The doomsday types are already insisting Jason Miller won't go through with cooperating. That misses the point. The committee has set precedent that you have to turn over valuable evidence just to buy yourself time. And if Miller backs out, he goes to prison for contempt anyway.
So if the committee is sticking to its own precedent, Miller must have already turned over valuable evidence just to get his contempt deadline pushed back slightly. That would be a win for the committee whether Miller ends up fully cooperating or not.
Just as the committee's dealings with Mark Meadows were win for the committee, because Meadows turned over the texts and powerpoint stuff before backing out. And now Meadows will go to prison for contempt anyway. As will Miller if he backs out.
Obviously, if a key witness fully cooperates, that's a bigger win for the committee than if a witness only provides some help and then decides to go down for contempt. But it's a win for the committee either way. There's no scenario where Trump world wins in these interactions.
The doomsday types insist these witnesses are "winning" by pretending they're going to cooperate just to delay their contempt referral by a few days. But so what? A witness is not "winning" by stalling for a few days and ending up in prison anyway. No one wins by going to prison.
Keep in mind that Bannon and Meadows were heading to prison whether they cooperated or not. They were in a no-win situation.
But witnesses like Miller, who are not known to have any 1/6 criminal liability, can go free simply by fully cooperating. It has to be at least tempting.
But witnesses like Miller, who are not known to have any 1/6 criminal liability, can go free simply by fully cooperating. It has to be at least tempting.
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