.MaddowBlog: These congressmen have received formal invitations to answer questions, but the question is whether they'll decline.
testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide who worked with Meadows, who referenced a Dec. 21, 2020, strategy session that Biggs attended. Naturally, committee members want to hear more about this.
What’s more, today’s request for a voluntary interview said the committee has information regarding the Arizonan’s efforts to persuade state legislators to accept Donald Trump’s lies about his election defeat as part of the effort to overturn the results. The panel also told Biggs, “[R]ecent information from former White House personnel has identified an effort by certain House Republicans after January 6th to seek a presidential pardon for activities taken in connection with President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Your name was identified as a potential participant in that effort.”
As for Jackson, members of the right-wing Oath Keepers texted one another on Jan. 6. From a recent PoliticoThe Oath Keepers also exchanged messages that referenced members of Congress. [Oath Keepers founder Stewart] Rhodes, in particular, asked an associate for the cell number of Rep. Ronny Jackson who was described by members on the text chain as being in need of security during the attack on the Capitol. Jackson was the White House physician before he was elected to Congress in 2020.
“Dr. Ronnie Jackson — on the move. Needs protection. If anyone inside cover him. He has critical data to protect,” one unidentified person wrote. “Help with what?” Rhodes replied. “Give him my cell.”
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