<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Republicans are starting up a new panel to investigate events leading up to and after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6</a>, 2021, Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) revealed on Wednesday.
A new select subcommittee is being established under the House Judiciary Committee and will be chaired by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who led the counter-probe into the U.S. Capitol breach and the Democrat-led January 6 Committee, leading to a report that demanded <a href="https://cha.house.gov/_cache/files/6/d/6dae7b82-7683-4f56-a177-ba98695e600d/145DD5A70E967DEEC1F511764D3E6FA1.final-interim-report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">further inquiry</a> into its leaders — Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) — for suspected wrongdoing related to data retention and witnesses.
&#8220;House Republicans are proud of our work so far in exposing the false narratives peddled by the politically motivated January 6 Select Committee during the 117th Congress, but there is still more work to be done,&#8221; Johnson said in a statement. &#8220;We are establishing this Select Subcommittee to continue our efforts to uncover the full truth that is owed to the American people. The composition and other details regarding the Select Subcommittee will be announced soon.&#8221;
The announcement comes after President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-issues-full-pardon-to-nearly-all-j6-defendants-could-be-released-from-prison-tonight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sweeping executive order</a> on Monday, hours into his second term, granting pardons to about 1,500 criminal defendants related to the January 6 Capitol riot. That move followed former President Joe Biden issuing preemptive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-issues-last-minute-pardons-for-fauci-mark-milley-and-jan-6-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardons</a> to members of the January 6 Committee right before he left office, including Thompson and Cheney, and others. Trump himself faced a criminal prosecutions tied to the 2020 election and January 6, but they faltered after the 2024 presidential contest.
&#8220;I am honored to be tasked with continuing the investigation into the events surrounding January 6, 2021, and the failures that led to the breach of the United States Capitol,&#8221; Loudermilk said in a statement. &#8220;What happened at the Capitol that day was the result of a series of intelligence, security, and leadership failures at multiple levels within numerous entities. I appreciate Speaker Johnson’s commitment to our work, and I am looking forward to working with Chairman Jim Jordan to continue to uncover all the facts and begin the arduous task of making needed reforms to ensure this level of security failure may never happen again.”
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In a statement of his own, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said &#8220;Loudermilk has been the leader in getting to the bottom of what the Democrat-led January 6 Committee failed to uncover, and we look forward to helping him bring all the facts to the American people.&#8221;
After receiving their pardons, Thompson and Cheney released a joint <a href="https://www.wlbt.com/2025/01/20/thomspon-cheney-release-statement-wake-presidential-pardon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> thanking Biden and lamenting how they were being subject to continued scrutiny.
&#8220;We express our gratitude to President Biden for recognizing that we and our families have been continuously targeted not only with harassment, lies, and threats of criminal violence but also with specific threats of criminal prosecution and imprisonment by members of the incoming administration, simply for doing our jobs and upholding our oath of office,&#8221; the pair said, adding, &#8220;We have been pardoned today not for breaking the law but for upholding it.&#8221;

