1/6 Insurrection Investigation

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'Insane' Marjorie Taylor Greene could face subpoena for martial law text: Adam Kinzinger



Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) suggested on Sunday that he would be willing to support subpoenas for members of Congress who are suspected of participating in a plot to overturn the 2020 election.

During an interview on CBS, host Margaret Brennan asked Kinzinger if he and other members of the House Jan. 6 committee will force members of Congress to testify.

"I won't say who I think we need to talk to yet," the congressman replied. "I mean, I think everybody needs to come and talk to us. We've requested information from various members. In terms of whether we move forward with a subpoena is going to be both a strategic tactical decision and a question of whether or not we can do that and get the information in time."

"Do you favor one?" Brennan wondered.

"Yeah, I think ultimately whatever we can do to get that information," Kinzinger said. "If that takes a subpoena, it takes a subpoena. But I think the key is regardless of even what some members of Congress are going to tell us, we know a lot of information around it."

Brennan noted that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was recently exposed for suggesting martial law in a text message to then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Jan. 6. Greene has called herself a "victim" of the Jan. 6 attack.

"Do you need to ask her a few questions?" Brennan asked.

"Yeah, I mean, I'd love to ask her a few questions," Kinzinger agreed. "We know some things. I won't confirm or deny the text messages, of course. But let me just say this. For Marjorie Taylor Greene to say she's a victim, it's amazing how, you know, folks like her attack everybody for being a victim."

The congressman recalled that Greene has a history of attacking school shooting survivors.

"And then when Marjorie Taylor Greene is confronted, she's all the sudden a victim and a poor, helpless congresswoman that's just trying to do her job," Kinzinger noted. "It's insane. We want the information. Look, history is not going to judge her or people like her that are buying the Big Lie well."

Kinzinger also said that he hoped that former Vice President Mike Pence would appear before the committee.

"I would hope he would do so voluntarily," he remarked. "These are decisions that I think we are going to end up making in the next week or two as we basically pin down what this hearing schedule is going to look like."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar added to Jan 6th committee's 'target list'



During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," Guardian White House correspondent Hugo Lowell revealed that Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) have been added to a "target list" by the House select committee investigating the Jan 6th insurrection.

Using the release of new texts to and from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as a springboard, Lowell claimed that the two lawmakers can likely be expected to be asked to testify before the committee.

With host Phang asking about letters previously sent to GOP lawmakers asking them to appear, she pressed the Guardian correspondent about what to expect next, including new letters.

"The committee has decided that they are definitely going to send a letter to [House Minority Leader Kevin] McCarthy," Lowell began. "We've also learned they are going to send letters to [GOP Reps] Jim Jordan, Scott Perry -- people they have sent letters to previously trying to get them to come in for a voluntary deposition or some type of other interview at least, to see what they go for the investigation."

"They are now also looking at, in light of the text messages with Mark Meadows that were leaked, people like Marjorie Taylor Greene, people like Mo Brooks, people like Paul Gosar," he added. "So those are the kind of people now on the target list of the committee because they want to capitalize on the public pressure that is a building on these members of Congress because the public knows that they are in constant communication with the White House chief of staff, trying to overturn the election."

He later added the committee has been releasing the texts a portion at a time with a specific reason in mind.

'I think that this is a way to buy time for the committee, and for the members, for them to think, if they defy our latest letter, maybe this is the time that we can move forward with subpoenas," he explained. "I will say, that based on my sources, the mood on the committee has shifted this last week. There has been more of an impetus to get these people in and if it takes a subpoena, they may well do it."

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Jan. 6 committee wins 'thorough victory' against RNC in landmark court ruling



A federal judge has rejected efforts by the Republican National Committee (RNC) to keep its mass email marketing records from the House Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The committee is seeking records held by business software company Salesforce in connection with its work with former President Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign to determine if Trump's fund-raising emails encouraged the violence of the mob that tried to prevent confirmation of Joe Biden as the duly-elected president, according to the Washington Post, which described the judge's ruling as a "thorough victory" for the January 6 committee.

U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly of Washington rejected the RNC’s claims that its and the Trump campaign’s information was protected under the First Amendment. Kelly also affirmed the committee's Constitutionally-granted legislative power to obtain the records and found that judges cannot interfere with how lawmakers obtain and use information.

Kelly's ruling late Sunday temporarily blocks Salesforce from releasing any records to the House before Wednesday to give the national GOP committee time to appeal. The RNC sued the committee in early March seeking to quash the subpoena it had issued to Salesforce on Feb. 23.

