The January 6 Hearings are ONLY for Legislative Purposes!

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  1. RodB

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    Really?? Is that proper?
     
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    A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill have agreed on a framework to reform the Electoral Count Act. It governs the way Congress counts and certifies Electoral College votes during the presidential election, and it has become the subject of scrutiny after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/c...eform-how-electoral-college-votes-are-counted
     
  3. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    Which has what to do with Trump riding around in the presidential vehicles?...lol
     
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    President Richard Nixon never made it to jail, but there is that possibility where we could see ex-President Donald Trump go to jail. Think about that.
     
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    Somebody like Rambo could have changed things in Minneapolis, too.
    You have to be able to recognize the real bad guys- and be able to take them out of the game.
    If you can't do that, they own you.
     
  6. popscott

    popscott Well-Known Member Donor

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    Just curious... I trust none of these people...
    So will ALL 14,000 documents and ALL interviews and testimonies be available to the Trump team? It is the way it works in normal courts in the executive branch... Discovery allows it... but the any/all exculpatory evidence is in the possession of the legislative branch... are we being played again?
     
  7. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    Nixon was a career politician. Trump walked in off the street and became president. They have to make an example of him, in case some other uppity *********ker tries to do the same thing.
     
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    It's been 1 1/2 years and ex-President Donald Trump is not in jail. Think about that.
     
  9. fmw

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    That happens in every election.
     
  10. Gateman_Wen

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    Nope, those are just happy accidents. Side effects, if you will.
     
  11. Natty Bumpo

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    Kevin McCarthy, among other Republicans, acknowledged the obvious need for such congressional investigative hearings.

    "We cannot just sweep this under the rug. We need to know why it happened,
    who did it, and people need to be held accountable for it.
    And I'm committed to make sure that happens."

    WASHINGTON EXAMINER

    I expect that Sarah Matthews will, at some point, follow in the long witness list of Republican officeholders and White House insiders providing damning testimony under oath.
     
  12. Wild Bill Kelsoe

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    It didn't happen when Trump ran. He threw that **** back in their faces and that's why they're afraid of him.
     
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    I doubt McCarthy had a one sided investigation in mind.
     
  14. Natty Bumpo

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    He probably would not have expected one dominated by so many Republican witnesses, no.
     
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    The House Jan. 6 committee's next public hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 12 at 10 a.m. Eastern.

    The Trump goon attack prominently featured extremist crackpot organizations. That aspect must be confronted.
     
  16. popscott

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    So it was legal when Trump used the law? Now they want to outlaw it? Why are they changing a 135 yo law all of a sudden?
     
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    When will the inadequate security and the forewarning and guards that were offered be "confronted"... When the Capitol Police and overseers Pelosi and ilk failed at securing the Capitol... they failed at their job... no excuse... Let's have a look into Pelosi's communication before, during, and after to make sure that does not happen again...
     
  18. Hey Now

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    You missed referencing Nancy three times....the third time is the charm!
     
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    Where are the exculpatory witnesses testimony and documentation ... democrat or republican... and will they be presented to the public... this committee is only showing us what they want us to see.. funny how they did over 1000 interviews and testimonies and not a single exculpatory witness or piece of paper has been put on show to conflict with their narrative.
    Think about that America.
     
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    Let's let McCarthy speak for himself.. his view of the "select committee heresaying" seems to reflect a tone of rejection


    https://www.republicanleader.gov/mccarthy-statement-on-select-committee-on-january-6/

    Washington, D.C. – House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) released the following statement on the Select Committee on January 6th:

    “Speaker Pelosi’s rejection of the Republican nominees to serve on the committee and self-appointment of members who share her pre-conceived narrative will not yield a serious investigation.

    “The Speaker has structured this select committee to satisfy her political objectives. She had months to work with Republicans on a reasonable and fair approach to get answers on the events and security failures surrounding January 6.

    “Instead, she has played politics. Lost in much of the news coverage is the fact that the Senate has already conducted bipartisan investigations that should serve as a roadmap for the House.

    “Speaker Pelosi’s departure from this serious-minded approach has destroyed the select committee’s credibility. The U.S. Capitol and the men and women who protect it suffered a massive leadership failure. We must make sure that never happens again and that is what Republicans will be focused on.”
     
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    A few days back, I made the point that just like Gore trying to get a few electors to flip in 2000 to give him the win, that Trump was similarly trying long-shot legal maneuvering that would have only succeeded if successful in the courts. My point was that no matter how much of a long shot their legal maneuverings may have been, trying to assert a legal privilege and being shot down is NOT a crime, and to call it sedition is about as nonsensical as it gets.

    As you can imagine, the usual cast of characters on this board were up in arms with this concept, and I am pretty sure that Lee was among them. They have heard their own echo chamber for so long claiming that this was sedition that the notion of anything else is just unthinkable.

    Now he posts this, which backs up my thesis precisely. He was trying to exploit a potential legal loophole, and this proposed legislation is aimed at fixing that potential legal loophole.
     
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    Thank you, but it's just called "research"

    Read my sig!
     
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    Are you asking if it's proper for the AG to receive briefings from the DoJ about their investigations? Or was it something else?
     
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    So... your post, your "research" and your sig is BS... you think rather highly of yourself and that your sig means something to others...... sorry, but it doesn't.
    Please stop editing my posts... I have been "dinged" several time for doing it , so I will not allow you to do it to mine...

    I noticed you where to busy patting yourself on the back to respond to..
    ""I am real curious if ALL documentation and 1000 testimonies will ever be released or will they be hidden forever? I am sure after 1000 interviews there is going to be some exculpatory evidence that will never see the light of day.
    All the testimony, evidence, and documentation are in possession of the legislative branch…. There is only a report and referrals handed over to the executive branch ( which this was the executive job in the first place)… if someone like Hutchinson goes to court ( which I am doubting) does ALL those testimony, evidence, and documents become available to Trump’s team for discovery? Will exculpatory evidence be hidden and not disclosed… the committee has been caught altering evidence… what more dirty tricks are they capable of.""
     
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    It has been. The Capitol Police were clearly not prepared for the Trump goons who savaged greatly outnumbered police in their attack on the Capitol.

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    The US Capitol Police refused to accept help from the FBI and National Guard before Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, according to a report.
    The Pentagon offered Sunday to send guardsmen to help secure the perimeter and the Justice Department offered FBI help on Wednesday as the mob arrived, according to The Associated Press. Both offers were rejected.

    [https://nypost.com/2021/01/07/capitol-police-nixed-fbi-national-guard-help-before-siege/]
    As a consequence of his failure, Sund resigned. Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving was concerned with the "optics" of declaring an emergency ahead of the protests and rejected a National Guard presence. Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger recommended that he informally request the Guard to be ready in case it was needed to maintain security.

    Like Sund, Irving and Stenger have also since resigned their posts.


    If there are any, they are free to offer whatever they can contrive and spread on their propaganda media, no inconvenient oaths required.

    If criminal indictments result from what is being exposed, they will have the opportunity to formally challenge, in trials, all testimonies and cross-examine all the Republican witnesses.


    I did:
    "We cannot just sweep this under the rug. We need to know why it happened,
    who did it, and people need to be held accountable for it.
    And I'm committed to make sure that happens."

    WASHINGTON EXAMINER
    Trump had supported McCarthy's and other Republicans' sabotaging the independent, bipartisan commission they had originally agreed to.
    If Trump's weird worshipers now feel that was a mistake because the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has presented the sworn testimonies of so many Republican officeholders and Trump regime insiders, I can certainly understand why. No one has been able to contrive diversions from their sworn testimonies (with more to come.)

     
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