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President Joe Biden took a wave of backlash after it was announced on Thursday that he planned to honor Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and former Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-to-honor-liz-cheney-three-weeks-before-trumps-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Liz Cheney</a> (R-WY) with the Presidential Citizens Medal before he leaves office.
&#8220;Throughout two decades in public service, including as a congresswoman for Wyoming and vice chair of the committee on the Jan. 6 attack, Liz Cheney has raised her voice — and reached across the aisle — to defend our nation and the ideals we stand for: Freedom. Dignity. And decency,” the White House said of the former Wyoming congresswoman, who was routed in the 2022 Republican primary after she voluntarily joined the lopsided January 6th Committee. &#8220;Her integrity and intrepidness remind us all what is possible if we work together.&#8221;
Biden also plans to award <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/us/politics/presidential-citizens-medal-liz-cheney.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Thompson</a>, who chaired the January 6th Committee, along with 18 others.
Critics weren&#8217;t so sure that the award was the honor President Biden appeared to believe it was, however, arguing that it was &#8220;meaningless&#8221; or essentially a &#8220;participation trophy.&#8221;
&#8220;President Biden rewards Liz Cheney for her witness tampering and obstruction of justice in the J6 show trial she ran. Discrediting to everyone,&#8221; The Federalist&#8217;s Mollie Hemingway posted.
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President Biden rewards Liz Cheney for her witness tampering and obstruction of justice in the J6 show trial she ran. Discrediting to everyone. <a href="https://t.co/JGjO3feHgA">https://t.co/JGjO3feHgA</a>
&mdash; Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1874848475990647037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Cheney receives a participation trophy from Biden for leading a political witchhunt against President Trump and allegedly tampering with evidence,&#8221; former White House advisor Mercedes Schlapp added.
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Cheney receives a participation trophy from Biden for leading a political witchhunt against President Trump and allegedly tampering with evidence. <a href="https://t.co/XTed4sT7Uz">https://t.co/XTed4sT7Uz</a>
&mdash; Mercedes Schlapp (@mercedesschlapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/mercedesschlapp/status/1874802655580893614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I never understood why people would turn down high honors and accolades. Now I do,&#8221; author John LeFevre posted. &#8220;Sadiq Khan is getting a Knighthood. Liz Cheney is getting the Presidential Citizens Medal. These awards are not only meaningless, they are a trophy for complicity in a rotten system.&#8221;
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I never understood why people would turn down high honors and accolades. 
Now I do&#8230;
Sadiq Khan is getting a Knighthood. Liz Cheney is getting the Presidential Citizens Medal.
These awards are not only meaningless, they are a trophy for complicity in a rotten system.
&mdash; John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnLeFevre/status/1874841752135487999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is repulsive. That investigation was done by a committee all of whose members were chosen by Nancy Pelosi, and was produced like a TV show. There was no cross examination of witnesses. The media fell for it, but it was utterly one-sided. A show trial,&#8221; Fox News&#8217; Brit Hume said.
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This is repulsive. That investigation was done by a committee all of whose members were chosen by Nancy Pelosi, and was produced like a TV show. There was no cross examination of witnesses. The media fell for it, but it was utterly one-sided. A show trial. <a href="https://t.co/9LSmr8rGCU">https://t.co/9LSmr8rGCU</a>
&mdash; Brit Hume (@brithume) <a href="https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1874851068506783936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Just a reminder that Liz Cheney lost her seat in the House of Representatives because her very own constituents loathed her for the role she played in trying to take down Donald Trump,&#8221; The Daily Wire&#8217;s Mary Margaret Olohan noted.
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Just a reminder that Liz Cheney lost her seat in the House of Representatives because her very own constituents loathed her for the role she played in trying to take down Donald Trump. <a href="https://t.co/LOgqa2991l">pic.twitter.com/LOgqa2991l</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1874849308962676747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It’s mostly funny because Joe Biden has been considering giving Liz Cheney a blanket pardon. But now she’s getting a Presidential Award? Truly beyond parody,&#8221; Dustin Grage added.
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It’s mostly funny because Joe Biden has been considering giving Liz Cheney a blanket pardon.
But now she’s getting a Presidential Award? Truly beyond parody. <a href="https://t.co/kDfdXZaYmR">https://t.co/kDfdXZaYmR</a>
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrageDustin/status/1874862484148105310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Cheney had been on a short list of potential &#8220;pre-emptive pardons&#8221; that were reportedly the subject of discussion in the White House, with the stated goal being to insulate her from prosecution that could stem from her role in the January 6th Committee&#8217;s investigation. Cheney&#8217;s name was floated along with a number of other antagonists of President-elect Donald Trump — such as Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) — as Democrats and their legacy media surrogates stirred fears that Trump might seek retribution once he took office again in January.
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On Wednesday, the House Freedom Caucus said Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bennie-thompson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bennie Thompson</a> (D-MS) should not be allowed to serve on the bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump because he introduced a bill that could strip Trump of Secret Service protection under certain conditions.
The group of a few dozen conservative members also pushed for Thompson, who served as chairman of the now-defunct January 6 Committee, to be removed as the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee — which has oversight of the Secret Service.
&#8220;In April, Rep. Bennie Thompson launched an effort with other radical progressive Democrats to deny Secret Service protection to President Trump — legislation that he continues to defend even after the attempted assassination on July 13,&#8221; the caucus said in a <a href="https://x.com/freedomcaucus/status/1816097861974495703/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
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HFC Official Position: &quot;Rep. Bennie Thompson Must Not Be Allowed To Soil Another Investigation&quot; <a href="https://t.co/gO7KpADaxY">pic.twitter.com/gO7KpADaxY</a>
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&#8220;We therefore urge the removal of Rep. Thompson as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security,&#8221; it added. Similarly, his actions should invalidate Rep. Thompson from serving on the task force to investigate the attempted assassination of President Trump.&#8221;
The group concluded, &#8220;Americans cannot trust that he will be an unbiased arbiter of the facts in the effort to get to the bottom of the greatest failure of the Secret Service in more than three decades.&#8221;
Atop the statement was a quote that read, &#8220;Rep. Bennie Thompson Must Not Be Allowed To Soil Another Investigation.&#8221;
Thompson has faced blowback for legislation he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-january-6-panel-chair-unveils-bill-that-could-strip-trump-of-secret-service-protection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> in April that could strip a protectee of Secret Service protection if this person is convicted of a felony that is punishable with prison time of at least one year and sentenced.
Trump is not mentioned <a href="https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/imo/media/doc/disgraced_former_protectees_act_text.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in the bill</a>, but, in May a jury <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> Trump on dozens of felony counts in a New York hush-money case. Sentencing has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-approves-delay-for-trump-sentencing-after-supreme-court-immunity-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">postponed</a> until at least September as Trump seeks to get the <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-asks-judge-toss-hush-money-conviction-dismiss/story?id=111807026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conviction thrown out</a>, but the former president could get prison time.
As <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/13/secret-service-faces-questions-after-donald-trump-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> by The Washington Times, Thompson insisted his bill &#8220;would not have affected the Secret Service’s presence&#8221; during the shooting at the Pennsylvania rally and will only apply to Trump if he gets sentenced to prison and is in the custody of another law enforcement agency.
Thompson repeated that claim during a hearing on Tuesday when he stressed that his bill &#8220;makes clear that when a protectee is sentenced and remanded to the custody of prison officials, the Secret Service is able to hand off the prisoner in an orderly fashion,&#8221; <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/07/23/us-news/gopers-slam-dem-bill-that-would-strip-trump-of-security-detail-in-prison-ask-mr-epsteins-family/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the New York Post</a>.
But Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), a member of the Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) have <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1816124448086294649" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed back</a> on Thompson&#8217;s claim by pointing out that the text of the legislation <a href="https://x.com/chiproytx/status/1816133955646869881" target="_blank" rel="noopener">does not mention</a> the requirement about incarceration.
A list of members on the bipartisan task force to investigate the Trump rally shooting is expected to be <a href="https://x.com/MZanona/status/1816130607363043428" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> on Thursday.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://x.com/MZanona/status/1816129642904051743" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Punchbowl News reporter Melanie Zanona</a> he did not think Thompson would be a &#8220;good choice&#8221; for the panel. He also said he spoke to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) about it and does not think it&#8217;s &#8220;gonna be an issue.&#8221;
<a href="https://x.com/emilybrooksnews/status/1816135746346164291" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill&#8217;s Emily Brooks</a> noted on X that Thompson &#8220;seemed slightly bewildered&#8221; by the House Freedom Caucus statement. &#8220;I don’t even want to be on it,&#8221; Thompson told her. &#8220;I’ve never expressed an interest.&#8221;
Thompson also reportedly <a href="https://x.com/emilybrooksnews/status/1816129223142064621" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he would remain as ranking member while a spokesperson for Jeffries told the Freedom Caucus to &#8220;pipe down.&#8221;

