At the 5th Hearing for the US House of Representatives Election Commission investigation, US House of Representatives Mo Brooks (R-AL) sent an email asking former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows for his permission. An excerpt of is displayed on the screen. January 6 Attack on the US Capitol on June 23, 2022 at Capitol Hill, Washington, USA.
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Up to 6 Republicans who strongly supported the then president Donald TrumpThe false allegations of ballot fraud in the 2020 elections were triggered by the January 6, 2021 parliamentary riot, according to testimony and evidence presented Thursday by the House Election Commission investigating the attack. Asked him for forgiveness.
Mr. Trump also gives so-called comprehensive amnesty to members of his family and White House staff before resigning in January 2021, according to a videotape testimony by former White House aide John McKenty. I talked about that.
“The only reason to seek amnesty is because I think you’ve committed a crime,” said Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, one of the two Republicans, at the end of the hearing. .. ..
Five Republican members have sought amnesty from Trump through the office of White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, according to videotape testimony from former Republican aide Cassidy Hutchinson.
She identified them as Mo Brooks in Alabama, Matt Gaetz in Florida, Louie Gohmert in Texas, Andy Biggs in Arizona, and Scott Perry in Pennsylvania.
Hutchinson also testified that he had heard that Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene had sought an amnesty from the White House’s advisory office.
In an email to the White House on Thursday, January 11, 2021, Brooks not only sought forgiveness for himself and Gates, but also refused to submit the Arizona Electoral College. All Senators and Senators and Pennsylvania who voted for “January 6th, 5 days ago.
A special joint session of parliament was convened on January 6 to confirm the victory of the president of the Electoral College. Joe Biden It was suspended for hours after a violent mob of Trump supporters who broke into the Capitol and swarmed into the parliamentary hall.
Gates had begun seeking amnesty in December 2020, Hutchinson said.
The video was taken at the fifth hearing by the House Select Commission to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, June 23, 2022. Shows a discussion about presidential amnesty.
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In his own videotape testimony, former White House lawyer Eric Hirschman said of Gates’ request: “”
“The amnesty he requested was as wide as you could explain everything from the beginning of time to today,” Hirschman said.
Gates, who is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for an investigation into the possibility of sexual trafficking in a minor girl, blew up the committee on January 6 in a post-hearing tweet.
But when asked if he asked Trump for an amnesty, his office did not respond to NBC News.
“The January 6th Commission is an unconstitutional political sideshow,” Gates tweeted. “It is rapidly losing interest in Americans and now relies on stopping federal law enforcement against political opponents.
Green’s office also did not explicitly deny whether she sought amnesty, but introduced to NBC a tweet she posted following Hutchinson’s testimony.
“To say’heard’means you don’t know,” Green wrote. “Disseminating gossip and lies is exactly what the Witch Hunting Commission on January 6th is all about.”
US House of Representatives Mo Brooks at a fifth hearing by the House Select Commission to investigate an attack on the US Capitol on January 6 at the Cannon House office building in Washington, DC, June 23. The (R-AL) video is displayed on the screen. , 2022.
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In his videotape testimony, McKenty was asked if Trump was considering giving full amnesty to the people involved on January 6th.
“I heard it mentioned,” McKenty said.
Asked if he knew that Trump was discussing the possibility of pardoning his family. Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner, were senior advisers to the White House.
“I know he hinted that he’s totally forgiving everyone for January 6th, but I think he’s pardoned all the staff and everyone involved,” McKenty said. answered. “I know he was talking about it, not on January 6th, just before he resigned,” McKenty said.
