Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who chairs the House select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, signaled that the panel is willing to subpoena members of Congress or former President Trump in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who chairs the House select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, signaled that the panel is willing to subpoena members of Congress or former President Trump in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
This is good. Whether or not Trump ultimately is responsive to the subpoena, there’s no point in the Committee circumscribing itself in its investigation. Self-circumscribing is not to be recommended.
No wonder Kevin is so worried. He may have to give up Trump or perjure himself. We’ll see.
It seems important to also interview some of the insurrectionists themselves so they can explain what drove them. And so the American people can get an idea of what these people are really like, how well- or mis-informed they are, what they understand about what happened, etc.
A see a new drinking game coming soon. Take the fifth, drink a fifth.
Speaking of Kevin, he can fuck all the way off. Sheer panic is so unbecoming in someone desperate to be Speaker.
I trust the Select Committee will do things thoroughly, professionally, and factually. That’s exactly what Qevin and the GQP are so terrified of.
Those who go 4th with a 5th re the 6th? We’ve got your numbers. You’ll be holding them up in your booking photo.
“Anybody who had a conversation with the White House and officials in the White House while the invasion of the Capitol was going on is directly in the investigative sights of the committee,” Thompson told WSJ.
“YOU get a subpoena…a YOU get a subpoena…and YOU get a subpoena!”
(h/t Oprah)
Maybe plea agreement statements will be introduced?
Every republican who gets a subpoena. " I don’t recall… everyone was so friendly!"
And this DoJ might choose to enforce these subpoenae. But there’s always the stall-until-Jan-3rd-2023 strategy, which John Roberts knows so well.
I think he sees his future receding to a point and, then, vanishing altogether.
He placed his bets: the cards aren’t falling his way and he’s confused bluster for a bluff.
McCarthy is definitely a potential witness…they can subpoena Herrera Beutler to lay the foundation to get McCarthy if necessary (or just point to the impeachment evidence, which critically included her statements). And, he’ll fight it, and lose…committee subpoenas have been through the judicial system and fighting those is a loser unless the Republican Supreme Court decides to change the law again. Yes, they may try to run out the clock, but the recent McGahn decision should make things run a lot quicker through the courts…and, running from the subpoenas will be a bad look for any representative running in 2022.
This is shaping up to be a very serious investigation, and will be seen as bipartisan by everyone except Republican partisans…the monkey business from last week will look even worse as the evidence is laid out. There’s a real chance that this damages Republicans so badly that they get totally trashed in 2022, which should have been obvious to them and reason to have the first go at this commission, where they could really screw with the process. It’s amazing that they were that dumb, especially McConnell…maybe it’s just more evidence they have given up on democracy and intend to go full on with the white supremacy and blocking non-Republican voters at every turn in 2022 and figure that this will be irrelevant in the end when they start overturning Democratic wins in all the states Republicans control.
In any case, this is going to be a critical investigation…tomorrow is going to be really eye opening for the public who hasn’t seen the insurrection in detail and hears from officers what it was really like. It may just take all of the wind out of the sails of the idea that Republicans support the police unquestioningly, which would be a huge blow to their 2022 strategy.
There is an opportunity here that I hope won’t be wasted. There have been numerous lists of questions that many would love to have presented and answered during these hearings. Softball questions, particularly of the participants and supporters of the event, will NOT be tolerated.
If the members of the committee want to get to the bottom of the event, then the hard questions must be asked. The evidence is there - we all saw it on TV as we all watched, horrified, at what we were seeing in real time. There’s no covering it over with platitudes and make-nice’s.
Ask. the. Hard. Questions.
Perjury has been shown to be a non-issue in numerous Congressional committee hearings.
See Barr, William; Ross, Wilbur et al.
I want to see the acting Sec Def and Traitor Flynn’s brother on that subpoena list.
Also Roger Stone and anyone who rode a golf cart to the riot.
Yes a GOP CongressCritter wears a fucking business suit…yes he can speak Talking Points
So the fuck what?
Lies are lies…
Bummer.
Most of us already knew the repubs are scoundrels, hypocrites, and amoral, but McCarthy’s childishness and buffoonery had probably been forgotten until he reminded us of his pathetic own (that caused him to give up his dream to Ryan) in which he admitted the Benghazi abuses were all about disqualifying Hillary.
Now he is accusing Dems of doing the same thing, but it just doesn’t work with anyone who possesses a normally functioning brain. January 6th will live on in infamy, and he is helping it along.
JustSecurity posted a list of questions and witnesses that seems like a good starting point, although I would dearly like to see some more members of Congress.
Their Witness List (apologies for the formatting oddities after pasting):
Table of Contents
A. Intelligence Collection, Threat Assessment and Information Sharing
- Christopher Wray, Director, FBI
- Chad Wolf, former Acting DHS Secretary
B. On-Site Response
- Stephen Sund, former Chief, Capitol Police
- Robert J. Contee, III, Acting Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
- Capitol Police, Metropolitan Police Officers on duty at Capitol on Jan. 6
- Maj. Gen. William Walker, former Commander, D.C. National Guard
- Christopher Miller, former Acting Secretary of Defense
- Kash Patel, Chief of Staff, Acting Secretary of Defense
- Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Ryan McCarthy, former Secretary of Army
- Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, U.S. Army
10 .Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, U.S. Army- Jeffrey Rosen, former Acting Attorney General
C. White House Role and Response
- Katrina Pierson, Trump campaign official
- Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff
- Stephen Miller, White House Adviser
- Ivanka Trump, White House Senior Adviser
- Kayleigh McEnany, White House Press Secretary
6 .Keith Kellogg, National Security Adviser to the Vice President- Eric Herschmann, White House Senior Adviser
- Dan Scavino, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Director of Social Media
- Chris Christie, former Governor of New Jersey
- Kellyanne Conway, former White House Adviser
- Alyssa Farah, White House Director of Strategic Communications
- Vice President Mike Pence
- Marc Short, Vice President’s Chief of Staff
D. Organizers, Funders, and Supporters
- Roger Stone, Trump campaign adviser
- Rudolph Giuliani, Trump personal attorney
- Ashley Trenzeluk, former Finance Director, Republican Attorneys General Association
- Pete Bisbee, former Executive Director, Rule of Law Defense Fund
E. Response from Congress
- Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader
- Sen. Ben Sasse
- Sen. Lindsey Graham
- Sen. Tommy Tuberville
- Rep. Mo Brooks
F. Expert Witnesses
- Domestic Terrorism Threat
- Social Media Platforms
- Disinformation