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Just a few months before Saturday&#8217;s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, a House Democrat introduced a bill that would strip Trump of his Secret Service protection if he is sentenced to prison.
Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) <a href="https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/news/legislation/ranking-member-thompson-introduces-legislation-to-ensure-no-secret-service-protection-for-convicted-felons-sentenced-to-prison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> the &#8220;Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act&#8221; or the &#8220;DISGRACED Former Protectees Act.&#8221;
The <a href="https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/imo/media/doc/disgraced_former_protectees_act_text.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would automatically terminate Secret Service protection for anyone convicted of a felony and sentenced to prison. Prison authorities would be responsible for their safety rather than the Secret Service.
Thompson introduced the bill back in April, more than a month before Trump was convicted of 34 charges in the hush money case relating to porn performer Stormy Daniels.
&#8220;Unfortunately, current law doesn’t anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentence of a protectee — even a former President,&#8221; Thompson said in a statement at the time.
&#8220;It is regrettable that it has come to this, but this previously unthought-of scenario could become our reality,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Therefore, it is necessary for us to be prepared and update the law so the American people can be assured that protective status does not translate into special treatment — and that those who are sentenced to prison will indeed serve the time required of them.&#8221;
Thompson also grabbed headlines over the weekend after one of his staffers <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/07/14/us-news/dem-staffer-axed-over-post-wishing-trump-shooter-had-lessons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on social media that she hoped the gunman who shot Trump in his ear “wouldn’t miss next time.”
“I don’t condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time ooops that wasn’t me talking,” Jacqueline Marsaw, Thompson&#8217;s field director, wrote on Facebook Saturday evening shortly after the assassination attempt on Trump.
Marsaw also wrote that the shooting “couldn’t [have] happened to a nicer fellow,” although she also called it “staged.”
“That’s what your hate speech got you!” she wrote.
Thompson later confirmed that Marsaw was no longer working for him.
At a Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a gunman attempted to assassinate Trump from a nearby rooftop, firing a bullet that grazed the former president’s ear before the Secret Service evacuated Trump.
Law enforcement returned fire immediately, killing the shooter. At least one rallygoer was killed, and two others were injured.
Footage of the incident showed Trump ducking behind the podium before being escorted away by the Secret Service with blood on his ear and face. He raised his fist as he left and shouted &#8220;Fight!&#8221; to the crowd.
Thompson is the current ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee and previously chaired the House January 6th Committee.
The Secret Service bill was co-sponsored by Representatives Troy Carter (D-LA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), and Steve Cohen (D-TN).

