The January 6 Committee Is Finally Getting Trump Allies to Spill

[orangecrush]

Democrats can be forgiven for having flashbacks when Steve Bannon defied a subpoena to appear before the House committee investigating the origins of the January 6 insurrection, citing executive privilege. That was, after all, the move Donald Trump used for four years to stonewall congressional investigators. So when Bannon’s lawyer said earlier this month that he wouldn’t comply with committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, it was tempting to think: Here we go again.

But things have changed with Trump gone from office. Democrats’ subpoenas are harder to ignore with the threat of contempt, the charge Bannon is facing. Trump can no longer use “executive privilege” as the magic words to make his problems go away. And former Trumpworld figures, perhaps seeking to rehabilitate their damaged reputations, have not only mostly complied with Thompson’s committee, but have engaged with the panel voluntarily.

CNN reported Tuesday that at least five former Trump staffers have provided information to the committee investigating January 6, either because they “believe they have information worth sharing” or simply to preempt a potential subpoena. Among those who have come forward: Alyssa Farah, the former Mike Pence spokeswoman who quit as White House communications director in December 2020 because she “saw where this was heading.” “The president and certain advisers around him are directly responsible,” she told Politico the day after the Capitol attack.




https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/january-6-committee-is-finally-getting-trump-allies-to-spill/amp

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Or after extensive consultation with their attorneys they have no criminal exposure...

so they are willing to talk. Hopefully, they flush some more insurrectionist rats out.

[orangecrush]

2. The more pressure

The better.