Trump's protectors aren't rallying

[Cypress]

Many Senate Republicans aren’t protecting Trump after Jan. 6 panel’s nod to criminal charges

Senate Republicans are stepping out of the way of the House Jan. 6 committee’s recommendation that the Justice Department prosecute former President Trump for crimes related to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

GOP senators, especially those allied with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), say the Jan. 6 committee interviewed “credible” witnesses and added to the historical record in a substantial way, even though they have qualms about how Democrats have tried to use the panel’s findings to score political points.

Now they say it’s up to Attorney General Merrick Garland or Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith to investigate or indict Trump, but they’re not waving federal prosecutors off from prosecuting the former president.

“The entire nation knows who is responsible for that day,” McConnell said in a statement, pointing the finger squarely at Trump in response to the House Jan. 6 committee referring four criminal charges against Trump to the Justice Department.

It was McConnell’s strongest statement blaming Trump for inciting a crowd to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, since he denounced him on the Senate floor in February of that year.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehil...ter-jan-6-panels-nod-to-criminal-charges/amp/

 

[Cypress]

Trump basically ordered his supporters to riot if he were ever referred on felony criminal charges.

Any MAGAs on JPP getting locked and loaded, and takin' it to the streets today on behalf of your orange-tinted Hero?

 

[Althea]

Many Senate Republicans aren’t protecting Trump after Jan. 6 panel’s nod to criminal charges

Senate Republicans are stepping out of the way of the House Jan. 6 committee’s recommendation that the Justice Department prosecute former President Trump for crimes related to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

GOP senators, especially those allied with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), say the Jan. 6 committee interviewed “credible” witnesses and added to the historical record in a substantial way, even though they have qualms about how Democrats have tried to use the panel’s findings to score political points.

Now they say it’s up to Attorney General Merrick Garland or Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith to investigate or indict Trump, but they’re not waving federal prosecutors off from prosecuting the former president.

“The entire nation knows who is responsible for that day,” McConnell said in a statement, pointing the finger squarely at Trump in response to the House Jan. 6 committee referring four criminal charges against Trump to the Justice Department.

It was McConnell’s strongest statement blaming Trump for inciting a crowd to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, since he denounced him on the Senate floor in February of that year.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehil...ter-jan-6-panels-nod-to-criminal-charges/amp/

Stay tuned. The clown car that McCarthy offered as members of the Jan. 6 commission will empty today, and they are putting out their own report.

 

[Cypress]

Stay tuned. The clown car that McCarthy offered as members of the Jan. 6 commission will empty today, and they are putting out their own report.

Putting out a report without holding any hearing or interviewing any witnesses?

 

[Althea]

Putting out a report without holding any hearing or interviewing any witnesses?

They're combing through the transcripts of the report, and putting their own spin on it.

You know...the way Barr redacted most of the Mueller Report and created his own fantasy for the public.

This should be amusing as hell.


McCarthy already stated that his House will be investigating the Jan. 6 commission.

 

[Cypress]

They're combing through the transcripts of the report, and putting their own spin on it.

You know...the way Barr redacted most of the Mueller Report and created his own fantasy for the public.

This should be amusing as hell.


McCarthy already stated that his House will be investigating the Jan. 6 commission.

Okay, so that's why MAGAs on this board have not been proactive and relentless in defending Trump yet - they are waiting to be told what to think by this slap dash Republican report and their favorite rightwing media personalities.