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A prominent House Democrat&#8217;s staffer who posted to social media about the gunman needing &#8220;shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time&#8221; — after former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> survived an assassination attempt — is out of the job.
Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bennie-thompson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bennie Thompson</a> (D-MS), who served as chairman of the now-defunct January 6 Committee, confirmed on Sunday the ouster of the aide — field director Jacqueline Marsaw — as the congressman faced mounting calls to fire her over the comment.
&#8220;I was made aware of a post made by a staff member and she is no longer in my employment,&#8221; Thompson said, <a href="https://x.com/aishahhasnie/status/1812536643917672475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Fox News</a>.
In the attack at Trump&#8217;s campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, the former president was shot in the ear, one bystander was killed, and two other attendees were seriously injured.
The Secret Service said its personnel &#8220;neutralized&#8221; the shooter, who was seen on a rooftop approximately 150 yards away from the stage where Trump had been speaking.
Afterwards, Marsaw posted to Facebook, &#8220;I don’t condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time ooops that wasn’t me talking.&#8221;
The post was deleted, but not before a screenshot was taken and shared to social media. The <a href="https://x.com/MSGOP/status/1812297287843876973" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mississippi GOP</a> and others soon began calling for Marsaw&#8217;s employment to be terminated.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/BennieGThompson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BennieGThompson</a> should FIRE his field director for condoning the attempted assassination of President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>!!!
“please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time”
.<a href="https://twitter.com/msdemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@msdemocrats</a> must repudiate these despicable statements!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/WLBT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WLBT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/16WAPTNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@16WAPTNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WJTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WJTV</a>… <a href="https://t.co/QVWu4OtUI2">pic.twitter.com/QVWu4OtUI2</a>
&mdash; Mississippi GOP (@MSGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/MSGOP/status/1812297287843876973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Natchez Democrat <a href="https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2024/07/13/natchez-womans-social-media-post-on-trump-shooting-draws-national-criticism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Marsaw said she took down the post following a request from a manager on Thompson&#8217;s staff.
&#8220;I got overwhelmed in the moment,&#8221; Marsaw said. &#8220;I am a diehard Democrat.&#8221;
The local news outlet in Mississippi also pointed out Marsaw &#8220;said her post was meant for its comic value and not to be taken seriously.&#8221;
Congressman Thompson himself posted to X a <a href="https://x.com/BennieGThompson/status/1812275735039730041" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that denounced political violence and voiced relief that Trump had survived the attack.
&#8220;There is no room in American democracy for political violence. I am grateful for law enforcement’s fast response to this incident,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I am glad the former President is safe, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved.&#8221;
Thompson is also facing blowback for legislation he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-january-6-panel-chair-unveils-bill-that-could-strip-trump-of-secret-service-protection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> in April that could strip Trump or anyone else of Secret Service protection after being convicted of a felony.
In May, a jury <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> Trump on dozens of felony counts in a New York hush-money case. Sentencing has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-approves-delay-for-trump-sentencing-after-supreme-court-immunity-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">postponed</a> until at least September as Trump seeks to get the <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-asks-judge-toss-hush-money-conviction-dismiss/story?id=111807026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conviction thrown out</a>.
As <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/13/secret-service-faces-questions-after-donald-trump-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> by The Washington Times, Thompson insisted his bill &#8220;would not have affected the Secret Service’s presence&#8221; during the shooting at the Pennsylvania rally and will only apply to Trump if he is sentenced to prison and in the custody of another law enforcement agency.

Jan. 6 Panel Chair Dumps Aide Who Posted ‘Don’t Miss Next Time’ After Trump Shooting

Jan. 6 Panel Chair Dumps Aide Who Posted 'Don't Miss Next Time' After Trump Shooting

House Democrats

A Democratic congressman’s field director said in a now-deleted social media post that she hopes the shooter in the attempted killing of President Donald Trump takes shooting lessons “so you don’t miss next time.”
A screenshot of a now-deleted post made by Jacqueline Marsaw, the field director for Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), reads: “I don’t condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time ooops that wasn’t me talking.”
Congressman Thompson previously attempted to strip former President Donald Trump of Secret Service protection.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/BennieGThompson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BennieGThompson</a> should FIRE his field director for condoning the attempted assassination of President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>!!!
“please get you some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time”
.<a href="https://twitter.com/msdemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@msdemocrats</a> must repudiate these despicable statements!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/WLBT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WLBT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/16WAPTNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@16WAPTNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WJTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WJTV</a>… <a href="https://t.co/QVWu4OtUI2">pic.twitter.com/QVWu4OtUI2</a>
— Mississippi GOP (@MSGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/MSGOP/status/1812297287843876973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
The Mississippi Republican Party responded to Marsaw’s comments, calling on the Mississippi Democratic Party to “repudiate these despicable statements” and Thompson to “FIRE his field director for condoning the attempted assassination of President [Trump].”
The comments from Marsaw came after former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-appears-to-be-shot-at-rally?topStoryPosition=1">President Donald Trump was shot</a> in the ear in an attempted assassination as the Republican presidential candidate gave a speech at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump was rushed off the stage by Secret Service personnel as he pumped his fist and yelled, &#8220;Fight!&#8221;
A suspected shooter was &#8220;neutralized&#8221; by U.S. Secret Service personnel, according to the Secret Service. The Secret Service added that one spectator was killed and two others were &#8220;critically injured.&#8221;
Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi’s Second Congressional District, is the ranking member of the House Committee on Homeland Security. He commented on the attempted assassination of former President Trump in a post on X which read “There is no room in American democracy for political violence. I am grateful for law enforcement’s fast response to this incident.”
“I am glad the former President is safe, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved,” Thompson went on to say.
Thompson previously attempted to <a href="https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/news/legislation/ranking-member-thompson-introduces-legislation-to-ensure-no-secret-service-protection-for-convicted-felons-sentenced-to-prison">strip Trump of Secret Service protection</a> with a piece of legislation called “Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act.”
“This legislation would reform the U.S. Secret Service’s protective mission by automatically terminating Secret Service protection for those who have been sentenced to prison following conviction for a Federal or State felony,” a press release advertising the legislation reads.
Neither Rep. Thompson nor the Mississippi Democratic Party have responded to a Daily Wire request for comment.

