The House of Representatives special commission investigating the raid on the American Congress on January 6, 2021 by supporters of former President Donald Trump requested a meeting with three Republicans on the grounds that they had knowledge of the organization of the raid.
In a press release released today, the January 6 Commission noted that three Republican Members of the House of Representatives Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks and Ronny Jackson were requested to voluntarily contribute to the commission’s investigation.
Biggs, Brooks, and Jackson left unanswered requests for comment.
Democrat Benny Thompson and Republican Party Liz Cheney, co-chairs of the House of Representatives Committee investigating the January 6 Congressional raid, said in a statement that it was their patriotic duty for their counterparts to cooperate with the investigation commission.
In a joint statement, Thompson and Cheney said, “The Special Commission has learned that several of our colleagues have data relevant to our investigation into the facts, circumstances and causes of the January 6 raid. We consider it a patriotic duty to cooperate with all eyewitnesses as we work to provide a response to the American public about that day. ‘ he stated.
Time will tell if Republican Party members Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks and Ronny Jackson will cooperate with the commission. Earlier this year, the leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, turned down the commission’s requests for some members of Congress to testify on the grounds that “it would not serve any legal purpose”.
Former President Donald Trump accused Alabama state Republican Representative Mo Brooks in March of not doing more to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Publishing a statement after Trump withdrew his support from Brooks’ election campaign, Brooks accused Trump of making unconstitutional demands for the 2020 election results to be changed.
In a March statement, Brooks said, “President Trump has asked me to cancel the 2020 election results, remove Joe Biden from the White House immediately, and hold a new special election for the presidency. As a lawyer, I told President Trump that the end of the January 6 election race I said it was his decision.”
In late March, a judge said it was a felony “more likely than not” to pressure former President Trump’s aide Mike Pence on January 6, 2021, to thwart the will of Congress and reverse the electoral defeat. had come to a conclusion.
Former NYPD cop found guilty of assaulting Congressional Police
A former New York Police Department officer was convicted of assaulting a Washington DC Police Department officer during the January 6, 2021 raid on Congress.
A federal jury in Washington, D.C., rejected 56-year-old former police officer Thomas Webster’s defense that the attack on a Washington police officer was in self-defense.
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice reported that Webster’s sentence will be determined on September 2.
Webster was the fourth Congressional raid defendant to plead before a jury. The Ministry of Justice was able to guarantee the conclusion that the defendants were found guilty in all four trials.
Of the four defendants who defended before the jury, Webster was the first to claim that he attacked the police in self-defense.
Testifying during the week-long trial, Webster told jurors that the police officer he had attacked had “provoked” him with a slap in the face, and said, “I felt like I was dealing with a police officer committing a thug.”
The prosecution denied Webster’s plea and claimed that Noah Rathbun, the attacked Washington police officer, was the victim and noted that Rathbun had physical contact with Webster to distance himself.
About 800 people are accused of playing a role in the January 6 Congressional raid. Among them, about 250 people admitted their guilt.