U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney delivered a fiery speech to invite Donald Trump and Republican Party leaders to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday night. Ms. Cheney, who chairs the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots, said Trump’s efforts were “more creepy and more threatening” than initially thought as the full picture emerged. “Republicans can not be as loyal to Donald Trump as they are to the Constitution,” he said, to applause. He said the Americans were facing an “internal threat” like never before, and Mr. Trump sought to lay the foundations for a constitutional democracy. He praised former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson and others who testify against Trump for “her bravery and patriotism.” In the first act after Ms. Hutchinson’s explosive testimony, the committee summoned Trump’s adviser to the White House, Pat Shipolone, whose resistance to Mr. Trump’s false allegations made him a long-sought-after witness.
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Capitol Police Sergeant summons Mike Pence to testify: “Your boss tried to kill you”
U.S. Capitol Police Captain Aquilino Gonell told HuffPost that Donald Trump was responsible for the injuries he suffered during the attack on Congress. “Our president set us up,” he told the agency. “I just feel betrayed. The president should have done everything possible to help us and he did not. “He wanted to lead the mob and he wanted to lead the crowd himself; he wanted to become a tyrant.” Speaking about the events of January 6, Sergeant Gonell wrote on Twitter on Tuesday: “When [Trump] posted on Twitter about Pence, the battles in the tunnel intensified. We held the line hoping that the President would be by our side and send us help. Mike Pence is lucky to be alive, he is lucky that we kept our oath and kept the line. Your boss tried to kill you. Deposit.” Gustaf Kilander30 June 2022 07:00 1656567379
DOJ officials felt “blind” after Hutchinson’s testimony
The testimony of former Trump aide to the White House Cassidy Hutchinson revealed the widening rift between the Department of Justice and congressional investigators. Some Justice Department officials, according to the New York Times, felt blind and surprised by the explosive testimony, as the commission had not previously provided them with videos or transcripts of its videotaped interviews with commission members. The surprise hearing came at a time when parallel investigations are being conducted by federal prosecutors to determine the extent of the former president’s involvement in the riots and will soon converge. Committee members also suggested that Attorney General Merrick B Garland was not moving fast enough to investigate the allegations. However, senior Justice Department officials say committee members’ resistance to handing over the copies has slowed their progress. Shweta Sharma30 June 2022 06:36 1656566400
At least one of the “witness forgery” messages presented at the hearing was sent to Hutchinson
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Liz Cheney: Republicans can not be loyal to both Trump and the Constitution
In a speech that sparked applause from a room full of Republicans, Liz Cheney said Republicans must choose between being loyal to Donald Trump or the constitution. “We have to choose, because Republicans can not be loyal to Donald Trump and be loyal to the Constitution,” he said. “We must not elect people who are more loyal to themselves or to power than to our Constitution.” She went on to praise the people who testified against Trump, especially young women and White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, for her bombing testimony Tuesday. “And I am incredibly moved by the young women I have met who came to testify before the committee on January 6,” she said. Regarding Ms Hutchinson, she said: “Her superiors – men many years older – many of them are hiding behind executive privileges, anonymity and intimidation. But her bravery and patriotism yesterday were awesome. “Little girls all over this great nation see what it really means to love this country and what it really means to be a patriot.” “I want to talk to every young girl who is watching tonight,” the MP concluded. “The power is yours, as is the responsibility. “… These days, for the most part, men rule the world – and it really doesn’t go that well.” “I want to talk to every young girl who is watching tonight,” the MP concluded. “The power is yours, as is the responsibility. “… These days, for the most part, men rule the world – and it really doesn’t go that well.” (AP) Shweta Sharma30 June 2022 05:56 1656564235
Liz Cheney likens Trump to “internal threat” in Ronald Reagan Library speech
Liz Cheney described Donald Trump as an “internal threat” of the kind they have never faced before in her speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday night. “We are facing an internal threat that we have never faced before – and this is a former President trying to lay the foundations of our constitutional democracy,” Cheney said. “And he is being helped by Republican leaders and elected officials who have become hostage-takers to this dangerous and irrational man.” He began his speech by saying, “My fellow Americans, we are on the brink of an abyss and we must retire.” “As the full picture unfolds with the Jan. 6 commission, it has become clear that the efforts overseen and involved by Donald Trump were even more creepy and threatening than we could have imagined,” Cheney said. Shweta Sharma30 June 2022 05:43 1656564000
Lindsay Graham calls January 6 commission “fake” and “one-sided Star Chamber tribunal”
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Meadows denies claiming pardon
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Obama’s campaign manager for 2012 says Jan. 6 hearings have gone far beyond Watergate
Speaking to MSNBC on Wednesday 2012, Obama campaign director Jim Messina said: “The January 6 auditions were incredible on television. I think they have been through Watergate a lot. “I think they are doing a lot of harm to the President and his party with these surprise voters.” “Half of the independent voters believe that the President did something wrong. “You see Republicans moving away from the president this morning … This civil war within the Republican Party continues,” he added. Gustaf.Kilander30 June 2022 04:45 1656558036
“Of course”: Anita Hill says Ginni Thomas must speak to Commission on 6 January
Attorney Anita Hill, who testified in 1991 that Judge Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her, told MSNBC on Wednesday that Ginni Thomas’s wife should be “forced” to speak to the Jan. 6 panel. “Of course I think he should speak to the committee,” Ms Hill told Andrea Mitchell Reports. “I also believe that any other person they have identified should be forced to speak out or be held accountable for this under any legal protection the committee has.” Gustaf Kilander30 June 2022 04:00 1656556236
Michael Flynn taking fifth is “really creepy,” says former Obama official
Michael Flynn, the retired three-star general who served as Donald Trump’s first National Security Adviser, has used the fifth amendment several times to avoid answering questions from the Jan. 6 selection committee. He declined to say whether he believed in a peaceful transfer of power. “It’s really creepy because these are the most basic questions you could ask someone about our democracy. I think it shows the depth of the radicalization of Republican aspects,” said Ben Rowds, the Obama administration’s deputy national security adviser. on MSNBC on Wednesday. Regarding Tuesday’s witness, Mark Meadows’s aide Cassidy Hutchinson, Mr Rhodes said: “There are very few people in this country who are better able to find out what happened on January 6 than Cassidy Hutchinson. By a credible witness. ” Gustaf Kilander30 June 2022 03:30