Trump shot at rally

Democratic Congressman’s Field Director Says ‘Don’t Miss Next Time’ After Trump Assassination Attempt

Democratic Congressman's Field Director Says 'Don't Miss Next Time' After Trump Assassination Attempt

2024

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the Democrat who led the now-defunct January 6 Committee, <a href="https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/news/legislation/ranking-member-thompson-introduces-legislation-to-ensure-no-secret-service-protection-for-convicted-felons-sentenced-to-prison#:~:text=This%20legislation%20would%20reform%20the,the%20protection%20of%20all%20inmates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> legislation last week that could disqualify former President Donald Trump from keeping Secret Service protection.
The <a href="https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/imo/media/doc/disgraced_former_protectees_act_text.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>, which comes as Trump faces multiple criminal cases as he runs for another term in the White House, does not mention the former president by name. However, Thompson, who is the top-ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee, released a <a href="https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/imo/media/doc/disgraced_former_protectees_act_factsheet1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;fact sheet&#8221;</a> that says Trump would be affected if the proposal passes and he is convicted of a felony.
&#8220;Unfortunately, current law doesn’t anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentence of a protectee — even a former President. It is regrettable that it has come to this, but this previously unthought-of scenario could become our reality,&#8221; Thompson said.
&#8220;Therefore, it is necessary for us to be prepared and update the law so the American people can be assured that protective status does not translate into special treatment — and that those who are sentenced to prison will indeed serve the time required of them,&#8221; he added.
Trump is facing dozens of felony charges in federal and state courts that stem from election matters and his handling of classified documents while out of office. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts and claims prosecutors and others are waging a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; against him in an effort to boost his 2024 rival, President Joe Biden.
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Should Thompson&#8217;s bill get approved — a long shot considering Republicans control the House and largely back Trump — <a href="https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/imo/media/doc/disgraced_former_protectees_act_text.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">it would amend</a> a section of the U.S. Code to &#8220;terminate&#8221; Secret Service protection for &#8220;any person upon sentencing following conviction for a Federal or State offense that is punishable for a term of imprisonment of at least one year.&#8221;
The bill is called the &#8220;Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act,&#8221; or the &#8220;DISGRACED Former Protectees Act&#8221; for short, and Thompson&#8217;s office said it several co-sponsors among fellow Democrats.
Under Thompson&#8217;s leadership, the January 6 Committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-j6-committee-recommends-criminal-charges-against-trump-over-capitol-riot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recommended</a> the Department of Justice charge Trump over the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021. Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-trump-charges-jan-6-panel-considered-but-did-not-approve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chastised</a> the January 6 panel as being the “Unselect Committee of political hacks.&#8221; In March, Trump said former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and other members of the committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-liz-cheney-should-be-jailed-former-congresswoman-responds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">should be jailed</a>.

Former January 6 Panel Chair Unveils Bill That Could Strip Trump Of Secret Service Protection

2024 Election

Trump Derangement Syndrome

A panel of the GOP-led <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> released on Sunday two articles of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> against Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-shatters-record-with-historic-number-of-illegal-aliens-encountered-in-december" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of</a> the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crisis</a>.
The <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first article says</a> Mayorkas has &#8220;willfully and systemically refused to comply with Federal immigration laws,&#8221; and the second claims the secretary &#8220;breached the public trust&#8221; by making false statements and &#8220;knowingly obstructed lawful oversight&#8221; of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Members of the Homeland Security Committee are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-committee-picks-date-to-consider-mayorkas-impeachment-articles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled to meet</a> on Tuesday morning to consider the articles of impeachment. If one or both articles pass through the panel, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-mike-johnson-house-republicans-to-impeach-mayorkas-as-soon-as-next-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)</a> said the House would vote on whether to impeach Mayorkas <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/01/26/news/speaker-johnson-vows-mayorkas-impeachment-vote-soon-as-possible/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;as soon as possible thereafter.&#8221;</a>
&#8220;Having exhausted all other options to hold Secretary Mayorkas accountable, it is unmistakably clear that Congress must exercise its constitutional duty and impeach him,&#8221; Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMarkGreen/status/1751620055773639156" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Sunday.
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Having exhausted all other options to hold Secretary Mayorkas accountable, it is unmistakably clear that Congress must exercise its constitutional duty and impeach him. <a href="https://t.co/t8MpwAQ0tE">pic.twitter.com/t8MpwAQ0tE</a>
&mdash; Rep. Mark Green (@RepMarkGreen) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMarkGreen/status/1751620055773639156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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House Republicans face a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slim-house-gop-majority-gets-narrower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tight margin</a> as they contend with vacancies and absences within their own ranks, but Green said last weekend that he believes there will be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeland-security-chair-says-we-have-the-votes-to-impeach-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enough support</a> to ultimately impeach Mayorkas when it comes to a House floor vote. Still, the effort faces long odds in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (R-MS), the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, encouraged the House to reject what he called a &#8220;sham&#8221; resolution. &#8220;What is glaringly missing from these articles is any real charge or even a shred of evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors — the Constitutional standard for impeachment,&#8221; he added in a statement on Sunday.
When pressed on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; on the prospect of the impeachment articles going nowhere in the Senate, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said &#8220;I think it&#8217;s important we respond to the American people&#8221; after pinning millions of border encounters, including people on the terrorist watchlist, and fentanyl deaths on Mayorkas.
There is a bipartisan appetite in the House for changing the status quo, even if there is disagreement on how to address the border crisis amid <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fueled-unprecedented-border-crossings-record-3-million-cases-106378442" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a surge in crossings</a> and blue cities around the country getting <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-governor-complains-blue-cities-suffering-abbott-bussing-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overwhelmed with migrants</a>. Fourteen House Democrats recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/14-house-democrats-vote-to-denounce-biden-admins-open-borders-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke ranks</a> and joined with most Republicans in voting to denounce the Biden administration&#8217;s “open-borders policies.&#8221;
Several <a href="https://homeland.house.gov/2024/01/28/media-advisory-homeland-security-committee-markup-of-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interim reports have been released</a> during the Homeland Security Committee&#8217;s probe into Mayorkas, and hearings <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/house-gop-is-moving-swiftly-toward-mayorkas-impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrapped up</a> earlier this month. Members of the Senate are working to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-says-border-security-talks-face-quandary-as-the-politics-have-changed-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hash out a border deal</a>, with the help of Mayorkas, while the impeachment effort comes to a resolution.
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DHS <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/opa/24_0128_OPA_memo.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a memo</a> to reporters on Sunday that argued Mayorkas has &#8220;upheld and enforced&#8221; border security and immigration laws and seeks to refute &#8220;false allegations&#8221; of lying about operational control during testimony and dereliction of duty.
&#8220;This markup is just more of the same political games from House Homeland Security Committee (CHS) Republicans. They don’t want to fix the problem; they want to campaign on it,&#8221; the memo said.
&#8220;That’s why they have undermined efforts to achieve bipartisan solutions and ignored the facts, legal scholars and experts, and even the Constitution itself in their quest to baselessly impeach Secretary Mayorkas,&#8221; it added. &#8220;This farce of an impeachment is a distraction from other vital national security priorities and the work Congress should be doing to actually fix our broken immigration laws.&#8221;

