee for president facing 88 felony counts, and we’re being prevented from even acknowledging it,” McGovern said during debate on the House floor, suggesting that House Republicans had prohibited any honest discussion of Trump's trials.
'He's also charged with conspiring to overturn the election,” he said of Trump. “He’s also charged with stealing classified information, and a jury has already found him liable for rape and in a civil court. And yet, in this Republican-controlled House, it’s okay to talk about the trial, but you have to call it a 'sham.'” At that point, Indiana Republican Rep. Erin Houchin interjected, asking that McGovern’s “words be taken down.
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