House Republicans launch inquiry into Jan. 6 panel and prosecutor in Trump's Georgia case

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Source: NBC News

Dec. 5, 2023, 9:07 PM EST / Updated Dec. 5, 2023, 10:24 PM EST


House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and a subcommittee chairman on the House Administration Committee announced Tuesday that they would be investigating any "cooperation" between Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis and the former House Jan. 6 committee.

The two GOP lawmakers said the investigation will focus on communications between Willis’ office and the now-defunct Jan. 6 committee, citing what they said was a letter Willis sent to the panel’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., seeking access to recordings and transcripts of witness interviews and other records in December 2021.

In a letter Tuesday to Willis that described her prosecution of former President Donald Trump as "politically motivated," Jordan, R-Ohio, requested communications between her office and the congressional committee and any documents her office had obtained from the panel.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., sent a separate letter to Thompson that asked for communications, as well as detailed lists of all people interviewed or deposed by the committee and copies of any records sent to others. “This new information raises questions about Willis’ and Thompson’s commitment to due process, and whether House Rules were violated when the Select Committee failed to properly disclose this material,” Loudermilk, who oversees the House Administration subcommittee on oversight, said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-launch-inquiry-fani-willis-jan-6-panel-rcna128242

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Link to letter from Jordan is here (PDF)

Link to letter sent by Loudermilk to Rep. Thompson is here (PDF).

[jpak]

1. Good luck with the witch hunt assholes

Stupid motherfuckers.

Yup

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Been glad to see you back posting!

[jpak]

6. Thanks

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Missed ya!

Yup.

[Lovie777]

3. Another shit show......................

[machoneman]

4. No lawyer here but: how does this communication rise to the the level of collusion? Or, put another way....

...why isn't it permissible to use J6 testimony, records, et all, by Fani Willis in her prosecution? Even if our Democratically run J6 committee didn't follow to the T all House rules here, that does not preclude her from using all she was given in my mind.

Any lawyers here that can comment on the R's claims? Hey, I know they are grasping at straws here to exonerate Orange Julius and are throwing a spaghetti at the wall but do their claims even make sense?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "how does this communication rise to the the level of collusion?"

It doesn't. They are just copying terminology they saw used in legitimate investigations carried out by Democrats, where in the GOP's case, they have nothing to form the foundation for what they claim they are doing, but they don't want their lackey supporters to know that.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Another act of retribution, another waste of time and

taxpayer's dollars, another act of Jordan's grandstanding.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Took him a month

to realize no one wanted his ass as Speaker and he needed to move on.

[ms liberty]

10. I look forward to Ms. Willis' reply

I think we all know how she will respond

[Walleye]

11. I think Jim is a little bit afraid of what they might have on him criminally

[Lovie777]

12. Ditto............................

[Freethinker65]

13. Whereas releasing tapes exclusively to FoxNews to try to help Trump?

Also, if there was nefarious dissemination of evidence, it would not have been requested in a public letter. Unlike, say, flying down to Mar a Lago to meet privately and discuss possible tactics in when/where/how to counter all evidence against their leader.

Jordan never answered his own subpoena because he is guilty AF.

[Historic NY]

14. Never seem to fail Jordan want to meddle when he doesn't belong...

since its an active criminal case he won't be get much, but he's acting on Dear Leaders instructions.

[Bayard]

15. I was going to ask--Are these people really this stupid?

But, never mind.

I'm not an attorney, but I would think Ms. Willis is legally entitled to all evidence for her case.

The Jan 6 committee were doing their jobs. Jordan is not.

[BaronChocula]

16. Since republicans are fools

I think this will be a fool's errand.

But I must say, Loudermilk is the perfect name for a white nationalist.

[pfitz59]

17. State's Rights

She need not provide anything to Gym and his cretins. "I have received your communication." Zip.

[noclue023]

18. this funny as hell !!!!

Love to see him slapped down with obstruction of justice charge !! Reminds of -" one flew over the coco's nest ? "

[onetexan]

19. Second that

[LNM]

20. House Republicans could have been on the committee

if they hadn't been such assholes. Now they want to investigate a committee they refused to join?