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9 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
NEW: If Jan. 6 investigators want the whole truth, it’s become increasingly clear that the road runs through several of their GOP colleagues.

Now they have to decide whether to fight them for it.

w/ @Olivia_Beavers

politico.com/news/2021/10/0…
McCarthy talked to Trump while the mob overtook the Capitol. Jordan helped him strategize about delaying election certification. ‘Stop the Steal’ organizers claimed ties to Gosar. Senate investigators have asked the Jan. 6 committee to probe Scott Perry.

politico.com/news/2021/10/0…
But extracting testimony from any of them could require unprecedented steps that would remake the entire institution. The question is whether the committee believes it can get the info elsewhere — or is prepared for an ugly fight.

politico.com/news/2021/10/0…
The ‘speech or debate’ clause of the constitution typically prevents lawmakers from being subpoenaed or compelled to testify for their official work. But that’s unlikely to apply if the effort comes from within the House. Other pitfalls remain, though: politico.com/news/2021/10/0…

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6 Oct
HAPPENING NOW: Brandon Straka, a figure of interest to both prosecutors and the 1/6 committee, has been sworn in as he prepares to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor count related to his conduct on Jan. 6.
JUDGE: You knew Congress was in session and you intended to disrupt that session of Congress?

STRAKA: "Yes, your honor."
Straka plea deal includes cooperation element that consists of sharing access to various social media accounts as well as an interview, Judge Friedrich says.
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29 Sep
BREAKING: The Jan. 6 committee has subnpoenaed longtime Trump ally Katrina Pierson and 10 other organizers of rallies that preceded the violent attack on the Capitol.

Details TK
The 11 people subpoenaed, per the Committee. Names include Amy Kremer and Caroline Wren:
Among the subnpoena recipients: Maggie Mulvaney, the niece of former Trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who was listed on permit paperwork as the "VIP lead" for the Jan. 6 rally. More TK.
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24 Sep
PSAKI says Biden has decided he will NOT invoke executive privilege on Trump's behalf to shield any of his White House records from the Jan. 6 committee.
"The president has already concluded that it would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege," Psaki says after indicating Trump has yet to formally ask him to do so.
Context: Current law says sitting president has a role in deciding whether predecessor records are privileged. If he and Trump disagree, Trump has 60 days to take it to court. This has never been litigated before. Good primer from @woodruffbets here: politico.com/news/2021/09/1…
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20 Sep
INBOX: Former Rand Paul campaign aide — previously pardoned by Trump for campaign finance crime — charged with yet another campaign finance crime related to 2016 election. lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJI…
BENTON, who is married to Sen. Paul’s niece, was once a top political aide to GOP Leader McConnell. Story w @joshgerstein TK
@joshgerstein To put a finer point on it: BENTON is charged with funneling $25,000 in money from a Russian national to Trump /RNC in 2016.
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20 Sep
NEW: Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney had never even met before the Jan. 6 committee was formed. Now they’re inseparable, talking and texting daily — developing a genuinely warm, and consequential, rapport.

@Olivia_Beavers and I look at their relationship: politico.com/news/2021/09/2…
Thompson, who grew up in the segregated south, and Cheney, the scion of a conservative dynasty, are an unlikely duo.

But Thompson calls her “a great patriot, a great American, a good family person” Dems can trust.” And Cheney returns that praise in kind. politico.com/news/2021/09/2…
The strategic value: It’s good for each of them for the 1/6 probe to be viewed as bipartisan.

But Thompson and others also told us the bond is real. Clyburn told us it was Thompson — not Pelosi or leadership — who decided to name Cheney vice chair. politico.com/news/2021/09/2…
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18 Sep
Heavy police presence ringing the Capitol this morning, fleet of plows for crowd control, clear ‘police line’ signage and police vans for mass arrests situations at the ready. Security not messing around. Image
Some Three Percenter regalia here, including one man with a ‘Vietnam Veteran’ hat and jacket . Several affiliated with these loose anti-govt groups were arrested after Jan. 6. ImageImage
A very good boy doing security. Image
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