The Jan. 6 Select Committee has reportedly reached out to several of former VP Mike Pence’s aides to invite them to testify during public hearings that begin this month, CNN reported on Thursday.
I hope Pence aide testimony helps to “cut through” the ample lies! Would be nice if (almost former) senator Chuck Grassley gets sworn in to testify. I’m sure Chuck has information to share, as the following is settled fact:
Chuck Grassley was peeing all over himself at the prospect of counting the votes (determining which votes count) when he was tweeting on 1/5/2021.
Yes, but not for these guys. They already testified voluntarily for the committee. These are invitations to participate in the public hearings.
Also maybe a signal to others that they’d better get on the cooperation wagon, because the committee already knows a great deal about what happened.
Patience. The Jan 6 committee has a tremendous body of documentary information obtained in behind the scenes interviews. I understand that a tremendous amount of information was provided by staffers that were in the meetings and did the leg work. I expect that not one question will be posed to the upper level mucky mucks in the televised hearings the answer to which is not already known by those asking the question. I expect there will be a lot of folks taking the 5th amendment to very specific and very narrow questions.
My one hope for Trump getting indicted is that it may get a nudge from the McConnell/Pence right as it’s the only way Pence can credibly run in 2024. I’m sick of soft attitude of Dem lawyers and pols who think we must always be afraid of how the GOP will spin something and not simply act aggressively where we have facts in our favor and put them on the defensive. Hopefully, the drumbeat of GOP sources openly talking about the insurrection will finally push Merrick Garland to act against the organizers and Trump himself and not just hide behind prosecuting some cosplay Nazis who stormed the Capitol.
My hope is that whoever was in an “acting” position at DOJ and testifies before the committee throws Jeffrey B. Clark under the nearest bus.
Where is Sam Ervin when we need him the most?
He’s already doing just that. There are two grand juries investigating the 1/6 attack and the fake electors scheme. Peter Navarro was subpoenaed recently and is supposed to be testifying today.
So I heard. Let’s see what they do and whether they’re going to let the election calendar influence timing.
"…I’m not getting in that car…"
That was at the BumperCar Ride at the State Fair…imagine the REAL thing
For Garland to respect the “don’t impact politicians during the election period”, he would have to be very quick. Perhaps you are thinking more of 2024 (which is too late in my book with all the shenanigans the GOP are pulling for 2022).
Those were the days! (Unless you were Martha Mitchell.)
The Dems will use any excuse not to ‘politicize’ anything and beg the Republicans not to turn it into a political football, which is exactly what they’ll do. You do the right thing and you act aggressively in defense of the law, the Congress and the Republic itself. Stop being passive.
WIth the DOJ we’re talking about Garland (not Dems at large). He was chosen specifically to be a non-political actor. His first inclination would be to do nothing before the mid-terms.
I agree the Dems have to blaze on in the hearings. Throw it all out there and don’t let the DOJ edit your story to pretend to save DOJ investigations.
Right now, I am keen on the J6. They have been at the center of recent offerings.
We have 4 or 5 business days left, and if I were thinking of being in their cross-hairs, I would be concerned (non-Collins style).
So one week out and no official schedule? That seems curious. We’ll see. I just checked the official Committee website. There’s nothing there about public hearings.
Understood.
I’m just frustrated that Trump and his inner circle have not been held to account for inciting a violent attempted coup and overturn an election.
Imagine being a person from whom “very little is needed” but about whom much is known and documented
These former aides don’t sound like men who would throw themselves under the bus to protect Trump. But will they?