The House January 6 Committee sent subpoenas on Tuesday to a series of far-right groups and their leaders whose members were involved in either the Capitol insurrection or the rallies beforehand.
Keep going Bennie and Liz. Give us a good Thanksgiving Present and drop one on the jerk at Mar-A-Lardo!
grinning, before I readâŚ
âThe Proud Boys, its leader Enrique Tarrio, and the Oath Keepers and its leader Stewart Rhodes all received House subpoenas.â
Canât wait for them to assert Executive Privilege as Presidential operatives.
Step right up! Be the first in your white power organization to catch a charge for lying to Congress.
How âdefiantâ will they be when they find out neither Trumpf or the RNC will pay for their lawyers. Suckers!
When or if they show up to the panel in their Mighty Morphin Power Ranger like outfits theyâll look even more foolish.
Awww, man! I wanted to say that!
Gentle reminder: Contempt of Congress is a misdemeanor punishable by a minimum of 30 days in prison and a maximum of 1 year. Most of these folks would probably be better off just taking that hit than either cooperating or attempting to lie their way out of it.
ETA: And, of course, they probably all have valid Fifth Amendment claims against having to provide self-incriminating testimony.
Well, Bannon hadnât been in the WH for years, and heâs doing it.
They met with Trump once, so theyâl be doing it too.
Well at least you can frog march them all at once; they already know how to form a âstackâ.
You know, you keep up with busting all our happy balloons, none of the rest of us kids are gonna wanna play with you any more. 
Could such a misdemeanor have any effect on their pending indictments and deals related thereto?
Yes, I was about to ask why wouldnât they just show up and plead the 5th to every question? Seems like the best gamble. Especially if they coordinate in advance and everyone does it. They may still have to provide documents, emails, texts, etc.
I have the distinct impression weâre looking at a fresh batch of criminal referrals.
I want them to plead the 5th on live televised hearings.
Self-incrimination, certainly. But there is no Fifth Amendment claim to avoid testifying to what others did, said, wrote, etc, correct? They would be required to answer questions, for example, about what Trump admin folks told/suggested that they do, who they should coordinate with, and what signals to wait for.
Good news! Keep moving towards the head of that rotten fish!
Now that all the small fry have been hauled in, and phone records and credit card records and social media and all that other background stuff is done, theyâre starting to reel in the bigger fish.
Gotta check my supply of popcorn. There may be a run on it somewhere down the road and I want to make sure I donât run out.
I didnât see anybody named in the story who I understand to be a J6 defendant in any of the criminal cases, at least not so far. I guess it would serve as prior criminal conduct for sentencing purposes if they every get indicted and convicted in the future.
itâs conceivable that one or more of them might try to work out an immunity deal in exchange for documents and testimony, but I rather doubt the militia leaders named here are going to blow the lid on their conspiracies.