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

House Panel Releases 2 Articles Of Impeachment Against Mayorkas

Alejandro Mayorkas

Biden Administration

Border

Border Crisis

Department of Homeland Security

Impeachment

Mark Green

Michael McCaul

Southern Border

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> panel has recovered more than 100 &#8220;deleted&#8221; and encrypted files from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6 Committee</a>, a GOP investigator announced on Monday.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, affirmed the retrieval as part of a counter-inquiry into the January 6 Committee that <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jan-6-panel-shutting-down-after-concluding-18-month-investigation#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20The%20House,prosecuting%20former%20President%20Donald%20Trump." target="_blank" rel="noopener">shut down</a> at the beginning of 2023.
&#8220;The former J6 Select Committee went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing all the evidence produced in their investigation,&#8221; Loudermilk <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLoudermilk/status/1749487685972971608" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X. &#8220;Our Subcommittee has recovered over 100 deleted &amp; encrypted files. What else were they trying to hide?&#8221;
Loudermilk was responding to a Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-committee-jan-6-deleted-encrypted-117-files-was-required-share-house-gop-sources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> that said he wrote to Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who chaired the January 6 Committee, demanding a list of passwords that would allow his forensic team to gain access to the locked files. Thompson replied with a letter that <a href="https://twitter.com/BennieGThompson/status/1749912931913933006" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed he had &#8220;no idea&#8221;</a> what Loudermilk was talking about when it came to encrypted, password-protected files.
The pair have traded a number of letters over the past year in which Loudermilk <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/08/Loudermilk-Letter-to-Thompson-6.26.23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised</a> concerns about the January 6 Committee not properly archiving video recordings of interviews and depositions in the House as well as transcripts mentioned in a letter to the Homeland Security Department that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/january-6-panel-alerts-white-house-about-anonymous-witnesses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referenced</a> &#8220;important information&#8221; gained &#8220;from an unnamed Secret Service witness.&#8221;
Thompson has <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/08/Thompson-letter-to-Loudermilk-7.7.23.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> the January 6 Committee was &#8220;was not obligated&#8221; to archive all video recordings of transcribed interviews or depositions, but he conceded the panel &#8220;did not have the opportunity to properly archive&#8221; certain sensitive materials because it was dissolved before the completion of an executive branch review of information that could be damaging to witnesses if released.
In his newest letter, Loudermilk said one of the recovered files &#8220;disclosed the identity of an individual whose testimony was not archived by the Select Committee.&#8221; He added that the &#8220;hard drives archived by the Select Committee with the Clerk of the House contain less than 3- terabytes of data,&#8221; suggesting some data may be missing as Thompson had touted a 4-terabyte digital archive.
Loudermilk also wrote to the White House and DHS general counsels seeking &#8220;unedited and unredacted transcripts&#8221; of testimony given to the January 6 Committee by the White House and DHS, per Fox News. He set a January 24 deadline for those requests.
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Whatever information may be in the protected files remains a mystery, though the <a href="https://twitter.com/KerryPicket/status/1749810781540245782" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Times noted</a> that Loudermilk said the missing documents include information shared with the Department of Justice and Fulton County District Attorney. Former President Donald Trump, who is being prosecuted in January 6-related cases, said the records <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111800280605939981" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would have &#8220;exonerated&#8221;</a> him.
The January 6 Committee was bipartisan, with then-Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) as members, but many Republicans have criticized the endeavor. Loudermilk himself accused the panel of spreading false allegations about him giving a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-of-reconnaissance-tour-story-fires-back-at-january-6-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;reconnaissance tour&#8221;</a> a day before the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021. Now, there are obstruction claims.
&#8220;It should come as a surprise to no one that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney’s fake committee illegally deleted records of their sham investigation and obstructed justice,&#8221; House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said on Tuesday.

