Jan. 6 committee members talk to White House about pardons

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-15 13:49:23 | Updated at 2025-01-15 17:08:17 3 hours ago

Jan. 6 committee members talk to White House about pardons
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Posted on 01/15/2025 5:47:09 AM PST by Tench_Coxe

Breaking news: With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office in less than a week, members of the Jan. 6 Select Committee and White House are privately discussing whether to issue presidential pardons to lawmakers who served on the panel, according to lawmakers and sides.

In an interview, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who chaired the Jan. 6 committee, said he spoke to the White House counsel’s office last month about the issue. Thompson noted that he hadn’t talked directly with President Joe Biden on the topic, but the veteran Mississippi Democrat said he’d accept a pardon if offered.

“I believe Donald Trump when he says he’s going to inflict retribution on this,” Thompson said on Monday night. “I believe when he says my name and Liz Cheney and the others. I believe him.” Thompson and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the panel’s vice chair, were recently awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by Biden.

As recently as last week, Biden said he’s considering preemptive pardons for high-profile Trump critics. However, the communication between the White House and some committee members on this topic hasn’t been previously reported. Members who served on the panel haven’t asked Biden for a pardon, though we’re told others have lobbied the White House to grant them.

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Of course. They broke the law by destroying testimony. They used it in the furtherance of persecuting Americans. I think Trump should focus on the bigger issues, and let some bulldog take care of the pond scum.

These people are analogous to a WW2 concentration camp guard complaining about Simon Weisenthal tracking them down to face justice.

1 posted on 01/15/2025 5:47:09 AM PST by Tench_Coxe

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