Jan. 6 Committee Asks Reps. Brooks, Biggs, Jackson For Info - TPM – Talking Points Memo

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The Jan. 6 Committee issued requests to three congressmen on Monday, focusing on what it described as a plot to “occupy the Capitol.”

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1414252
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Working their way up the ladder…

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I feel like being given the chance to stonewall the committee is becoming a badge of honour for the hard-right - that’s why Alex Jones was begging for a chance to turn up and plead the Fifth at them.

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FaKe neWs fisHing. I Would knOw.

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Don’t ask, subpoena

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Spoiler: They’re not going to cooperate.

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"A fish rots from the head down."

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I agree, but am thinking (hoping) the committee has information/evidence that they can release should these treasonous assholes refuse cooperation.

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Ah man! Don’t ruin it for me!

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Not really much point, as the witnesses can almost certainly use the courts to delay past the midterms.

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It never fails to amaze me that Andy Biggs represents me - in any sense of the word. I hope I don’t get to vote against him for as long as I voted against Arpaio.

He is a real POS.

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Sort of related.

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Sounds like bragging to me.

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Yes. But I predict that that will be among the dumber things they will have done in/with their lives.

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Working on the chain gang …

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At some point these “invitations” shift from

…please come in and help us better understand the magnitude of what all went on
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… here is an opportunity for you to get out in from of the steamroller that is heading your way.

… these guys have to decide where they think they reside on that continuum… and then they have to hope they guessed right.

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“Up the ladder” or down the rabbit hole?

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Stairway to Hell.

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Of course not, because they know they committed criminal acts.

Legally, is it more than a matter of courtesy that they be formally asked to address the committee’s questions? Alternately, is this the committee’s way of presenting evidence obtained so far?

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…and the clock keeps on ticking away to the midterms.

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