At least 5 Republican Congressmembers, including Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, sought pardons from former President Donald Trump that would shield them from criminal prosecution, according to testimony Thursday.
Jan. 6 Takeaways: Trump Risked Provoking ‘Constitutional Crisis;’ At Least 5 Republican Congressmen Sought PardonsWASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee used Thursday’s hearing to show Donald Trump pushed to install a loyalist atop the Justice Department who would pursue the then-president’s false claims of voter fraud and stop the certification of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.
Some important takeaways from this month’s fifth hearing of the committee that is investigating the causes of the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The committee has been trying to make the case that Trump’s efforts to reverse his loss resulted in the deadly siege after he sent supporters to the Capitol as Congress was certifying Biden’s victory.Day after day, Trump pressured the department leaders to dig into false claims of election fraud after the November 2020 election.
Over and over, the officials explained to Trump that the states conduct their own elections, free from federal interference. They tried to show him there was no voter fraud on a scale that could have tipped the election in his favor.At point in late December 2020, Trump asked what Rosen found to be a “peculiar” question: Do you know Jeff Clark?Clark led the civil division and particularly handled environmental cases.
“It may well had spiraled us into a constitutional crisis,” testified Richard Donoghue, the former acting deputy attorney general.During a meeting at the White House days before the riot, Justice Department leaders told Trump they would resign if he tried to install Clark and put his scheme in motion to reject electors.
Blanket pardons for all those involved in Jan. 6 were also discussed, according to another White House aide, John McEntee.Kinzinger said the only reason to ask for a pardon “is if you think you’ve committed a crime.
Trump recently told a conservative talk radio host that McCarthy, R-Calif., had made a “bad decision,” “very foolish decision,” by withdrawing the Republicans from the committee.
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