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Rubio: Most Americans are not going to watch this garbage

NEWS: Chairman Thompson tells us that some of tonight’s video depositions will include people charged for their actions on Jan. 6. He declined to say if Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys leader was among them.

I asked the following members on this stage who plans to watch the hearing tonight.

Rep. Kelly Armstrong was the only one who raised his hand.

Cassidy Hutchinson — a top aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows during the Trump era — has parted ways with her lawyer and brought on new representation. Her new lawyer, Jody Hunt of Alston Bird, confirmed the move to POLITICO.

The change in counsel signals an increased willingness from Hutchinson to cooperate fully with the Jan. 6 select committee’s probe, according to a person familiar with her thinking. The panel has signaled that it views her as a key witness.

Hutchinson’s former attorney, Stefan Passantino, has deep Trump World connections. Her new lawyer, Jody Hunt, is a longtime close ally of Jeff Sessions and served as his chief of staff when the former attorney general enraged Trump by recusing from the Russia probe.

Select committee members have praised Hutchinson for providing extensive testimony behind closed doors, over the course of three depositions and under two different subpoenas. The Jan. 6 panel is expected to call her in for live testimony during a public hearing.

It’s unusual, though not unheard of, for people involved in high-profile congressional probes to change counsel. Hutchinson is a uniquely important witness because she has shared information about Meadows, who has refused to sit for an interview with the select panel.

Kendra wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:50 pm

neeneko wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:08 pm

Kendra wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 12:50 pm

Given how much of the high prices are tied up in record profits and global demand.. sure.. let us have hearings.. and watch as fox news tries to distract people form those because it might make the petroleum industry look bad.

The Jan. 6 select committee is opening its case to the American public with one overarching conclusion about the violence that consumed the Capitol last year: It was carefully planned and orchestrated.

A pro-Donald Trump mob’s attack on Congress 17 months ago, threatening the transfer of presidential power, was the culmination of weeks of pre-planning by extremist groups and individuals, the panel plans to communicate at its first major hearing Thursday night. Many of those extremists, as the committee sees it, decided to descend on Washington following a Dec. 19, 2020, tweet by Donald Trump himself.

“Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” Trump said at the time.


The select committee, according to a person familiar with the preparations for Thursday’s hearing, intends to play a video highlighting how that particular tweet ignited preparations by people who would later help orchestrate and drive forward the siege on the Capitol.

The panel’s first public hearing to unfurl the findings of its year-long investigation into the causes of the attack will play out in primetime, followed by at least five other hearings over the course of June. As it focuses on premeditation, Thursday’s opening bid will home in on the role of the Proud Boys, the pro-Trump, far-right group whose members were highly visible throughout the riot.

NBC News confirms: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy, Gabriel Sterling, will both testify at one of the Jan. 6 Committee's public hearings this month.
@MSNBC

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:50 pm She accuses the Democrats of deflecting. How rich.

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:50 pm She accuses the Democrats of deflecting. How rich.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/stat ... 1112332288

And now DOJ gives a clue about why the committee might not want to hand over transcripts: When it gets them, DOJ says it will provide those transcripts to defense attorneys as part of its discovery obligations.

Kendra wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:54 pm

NBC News confirms: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy, Gabriel Sterling, will both testify at one of the Jan. 6 Committee's public hearings this month.
@MSNBC

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:42 am What wine goes best with popcorn?

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 7:40 pm Someone please do a quickie summary for those who can't watch.

New Turtle wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:34 am I wonder what Sean would do if someone starts reading his texts to Meadows at the same time Hannity is on the air.