The 1/6 Select Committee - Subpoenas issued!

More info gathered by committee, interviewing Jan 6th rioters!!

Committee interviews Jan. 6 rioter who witnessed state GOP contacts with Trump allies

Investigators are trying to connect the dots between protesters who broke into the Capitol and whether they coordinated with Republican officials.
By KYLE CHENEY
11/04/2021 05:10 PM EDT

Congressional investigators probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are examining the contacts between one of the rioters who breached the Capitol and state-level GOP officials who worked with former President Donald Trump as he attempted to overturn the 2020 election.

The rioter, who interviewed with the committee twice in the past week, described knowledge of contacts between GOP officials in a key state Trump lost and allies of the former president in the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 attack. The person interviewed was one of the 650-plus defendants charged in the attack, and discussed those contacts in a voluntary interview with congressional investigators.

A source familiar with the previously unreported interviews said committee investigators asked the defendant to return for a second interview after discussing details about these pre-Jan. 6 interactions. Questions from investigators ranged from the defendant’s knowledge of those who organized travel to Washington for the Jan. 6 event as well as details about the preparation of legal affidavits in support of Trump’s false claims of voter fraud.

POLITICO has agreed not to identify the defendant or state, out of the defendant’s fear of retaliation. Still, it’s a sign that the Jan. 6 committee is obtaining facts about Trump’s activities from unexpected sources: The defendants who breached the Capitol in his name.

More than 100 Capitol riot defendants have pleaded guilty for their roles in the attack, most to misdemeanor crimes. The Jan. 6 select committee began soliciting voluntary testimony last month from these rioters . That request appears to have begun bearing fruit. At least three convicted rioters have cooperated or signaled their intent to speak to the committee, including Leonard Gruppo, who provided testimony on Oct. 12, according to court records. And more may be coming: Judge Beryl Howell, chief of the district court of Washington D.C., recently credited Gruppo during his sentencing for cooperating with Congress.
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"He gave them specifics about why he went to Washington, what he did and all the events of that day,” Lindsey said. “Mr. Gruppo is a great man and it was an honor to represent him. Even the greatest of us make mistakes. Former President Trump has left chaos, damage and heart ache in his wake and he has shown no responsibility for all the lies.”

www.politico.com/news/2021/11/04/january-6-committee-rioter-interview-519580

So much for Clark testifying... He did NOT!

Jeffrey Clark refused to answer questions during Capitol riot testimony -- and contempt charges 'on the table'
Brad Reed
November 05, 2021

Politico reports that Clark cited attorney-client privileges and former President Donald Trump's assertions of executive privilege as justifications for refusing to answer the committee's questions.

However, as Politico notes, "any such privilege lies with the client to assert, and even if Trump were Clark's client under these circumstances, the former president has already declined to block Clark's testimony."

Select Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) tells Politico's Kyle Cheney that criminal contempt charges against Clark are "on the table" after his refusal to cooperate.

The House of Representatives last month referred criminal contempt charges against Trump ally Steve Bannon after he completely refused to comply with its subpoena.

www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-clark-capitol-riot-2655506122/

@zingermack

Oh crap!! Just WOW!!
And Pence still talks to him?
Someone in the Capitol did that! Police? This is horrifying. (I could care less about Pence, but he was the Vice President worth respect and his life)

That link brings me back to the thread.

www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1054024084/capitol-riot-suspects-had-more-ties-to-oath-keepers-than-previously-known

Prosecutors have alleged that members of the group planned for weeks and months to gather weapons and armor, set up encrypted communication channels, and use military-style tactics to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Pence's staff 'very angry' with Trump over MAGA riot and want to talk with House Select Committee: reporter
Brad Reed
November 10, 2021

CNN reporter Jamie Gangel revealed on Wednesday that the staff of former Vice President Mike Pence is willing to cooperate with the January 6th House Select Committee in part because of residual anger over what former President Donald Trump put their boss through during the Capitol riots.

While talking with host Anderson Cooper, Gangel added some more details to an earlier CNN report about the House Select Committee reaching out to Pence staffers.

"We've heard from the beginning that pence staffers were very angry, both in the lead-up to January 6th and that day," she said. "And that, certainly, I think, is playing a role into how and why they're engaging with the committee."

Gangel went on to say that the Pence staffers "have texts, e-mails, other documents that could be of interest" that could be of interest to the committee's work.

She also highlighted a tweet sent out from Pence's official account on January 6th after the Capitol had been secured in which the then-vice president thanked the Capitol police for their work, which she said was Pence staffers' way of telling off Trump.

"I think it is fair to say the staff, who were very angry, put that out as a clear statement that while President Trump was watching the insurrection on TV, while people were calling for 'Hang Mike Pence,' that the former vice president was thanking the police for protecting him and the country," she said.
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www.rawstory.com/mike-pence-capitol-riot-committee/

Pence's staff 'very angry' with Trump over riot and are eager to talk with House Select Committee

youtu.be/-A--Yy6I2JQ

Ah, ok.. got it!! 😊

John Dean thinks that Meadows' lawyers will be considering him coming forward .

Speaking about his own experience before the Watergate committee, Dean explained, "I actually sought out the prosecutors and the committee because it was just wrong and had to end. My whole mentality was different than Meadows or Bannon's who seemed to think there was nothing wrong with what they were doing or indeed it was behavior they wanted to encourage. I was 180 degrees away; I thought these were things that should be known and stopped."

"At the same time, for Mark Meadows, former congressman, and for him to defy or show he has no respect for this committee as part of Congress and this subpoena or expectation of testifying and that he is sending the message of not respecting Congress, that's pretty extraordinary?" host Whitfield prompted.


"I think that his lawyers will be back in touch with the committee if not over the weekend, certainly on Monday morning, given different circumstances that now apply," Dean replied. "I don't think he wants to encourage a criminal indictment. He has a law license, I think he has political ambition. I think he'll play this a little differently, and indeed, this could force some of these people to testify and end this charade that they're ignoring the investigation or pretending like what happened January 6th wasn't serious and not a really serious problem that has to be addressed."

www.rawstory.com/mark-meadows-insurrection/

Do you think Bannon would just throw everyone under the bus because he loves chaos and will also want to save himself? I can see him reveling in a circus of chaos. 

Bannon has surrender. He is being processed...

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Earlier they had said he was going to do it this afternoon. I thought maybe he wanted to upstage Biden signing the infrastructure bill.