"Your honor, the petitioners call Marjorie Taylor Greene to the stand."
She is sworn in and her testimony begins.
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Greene:
"Breaking the law is unlawful."
"Breaking the law is unlawful."
Fein keeps pressing on a hypothetical question:
If she had advanced knowledge that someone sought to unlawfully interfere with the counting of electoral votes, would she be obliged to do something to stop that?
Bopp objects.
ALJ sustains.
If she had advanced knowledge that someone sought to unlawfully interfere with the counting of electoral votes, would she be obliged to do something to stop that?
Bopp objects.
ALJ sustains.
The challengers' lawyer struggles to get a question out without provoking an objection from Bopp, who calls it inappropriate to query her about her political speech.
ALJ overrules.
ALJ overrules.
Greene goes into a long rant about purported "voter fraud."
"We had been spending a vast amount of time reading and researching and talking to people and had seen tremendous evidence of voter fraud. I don't know if you're aware of [it] because you're not from Georgia."
"We had been spending a vast amount of time reading and researching and talking to people and had seen tremendous evidence of voter fraud. I don't know if you're aware of [it] because you're not from Georgia."
ALJ gets testy:
"This is not theater. This is not an argument before the Supreme Court. This is an evidentiary hearing."
"This is not theater. This is not an argument before the Supreme Court. This is an evidentiary hearing."
Greene is asked about one of her tweets:
Q: The phrase that you used there is #FightforTrump.
A: That's what it says on my tweet.
Q: The phrase that you used there is #FightforTrump.
A: That's what it says on my tweet.
Proceedings paused to resolve a technical issue.
Proceedings have resumed.
Greene is confronted with her tweet from Dec. 19, 2020.
Greene is confronted with her tweet from Dec. 19, 2020.
Greene tweeted out a story from the Epoch Times about how the Jan. 6 protest would be "wild."
Q: The word peaceful is not in this tweet?
A: It does not say peaceful.
Q: That's my question.
Q: The word peaceful is not in this tweet?
A: It does not say peaceful.
Q: That's my question.
Greene: All of my words never mean anything for violence.
Q: You believe that Speaker Pelosi is a traitor to the country, right?
A: I'm not answering that question. It's speculation. It's hypothetical.
A: I'm not answering that question. It's speculation. It's hypothetical.
Celli quotes Greene saying this of Pelosi:
"She's a traitor to our country. She's guilty of treason. She took an oath to protect the American citizens. She gives aid and comfort to our enemies who illegally invade our land. That's what treason is."
"She's a traitor to our country. She's guilty of treason. She took an oath to protect the American citizens. She gives aid and comfort to our enemies who illegally invade our land. That's what treason is."
The quote continues with Greene stating that representatives and senators can be expelled from government and be sentenced to death for treason, before saying: "Nancy Pelosi is guilty of treason."
Q: Did you say these words?
Greene answers with a non-responsive speech.
Q: Did you say these words?
Greene answers with a non-responsive speech.
Q: Did you like a post that said it's quicker—that a bullet to the head would be a quicker way to remove Nancy Pelosi?
Greene says many people manager her social media account and she doesn't remember.
Greene says many people manager her social media account and she doesn't remember.
Celli asks if Greene was aware the Pelosi's office was invaded.
Greene says she was inside the chamber, but she's "seen that on the news."
Greene says she was inside the chamber, but she's "seen that on the news."
Q: You know Ali Alexander, don't you?
A: No, I don't really know him.
Celli parses the "really."
A: No, I don't really know him.
Celli parses the "really."
Greene claims not to remember any of her meetings in the lead-up to Jan. 6.
She allegedly doesn't remember speaking to Rep. Biggs, Rep. Gosar, or anyone in the White House. She doesn't remember whether anyone mentioned the possibility that violence would take place.
She allegedly doesn't remember speaking to Rep. Biggs, Rep. Gosar, or anyone in the White House. She doesn't remember whether anyone mentioned the possibility that violence would take place.
Greene is quoted as saying in connection to a Fund the Wall demonstration:
"If we have a sea of people, we will shut down the streets. If we shut down everything. If we flood the Capitol building, go inside. These are public buildings. We own them. [...] Do you understand that."
"If we have a sea of people, we will shut down the streets. If we shut down everything. If we flood the Capitol building, go inside. These are public buildings. We own them. [...] Do you understand that."
She responds to the statement by noting it was quoted by CNN, which she subsequently trashes.
Greene: You sound like you had as many conspiracy theories as QAnon at this point?
Celli: Well, you believe in QAnon, right?
Greene: No, I did— I did not say I believe in QAnon.
Celli: Well, you believe in QAnon, right?
Greene: No, I did— I did not say I believe in QAnon.
Celli roles tape on the video of Greene making the same "flood the Capitol building" remarks that CNN quoted her saying.
ALJ says that Celli is "pushing the envelope" by asking Greene about remarks not directly related to Jan. 6. (That remark was about a different demonstration.)
Greene's lawyer James Bopp says Celli has "fallen off the cliff."
Greene's lawyer James Bopp says Celli has "fallen off the cliff."
Celli counters that Bopp could save barbs like that for the cameras outside, before the ALJ chides them both to cut out the side shots.
Lunch recess.
Reconvene at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Reconvene at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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