Traitor Kevin McCarthy To Allow Trump To Pick the GQP Members He Will Nominate To The House Select Committee To Investigate The January 6th Attack On The U.S. Capitol

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Reuters reports the U.S. House select committee announces first hearing to probe Jan. 6 attack:

The special congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it would hold its first hearing on July 27.

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Members of the Democratic-led panel, known as the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, said in a statement the hearing would include testimony from U.S. Capitol Police officers.

Chairing the panel is Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson, who also heads the House Homeland Security Committee that has been looking into the Jan. 6 events.

Other members of the new panel include Representative Adam Schiff, who took the lead in the December 2019 impeachment of Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, and Representative Jamie Raskin, the lead prosecutor in last January’s second impeachment of Trump on a charge of inciting an insurrection.

Republicans have been dilatory in naming their members to the committee, because they do not want any investigation into the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection on January 6, for which several Republican lawmakers have been identified as planners and inciters of the insurrection, Ali Alexander claims Reps. Biggs, Brooks, Gosar helped plan the January 6 insurrection, Trump, with a Sen. Josh Hawley assist, incites supporters to insurrection, and some are alleged to have given reconnaissance tours of the Capitol to the insurrectionists in the days before January 6. Lawmakers gave groups ‘reconnaissance’ tours of the Capitol one day before riots, Democratic congresswoman says; GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert gave Capitol tour to ‘large’ group before the riots, Democratic lawmaker says; Newly-elected GOP members deny giving “reconnaissance” tours before Capitol attack. So who did? And 147 Republican members of Congress, including House Minority Leader “Traitor” Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), provided aid and comfort the seditious insurrectionists. 147 Republican lawmakers still objected to the election results even after the Capitol attack. See, 18 U.S. Code § 2383: “Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.”

UPDATE: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) told Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) that he was responsible for the Capitol riot while the scene was evolving on Jan. 6, according to a new book, The Hill reports.

“Traitor”McCarthy is expected to meet with the insurrection “Dear Leader” on Thursday, former President Donald Trump, to allow him to hand-pick the GQP members McCarthy will nominate to the select committee tasked with investigating his violent January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol (remember that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi retains a veto over “Traitor” McCarthy’s selections).

CNN reports, Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy to meet on Thursday as 1/6 committee hearing looms:

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is expected to meet with former President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the California Republican is considering which members of his conference to appoint to a special committee tasked with investigating the deadly January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

“Kevin McCarthy will be meeting with me this afternoon at Trump National in Bedminster, N.J. Much to discuss!” Trump announced in a statement Thursday.

[T]he announcement of the meeting comes the day after the select committee investigating the Capitol riot said that it will hold its first public hearing on July 27, essentially setting a deadline for McCarthy to make his picks as to who will represent the GOP on the commission. Sources tell CNN that McCarthy intends to announce his selections before the first hearing.

McCarthy’s trip to Bedminster also coincides with a series of new revelations this week surrounding Trump’s final days in office that describe the former President’s increasingly defiant and belligerent behavior in refusing to concede his 2020 election loss.

McCarthy can appoint nominate five members of the committee that will investigate the insurrection, which was perpetrated by Trump’s supporters and came hours after the former President held a rally encouraging his followers to fight Congress’ certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.

The timing of the Trump meeting shows “Traitor” McCarthy remains loyal to the former President. Sources say his picks for the committee will likely be supporters and defenders of Trump. It is expected that the GOP leader will avoid controversial firebrands like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia or Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, in part because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reserves the right to veto any of McCarthy’s picks.

Still, “Traitor” McCarthy has the option of finding Republican members who will defend Trump and his supporters in what is expected to be a bitter partisan fight, while at the same time remaining loyal to him.

McCarthy himself could be emerge as a key figure in the committee’s investigation. The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, has not ruled out calling McCarthy before the committee to discuss the phone call he made to Trump as rioters stormed the Capitol begging the then-President to tell his supporters to go home.

McCarthy has said he is willing to testify and discuss Trump’s role on January 6 if asked.

A series of books — Michael Bender’s “Frankly We Did Win This Election” and Michael Wolff’s “Landslide” both just came out, and “I Alone Can Fix It” by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker is scheduled to be released next week. All three help paint a picture of the chaotic White House in its final months of Trump’s presidency leading up to the insurrection in January.

In one example, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken by Trump’s refusal to concede that he worried he might attempt some sort of illegal gambit to stay in power.

“They may try, but they’re not going to f**king succeed,” Milley told his deputies, according to excerpts of the book “I Alone Can Fix It” obtained by CNN.

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