Mo brooks andy biggs10/31/2023 This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. (SOUNDBITE OF TOMMY GUERRERO SONG, "IN MY HEAD")Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR. And we saw that investigation ramp up this past week with a raid at the home of a former Trump Justice Department official and a new wave of subpoenas. And we've also heard this committee implore the agency to do more in their criminal probe of January 6. The Justice Department also want to access the committee's findings, and members tell us they could start turning over documents as early as July. The Justice Department has said they've had to delay a trial involving several members tied to the extremist Proud Boys group because of the committee's probe. The committee is also sifting through months of video from a documentary filmmaker who spent time with the Trump family before the 2020 election, and they're deciding whether they will share any new evidence from that in their future findings.ĭAVIS: This is all happening while there's been something of a clash between the committee and the Department of Justice over their parallel investigations. And the panel is negotiating whether Ginni Thomas - this is the wife to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas - will testify - perhaps - behind closed doors to the panel next month. So at least two of those hearings are planned, maybe more. One is focused on how Trump ignited the violent January 6 mob and another on how the then-President Trump was not responsive to the attack for 187 minutes on the day of. Committee chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters after Thursday's hearing there's at least two more. The House is largely away for the next couple of weeks, so the panel will hit the pause button for now on these hearings and resume after they return from the 4 of July recess. And one member, Brooks, has said he'll testify before the panel now, but only under certain conditions.ĭAVIS: So the panel has now wrapped up five hearings where they've been presenting the case that Trump and his allies sought to fraudulently overturn the 2020 presidential election. And in Greene's case, the testimony about her asking for a pardon was secondhand. So far, several of these Republicans have denied they committed any wrongdoing. Other members who these former Trump aides said asked for pardons were Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Mo Brooks of Alabama and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. Gaetz, for his part, didn't deny the claims but took the opportunity to attack the panel as a political sideshow. As we heard there, they include GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida, who was named several times in testimony. Joining us now is NPR congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales.ĭAVIS: So tell us more about these members and how they're responding to this new evidence. Gohmert asked for one as well.ĭAVIS: The revelation sparks new questions for those lawmakers and about the panel's next steps. Gaetz is personally pushing for a pardon, and he was doing so since early December. Here's Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to then-chief of staff Mark Meadows.ĬASSIDY HUTCHINSON: Mr. Those lawmakers were named through committee interviews with former Trump White House aides. Half a dozen Republican members of Congress who helped Donald Trump try to overturn the results of the 2020 election also sought pardons from him. The House's January 6 committee ended its series of hearings this month with a bombshell.
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