“It is hard to imagine a more important interest for Congress than to preserve its own ability to carry out specific duties assigned to it under the Constitution,” Kelly wrote in a 53-page opinion issued shortly before midnight. “To repeat: according to the Select Committee, its investigation and public reporting suggest that claims that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent or stolen motivated some who participated in the attack, and emails sent by the RNC and the Trump campaign using Salesforce’s platform spread those claims.”

One email, sent an hour before rioters breached police lines at the Capitol that day urged supporters to “FIGHT BACK,” under another header stating, “This is our LAST CHANCE.”

Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/02/rnc-jan6-salesforce-fundraising-lawsuit/

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In a weekend court filing, Justice Dept says it'll seek 15 months in prison for Jan 6 defendant Aaron Mostofsky of New York, who was accused of pushing against police barricade, stealing police vest & riot shield, being amid mob that approached Capitol officer Eugene Goodman.

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Jan. 6 committee sends voluntary interview requests to three MAGA lawmakers



The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots has sent voluntary interview requests to three Republican lawmakers involved in former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss.

The panel notified Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) and Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) that congressional investigators would like to ask them about their potential involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, reported Politico's Kyle Cheney.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney
NEWS: Jan. 6 select committee seeks information from:

Rep. Andy Biggs
Rep. Mo Brooks
Rep. Ronny Jackson

Biggs and Brooks have been linked to Ali Alexander and other organizers of the "Stop the Steal" rally that Trump addressed just before the start of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Jackson was mentioned in text conversations by Oath Keepers members during the riot.

Jackson denied that he had ever heard of the Oath Keepers or its co-founder Stewart Rhodes, who has been indicted for seditious conspiracy over his plot to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election.

https://www.rawstory.com/ronny-jackson-jan-6-2657249887/

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BREAKING: An NYPD veteran has become the first person convicted of assaulting a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot. A federal jury rejected Thomas Webster's claim that he acted in self defense when he tackled the officer and grabbed his gas mask.



Thomas Webster was caught on camera rushing at Officer Noah Rathbun, hitting him with a flagpole, then tackling him to the ground and grabbing his gas mask when Rathbun wrested the pole from him



It took the jury 2 hours to convict Thomas Webster, former NYPD, of assaulting a DC, police officer with a metal flagpole during the 1/6 riot. Webster had argued self-defense. Webster claimed he acted in self defense when he swung a flagpole at Capitol police and knocked the officer to the ground. Thomas Webster was the first Jan 6 defendant to argue self defense at trial. He was found guilty on all 6 counts.

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Trump doc Ronny Jackson swears he doesn't know Oath Keepers who offered him security during the Jan. 6 attack



Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) was one of the far-right Republicans whose information cited by Oath Keepers under investigation by the Justice Department for their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Monday, the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack sent letters to Jackson along with Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Mo Brooks (R-AL). The letter asks for information that could help the probe into "the facts, circumstances, and causes of the January 6th attack."

At issue is Jackson's name showing up in text messages and encrypted messages among Oath Keepers who are charged with seditious conspiracy. Referenced in the letter, the committee identified User #1, who wrote "Ronnie [sic] Jackson (TX) office inside Capitol — he needs [Oath Keeper] help. Anyone inside?"

At approximately 3:08 p.m. in response to that message eight minutes later, the person wrote, "Dr. Ronnie Jackson — on the move. Needs protection. If anyone inside cover him. He has critical data to protect."

It was just a few minutes later that the Oath Keeper leader, Stewart Rhodes, replied, "Give him my cell."

During an appearance Monday on MSNBC, New York Times congressional reporter Luke Broadwater said, "somebody's not telling the truth here." He explained that when Jackson was asked for comment, he immediately denied everything. Jackson even denied knowing any of the Oath Keepers.

"But the Oath Keepers seem to know him according to their own encrypted messages," said Broadwater. "One of them appears to have his cell phone number because Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers, asks the person to pass on his information to Rep. Jackson so that he would be in contact with them. They seem to know that he's moving around in the Capitol and that he needs protection and that he has data that they want preserved."

Jackson said that he doesn't know how his name came up in conversation among the Oath Keepers and denied the exchange.

"So, something's off here," said Broadwater. "Someone's not telling the truth, and the committee wants to get to the bottom of it, but now Congressman Jackson is saying he's not going to meet with [The Jan. 6 committee] and he's refusing to come in. He called the committee illegitimate and said it was on a witch hunt against him and he also bashed the media some. So, it doesn't seem like Ronny Jackson will provide answers to the committee and so we may not know who is telling the truth."

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said that Jackson has a long history of lying, dating back to his service as former President Donald Trump's official physician. Jackson claimed that Trump only weighed 210 pounds.

"Someone who lies about little things certainly lies about big things," said Wallace.

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