House GOP Investigator Says More Than 100 ‘Deleted’ Jan 6 Committee Files Recovered

GOP Investigator Says More than 100 'Deleted' Jan 6 Committee Files Recovered

House Republicans

A Republican congressman auditing the Democrat-driven investigation into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6</a> says the now-disbanded <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> select committee manipulated its findings to craft a political narrative.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight for the Committee on House Administration, received a request from House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> to audit the January 6 committee’s findings. After gathering the piles of evidence – documents, depositions, videos, and other information – uncovered by the January 6 Committee, Loudermilk says there are conspicuous gaps in the records.
“Basically, all they did after spending $18.5 million was come out with a manifesto against [former President Donald Trump], trying to tie Donald Trump to the attack on the Capitol,” Loudermilk said in an interview with The Daily Wire. “That was their narrative. Everything that they did appears to be to just come up with that narrative.”
The Georgia Republican requested all of the January 6 committee records from its former chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS). What Loudermilk received showed how the January 6 committee omitted key facts about the riot in its final report, he said.
The most shocking discovery that Loudermilk made, he said, was evidence that showed “there were some plain-clothes law enforcement officers” among the rioters “who were encouraging people to go into the Capitol.”
He said the January 6 committee also manipulated evidence and made false claims, in one instance targeting him. The report says Loudermilk gave a tour of the U.S. Capitol to a man later accused of joining the riot. The man “took a tour of the Capitol with Representative Barry Loudermilk, during which he took pictures of hallways and staircases,” the <a href="https://www.jan-6.com/_files/ugd/acac13_ffa28ed6c2694272a265860e447122c7.pdf?gclid=Cj0KCQjwldKmBhCCARIsAP-0rfz2KznjL2iAGt2_CakMqdwXLHYukr_NvfAs5yF0JsGe6we6pp5EE0MaAu-kEALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> says.
The Georgia congressman says that is false. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-panel-releases-new-surveillance-video-tour-eve-riot-rcna33713" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the committee that, while Loudermilk did lead a tour of several people around some of the Capitol Hill offices and hallways, they never entered the Capitol building.
In addition, Loudermilk says he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/j6-committee-records-white-house-correspondence-missing-gop-lawmaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> little about the security around the Capitol building that day. The committee investigated it; it assigned its “blue team” to cover that part of the investigation into the riot. But Loudermilk says that little evidence from the blue team’s research was included in the files he received.
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“That’s a set of documents that we don’t have. Now our question is: did these documents ever exist?” he said. Loudermilk posited that “it’s more than likely” that the blue team did investigate, but found something that “somebody didn’t want them to,” so “they suppressed the records.”
Notably not included in the boxes of evidence, Loudermilk found a letter Thompson sent to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security appearing to show a manifest of records the committee received from both as part of its investigation. Thompson’s letter catalogued what it was returning as the committee was shutting down. Loudermilk said those records never should have been returned, and is now attempting to retrieve them.
“We need to get to the truth of what really happened and look into the conduct of the January 6 committee,” Loudermilk said. After all of his discoveries, one of his primary concerns now is working out “how much more of this report is just made up narrative.”

Barry Loudermilk

Investigate The Investigators: J6 Committee Ignored, Manipulated Evidence For ‘Narrative,’ GOP Rep Says

US Capitol

Washington D.C.

