Thompson says some of the Jan. 6 protesters met with members of Congress

[Nevilledog]

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The chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol said Thursday that the committee has received information showing that members of Congress met with people who came to Washington for the Stop the Steal rally.

Thompson says some of the Jan. 6 protesters met with members of Congress
Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) did not elaborate on whether his panel has information that these lawmakers had any knowledge about the possibility of violence on Jan. 6.
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8:30 AM · Jan 7, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/thompson-jauary-6-rioters/2022/01/06/7fcdff8a-6f48-11ec-aaa8-35d1865a6977_story.html

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The chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol said Thursday that the committee has received information showing that members of Congress met with people who came to Washington to participate in protests over the planned certification of electoral votes last year.

“We have information that members hosted people who came to Washington on that day in their office,” Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) said during an interview Thursday at a Washington Post Live event. “We have pictures of members [of Congress] taking pictures with people who came to the rally. . . . There’s a smaller subset of members that have been identified who probably did more to encourage the ‘Stop the Steal’ part of coming to Washington.”

Thompson did not elaborate on the committee’s findings, including whether the panel has information that these lawmakers had any knowledge about the possibility of violence on Jan. 6. But his comments during the interview suggested an intensifying focus on the activities of members of Congress in the days and hours before the protests began.

During the broadcast conversation, Thompson reiterated his determination to seek information from members of Congress. The committee has asked for interviews with Republican Reps. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Jim Jordan of Ohio. Both men have said they do not intend to cooperate.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This will be fun to watch

[SheltieLover]

2. Lock. Them. Up.

[dalton99a]

3. Subpoena this guy

[skydive forever]

13. OMG, he found a jacket!

[tosh]

27. Yup!

He was ready for a TRULY SPECIAL occasion!

[Generic Brad]

41. He wanted to look the part of the Speaker of the House

I am 100% certain Trump promised that to him. And to McCarthy. And to Gohmert. And to Bobert. And to Taylor Greene. And to Brooks.

[DUgosh]

4. Lock them up

Already!

[Beachnutt]

5. Any guesses on which congress people ?

gohmert, green, jordan ?

[tblue37]

7. Boebert, Brooks, Gosar.

[Probatim]

25. Gaetz.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Didn't one Dem Rep report she had seen an R Rep give a tour the night

before in the Capitol Building.

As I recall the story this Dem representative had a military background and she was trained to notice unusual events, and she found it odd that a GOP representative was leading a tour when and where it took place.

[Nevilledog]

8. Mickie Sherrill

[Irish_Dem]

10. Thanks, yes that is the one.

[KS Toronado]

21. I'm sure Thompson and the committee knows the 6/7 congresspeople

who gave guided tours just before Jan 6th, they'll out them when the timing is right.
Traitors all who don't deserve to be elected officials. Hope Gym Jordan is one.

[Irish_Dem]

24. They should lose a lot for being a part of the insurrection.

Right hope Jordan is one too.

[PufPuf23]

34. The members of Congress implicated are among those

that deserve the most severe punishment for the insurrection.

The others that deserve severe punishment are the parties that planned, funded, and directed the failed insurrection.

Most so far prosecuted are the MAGA fools.

[KS Toronado]

37. Agree 1000%

[GB_RN]

17. IIRC, Bang Bang Barbie (aka Boebert) Admitted To Giving At Least One Tour...

To "family members", even though tours were forbidden at the time. I wouldn't put it past Empty Green to have done the same thing.

[Irish_Dem]

20. Right. There were witnesses to one of the tours.

Hope they talk to the committee.

Yes. We can guess who aided and abetted the insurrection.
I remember a picture of Green grinning from ear to ear during lockdown
while the Dem members looked quite worried.

[uponit7771]

9. Where the protestors part of J6 terrorist groups? That would be damning IMHO

[kimbutgar]

11. Even if they are exposed do you think they would resign in shame ?

I doubt it. They will use it as a badge of honor.

[Tommymac]

12. They have no shame.

Much less a conscience.

They are all sociopathic traitors.

Lock Them Up NOW.

[PatSeg]

14. Exactly, we all know now

that republicans have no shame.

[hadEnuf]

30. No, they will need to be physically removed by law enforcement, probably at the end of a gun.

Which is the preferred way, IMHO.

[DENVERPOPS]

36. If they are exposed

they have already prepped their disciples for anything the dem's say for years and years:

FAKE NEWS, PHOTOSHOPPED, LEFT WING OWNED MEDIA, DOCTORED VIDEO, ETC ETC ETC............

WASF

[MerryBlooms]

15. r&k

[bottomofthehill]

16. Met with them, they spoke at the rally, of course they met with them.

Again, they do this shit in plain sight.

[empedocles]

18. The case-building process keeps grinding on. Good thing.

[gab13by13]

33. Remember one thing,

the select committee has no authority to prosecute, it can only make referrals to DOJ.

I keep hearing about all of this evidence and I hope that DOJ is hearing it too.

Should DOJ be investigating who gave the Capitol tours, who disabled the panic buttons, isn't that building a case from the bottom up?

I hope that DOJ isn't just investigating 1/6.

[LymphocyteLover]

19. I thought we knew this?

[Slammer]

38. managing expectations

Yeah we already knew this early last year.

But the general public has likely forgotten completely which allows the announcement put new public pressure on some GOP members.

Look, the organization of the event (before the White House took over) was done by long-time Trumpists and/or long-time GOP activists who were coming to DC for a political event.

It'd have been as odd as hell if none of them met with any Senators or Representatives before the event.

Now it's a great excuse to rake the lawmakers over the coals and see if their story matches the story of the organizers. But I wouldn't expect any smoking gun on it unless one of the organizers needs to throw a lawmaker under the bus to save themselves.

There's been too much time passed for them to have gotten their stories straight to expect any surprises.

[jalan48]

22. Yep, they did.

[lagomorph777]

23. Hey Rep. Thompson, please post those photos, along with mugshots of the perps afterward.

I've been on a self-imposed news blackout for a couple of months. Has Trump been arrested yet?

[C Moon]

26. Remember too that someone removed the emergency buttons.

100% inside job.
They thought tfg would win, so why worry about breaking the law.

[kwolf68]

28. Liberal witchunt at play

I mean really, this is going to divide the country. The Democrats are making an error here, Americans want to come together, it's not like someone had oral sex or something. #IgnoreTheTreason

[Nevilledog]

29. Might want to use that sarcasm smilie

[gab13by13]

32. He made me laugh so he doesn't need the sarcasm thingy.

[Scrivener7]

40. Lol!

[gab13by13]

31. I wonder how they found this out?

Didn't they buy enough burner phones?

They need to prove intent.

[Hekate]

35. KnR. I see progress on the public education front.

[Scrivener7]

39. Haven't we known this from the beginning?

[Corgigal]

42. This might be a horrible thing to write,

no, it is a horrible thing to write.

Has any of these big thinker members thought about what would have happen to them personally if the mob didn’t recognize them? Or just didn’t care? I mean they had the gallows good to go.
They are so far up their own asses they couldn’t imagine that they could have murdered a co-worker, or allowed a gang rape of a office worker?

In Florida, just driving the car while your passenger robs and shoots the worker at the 7-11, means you also have the same charge. You didn’t know your passenger was going to rob the store? Doesn’t matter.