Jan. 6 panel sharpens its knives amid growing revelations
by Rebecca Beitsch and Harper Neidig - 04/03/22 6:01 AM ET
A series of revelations about President Trump allies’ involvement in the days leading up to Jan. 6 is providing mounting evidence to the committee charged with investigating the attack as it gears up for prime-time hearings.
In the span of just a week, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) revealed the former president pressured him to intervene to unwind the election even after Jan. 6. Texts from Ginni Thomas to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows have also surfaced, showing the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged him to find a way to keep the president in office. And a federal judge found it “more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6.”
The events give momentum to a committee many in the GOP have sought to dismiss as political, even as growing evidence reinforces the purpose of their investigation.
“When you have an independent judge or a member of the Republican Party say these things, I think it can catch the attention of people, who might otherwise be inclined to kind of brush it off as partisan politics, to say, ‘Oh, wait a minute, a judge made that finding? Wait a minute, Mo Brooks is saying this?’” said Barbara McQuade, a former federal prosecutor.
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