The House committee assembled to investigate the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6</a>, 2021, riot at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/us-capitol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Capitol</a> did not properly document and save its communications or records it collected.
Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia, chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight for the Committee on House Administration, is heading a GOP effort to audit the January 6 committee’s findings but says his probe has been hampered because of a lack of documentation, according to Fox News. Numerous documents and recordings, as well as the January 6 committee’s communications with the White House, appear to be missing from the stores of information and data left for Loudermilk to sort through.
“It took us a long time going through it and one thing I started realizing is we don’t have anything much at all from the Blue Team,” Loudermilk told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/j6-committee-failed-to-preserve-records-has-no-data-on-capitol-hill-security-failures-gop-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>, referencing a subgroup on the January 6 committee tasked with probing security failures. “We’ve got lots of depositions, we’ve got lots of subpoenas, we’ve got video and other documents provided through subpoenas by individuals. But we’re not seeing anything from the Blue Team as far as reports on the investigation they did looking into the actual breach itself.”
Loudermilk said, based on people he spoke with, the select committee on January 6 intentionally did not investigate security failures that contributed to the riot in order to focus blame on former President Donald Trump. Former January 6 committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said last month that he believes his committee’s work “put significant pressure” on the Department of Justice to indict Trump over January 6.
“I think up until that point of the hearings, it could have gone either way. But I think the compelling argument that we made as a committee for millions of Americans as to how close we came to losing our democracy, [the Justice Department] really didn’t … have a choice,” Thompson <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4127211-bennie-thompson-says-jan-6-hearings-helped-pressure-doj/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “And when the special prosecutor was put forth, I think we helped make his case.”
The gaps in the January 6 committee records came to light after defense attorneys representing clients charged over the riot began requesting documents and other evidence from Loudermilk for their cases. The congressman said some of what he was asked for, he did not have.
Loudermilk relayed his concerns to Thompson, who said that his committee turned over all that was required of it, totaling four terabytes of information. Loudermilk contested that claim, saying he had only received 2.5 terabytes of data. He also said that Thompson’s committee violated federal law and admitted as much in a footnote of a letter Thompson sent Loudermilk on July 7. Thompson has denied the accusation.
The footnote said in part: “Consistent with guidance from the Office of the Clerk and other authorities, the Select Committee did not archive temporary committee records that were not elevated by the Committee’s actions, such as use in hearings or official publications, or those that did not further its investigative activities. Accordingly, and contrary to your letter’s implication, the Select Committee was not obligated to archive all video recordings of transcribed interviews or depositions.”
Loudermilk told Fox News: “It was clear in law they had to especially and, I mean if there was any question, the fact that they used the videos in the hearings would dictate that it had to be preserved. The more we go in the more we&#8217;re realizing that there&#8217;s things that we don&#8217;t have. We don’t have anything about security failures at the Capitol, we don’t have the videos of the depositions.”
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The Georgia Republican also discovered that missing from the January 6 files are an unknown number of communications sent between the committee and the White House. Loudermilk made the discovery when he obtained a letter sent from Thompson to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that was not included in the committee’s files.
&#8220;No version of the letter to Mr. Sauber — either redacted or unredacted — or the letter to the DHS General Counsel was archived by the Select Committee or provided to this Committee,&#8221; Loudermilk wrote in a letter to Thompson.
The January 6 committee was largely a Democratic effort, except for former Republican Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who joined the committee after Republican leader Kevin McCarthy refused to countenance the committee over restrictions on which Republicans could join.

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Former House Jan 6 committee Chairman <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/jan-6-committee-boss-plays-dumb-on-tucker-carlsons-bombshell-footage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bennie Thompson</a> (D-MS) claimed on Wednesday that he and other members of the January 6th Committee had not had access to all of the footage of that day&#8217;s events, saying that &#8220;a team of employees&#8221; had been responsible for going through the video.
CNN political reporter Alayna Treene shared Thompson&#8217;s comments in a series of tweets, saying, &#8220;[Thompson], former chair of the Jan. 6 committee, said lawmakers were never given that type of access to the footage last Congress. &#8216;It’s strictly a new policy that the new speaker has put in place,&#8217; he told CNN.&#8221;
&#8220;Thompson said he doesn’t think any of the Jan. 6 members themselves ever had access to the footage — they let only staff view it,&#8221; Treene continued her report. &#8220;&#8216;I&#8217;m actually not aware of any member of the committee who had access. We had a team of employees who kind of went through the video.'&#8221;
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Thompson said he doesn’t think any of the Jan. 6 members themselves ever had access to the footage — they let only staff view it. &quot;I&#39;m actually not aware of any member of the committee who had access. We had a team of employees who kind of went through the video.&quot;
&mdash; Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) <a href="https://twitter.com/alaynatreene/status/1633578749374464005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Thompson&#8217;s claim comes after Fox News host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/new-jan-6-video-changes-narrative-brings-knives-out-for-tucker-carlson-says-ben-shapiro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> — who was given access to thousands of hours of video from January 6 after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took the gavel — aired several clips that appeared to show that several key Democratic talking points had been presented without necessary context.
Among them was a clip of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) — who has been labeled &#8220;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/josh-hawley-seen-fleeing-trump-mob-riled-newly-released-jan-6-footage-rcna39490" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-insurrection</a>&#8221; by the far Left because he raised a fist in support of peaceful protesters prior to entering the Capitol that day — running toward an exit to evacuate the building. The clip shared by the committee only showed Hawley and was used to suggest that he was running in fear of the people he had supported just hours earlier.
But <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/7/bennie-thompson-jan-6-committee-chairman-denies-pa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage aired</a> earlier this week by Carlson suggested that Hawley was not the only one running from the building at that point — he was simply the last in a long line of senators from both parties who were being escorted from the building.
&#8220;The actual videotape shows that Hawley was one of many lawmakers being ushered out of the building by Capitol Hill police officers, and in fact, Hawley was at the back of the pack. The coward tape was a lie,&#8221; Carlson remarked after airing the footage.
Thompson, when asked about that specific clip, doubled down: &#8220;I stand by the tape.&#8221;
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In addition to the &#8220;employees&#8221; Thompson claimed were responsible for handling the video footage, the January 6 committee hired former ABC News president James Goldston to &#8220;produce&#8221; the entire affair for &#8220;maximum impact&#8221; — a move which also could have impacted which clips were shown to the public and which ended up on the cutting room floor.
&#8220;The plan is to present the case in six tight, thematic episodes that will unfold in prime time and during the day, running 90 to 150 minutes. The idea is to make them as compelling as the marathon Watergate hearings — some of which stretched for hours — but tailored for the streaming era and a media world fueled by viral moments,&#8221; The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/us/the-committee-hired-a-tv-executive-to-produce-the-hearings-for-maximum-impact.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time.

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J6 Committee Chair Claims Members Didn't Have Access To Footage — Shifts Blame To Staffers And ABC Producer

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