OFFICIAL THREAD 2: House Select Committee on January 6

[brooklynite]

[brooklynite]

1. BREAKING: Trump officials can testify on former President's actions leading up to insurrection (DOJ)

(CNN)The Justice Department formally declined to assert executive privilege for potential testimony of at least some witnesses related to the January 6 Capitol attack, a person briefed on the matter said.

The decision paves the way for some former Justice Department officials to testify on what they witnessed in the chaotic days between former President Donald Trump's November election loss and early January when he tried to use the Justice Department and other means to advance false claims that he won.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/politics/doj-executive-privilege-trump-capitol-riot/index.html

[H2O Man]

35. This is huge.

[Lars39]

2. Thanks for starting another thread!

[nolabear]

3. Thanks Brooklynite. I'm always so glad for DU at times like this.

[brooklynite]

4. "People who associate with Donald Trump are far more likely to subscribe to White Nationalism..."

--Officer Daniel Hodges

[Best_man23]

6. This needs to become a bumper sticker

[brooklynite]

5. Rep Stephanie Murphy showing more video of attack on Capitol Police

[nolabear]

7. Has anyone NOT choked up during questioning?

This is on tfg and all who are in that cult and all grifting off of them.

[Bayard]

8. Watching these video's.....

I keep thinking--the only things missing are the torches and pitchforks.

The mind boggles at what would have happened if these brave officers had not put their lives on the line, and prevailed.

[Botany]

9. Fox News is having to broadcast the 1/6/21. It doesn't get more real than this.

But I wonder if it will get to any of its viewers? I doubt it.

[Lars39]

10. Raskin up!

[Lars39]

11. Fascist traitors to our country.

Indeeed

[Lars39]

12. Raskin to Dunn...asking to describe assaults on officers...

Raskin….was this like any previous marches events you’ve seen before?

[demtenjeep]

13. you can see the contempt in Officer Dunn's face

He is so very angry

[Lars39]

14. Dunn: they (MAGAS) had marching orders

[Champp]

16. Orders from the draft-dodging republican-russian a-hole-in-chief

[Lars39]

15. Raskin to Fanone...reaction to claim that they were unarmed?

Response…implements were weapons…firearms, too

[Lars39]

17. Mistaken for Antifa?!

[IcyPeas]

31. Fanone replied he was in full uniform until someone tore his badge off of him.

[Lars39]

18. Raskin...Fanone...talking about public acceptance of events

[Lars39]

19. Raskin to Hodges...you referred to them as terrorists...

responds to terrorists being described as tourists

[demtenjeep]

20. damn

and he read the definition for terrorism


BOOM

[Lars39]

21. Hodges reading description of "terrorists"

[Lars39]

22. Raskin to Gonell....how to proceed...to know

Who what why
Responding about Tourists…an attack on officers…not a tour

[padah513]

23. Just think

This is the first day of testimony, and this will go on for months.

[Lars39]

24. Raskin...these gentlemen embody America

[Lars39]

25. Lady from Maryland up now...Gonell...comparison to war zone

Sorry didn’t catch her name

[Lars39]

26. Video shown...listen to voices...Fanone

How does what crowd said mak3 you feel?

[Lars39]

27. Who's the Gene Hackman looking guy behind Fanone?

[Lars39]

28. Fanone...these individuals are representative of worst America has to offer

[Botany]

29. The chants of "fuck the blue fuck the blue" by Trump's patriots should be hung around Trump, ...

... Fox News, New Max, OAN, and those MAGA's necks.

[Lars39]

30. Thompson up...what should committee do?

[Lars39]

32. Fanone...micro-concerns addressed....tying it to Trump

and gop congress, ..collaboration between gop congress, staff, and terrorists

[Lars39]

33. Hodges...committee needs to find out everything basically

[Lars39]

34. Dunn...it was political

Fence came down and nothing has changed. Cheney and Kinzinger hero#…for telling truth?!

[AngryOldDem]

40. Sad, isn't it?

That’s how far the GOP and the Right have fallen.

[brooklynite]

36. Committee adjourned for the day...

[Lars39]

37. Thompson...closing remarks...adjourned

[IcyPeas]

38. now they are all shaking hands......

sorry, but I'm not ready for that yet.

[AngryOldDem]

39. I am in awe of these four officers.

The GOP, Fox, Trump, and MAGA can’t hide from this.

It’s clear Trump is culpable, if that was ever in doubt, The hit man analogy was spot on.

[msfiddlestix]

41. Did the adjournment proceeding include an official mentioning of continuance date and time?

I didn't hear any, maybe missed it? It felt like an error was made in committee procedures.

[Lars39]

43. There was a mention of having ten days to get written testimony(?) in.

[msfiddlestix]

45. I see. Ok. well we'll see that shakes out... thanks!

[Lars39]

44. Thompson just said in interview that they might be back before

the end of August recess.

[Vinca]

42. I feel shell shocked. This was the most disturbing testimony I've ever heard.

There were times I had tears in my eyes and times I wished I could scream at every member of Congress who - today - thinks it's a good idea to have a protest supporting the terrorists. Their point at the end is the most important one though: find out what people were behind it. How did they know where Jim Clyburn's nonofficial office was? How did they find Pelosi's office so quickly? Who paid for the airfare and hotel rooms? Were there any paid assassins among the crowd? While a large chunk of the mob was deranged sheep led astray by a false gold, there was also a core of deadly serious, extremely dangerous individuals who were out for blood in the real sense. So much to learn . . .