People associated with the January 6 Committee who did not receive preemptive pardons from former President Joe Biden may be contacted to answer some questions, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official suggested on Sunday.
Ed Martin, the Trump administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ed-martin-planned-to-clean-up-dc-now-hes-setting-his-sights-on-the-whole-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">weaponization czar</a> working under the supervision of Attorney General Pam Bondi, briefly spoke about probing the now-defunct panel at the end of an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377014112112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview on Fox News</a>.
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BARTIROMO: What about the January 6 committee? Did they destroy evidence? Is there criminality there?
ED MARTIN: Of course. Trust me, a lot of people did not get a pardon that were involved in the select committee, and they ought to be keeping an eye on their mailbox. <a href="https://t.co/xRelaTtlyp">pic.twitter.com/xRelaTtlyp</a>
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&#8220;Real quick, what about the January 6 Committee? Did they destroy evidence? Is there criminality there?&#8221; asked &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; anchor Maria Bartiromo.
&#8220;Of course. We&#8217;re all in that, too,&#8221; Martin replied. &#8220;And, trust me, a lot of &#8230; people did not get a pardon that were involved in the select committee, and they ought to be keeping an eye on their mailbox, because there&#8217;s a lot to be asked about.&#8221;
Biden announced during the final hours of his presidency in January that he <a href="https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-15/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardoned</a> the lawmakers and staffers who served on the January 6 Committee, along with D.C. and U.S. Capitol police officers who testified before the Democrat-led panel, among others.
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&#8220;Baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety, and financial security of targeted individuals and their families,&#8221; Biden said in a statement at the time. &#8220;Even when individuals have done nothing wrong — and in fact have done the right thing — and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances.&#8221;
As the Trump administration is looking into whether aides improperly used autopen to sign off on executive actions in an effort to conceal Biden&#8217;s health issues, Bartiromo asked Martin if the pardons were legitimate.
&#8220;Well, yes, I&#8217;m the pardon attorney, so I have — I&#8217;m in that, too,&#8221; Martin said, referring to his other job at DOJ. &#8220;I can tell you we&#8217;re investigating how the pardons were granted. It was not like anything in the history of America what Joe Biden — not Joe Biden, his staffers did, not just with the autopen, but with faking him out on the memos.&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;More to come, Maria. I&#8217;m telling you, Pam Bondi has let us loose, and when this comes out, it&#8217;ll take the whole of these people&#8217;s hoaxes down. And we&#8217;re doing it bit by bit. And it&#8217;s fantastic. It&#8217;s a great privilege.&#8221;

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Trump Weaponization Czar Puts January 6 Committee Associates On Notice

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<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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Now-former President Joe Biden spent his last few hours in office issuing blanket pardons — which he swore in 2020 that he would not do — to a few select people, most of whom he simultaneously claimed were not guilty of any wrongdoing.
While a number of critics pointed out the fact that Biden had gone back on his word, most voiced concerns about who had received those pardons and what that said about them — and about Biden.
&#8220;Biden pardons Milley, Fauci, and J6 Committee. Absolutely Insane and Absolutely Predictable,&#8221; podcaster Tim Pool posted.
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Biden pardons Milley, Fauci, and J6 Committee
Absolutely Insane and Absolutely Predictable <a href="https://t.co/VgPld782r5">pic.twitter.com/VgPld782r5</a>
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Drew Holden with American Compass noted the disparity in the way that The New York Times had covered the last-minute pardons issued by Biden compared to those issued by President Donald Trump in January 2020.
The former were described by NYT reporter Peter Baker as being issued &#8220;to head off politically driven prosecutions.&#8221; The latter, as described by Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt, were intended &#8220;to override courts, juries and prosecutors to apply his own standard of justice for his allies.&#8221;
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Journalist Michael Shellenberger took particular issue with the pardon issued to Fauci, saying that any investigations into the origins of the COVID pandemic — and any role Fauci may have played — needed to continue.
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&#8220;Biden pardoned Fauci. He says it’s not an admission of guilt. But if Fauci were innocent, no pardon would be needed. The evidence suggests Fauci helped create the Covid pandemic, and then covered it up. The investigation must go forward. All Covid &amp; Fauci Files must be released,&#8221; he wrote.
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Biden pardoned Fauci. He says it’s not an admission of guilt. But if Fauci were innocent, no pardon would be needed. The evidence suggests Fauci helped create the Covid pandemic, and then covered it up. The investigation must go forward. All Covid &amp; Fauci Files must be released. <a href="https://t.co/FkCp0jjMHt">https://t.co/FkCp0jjMHt</a>
&mdash; Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1881318348858040351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Attorney Mike Davis shared a reminder that the Biden administration had once painted a very different picture of what a pardon might mean — and what it might say about the person who chose to accept one.
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&#8220;Biden Justice Department tells court an acceptance of pardon is &#8216;a confession of guilt,'&#8221; he said.
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Biden Justice Department tells court an acceptance of pardon is “a confession of guilt.” <a href="https://t.co/TGCA0EUa2e">pic.twitter.com/TGCA0EUa2e</a>
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&#8220;Ask yourself this: Why would Joe Biden pardon Fauci if he wasn&#8217;t a criminal who should be locked up for his lies, negligence, &amp; greed that killed innocent Americans? Biden was already going out in shame and disgrace, but this is a new low,&#8221; women&#8217;s sports advocate Riley Gaines added.
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Ask yourself this: Why would Joe Biden pardon Fauci if he wasn&#39;t a criminal who should be locked up for his lies, negligence, &amp; greed that killed innocent Americans? 
Biden was already going out in shame and disgrace, but this is a new low. <a href="https://t.co/GW8fHyVT6f">pic.twitter.com/GW8fHyVT6f</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1881319094785650727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The Fauci and Milley pardons are particular indictments of their behind the scenes work, and the American people deserve to know if they lobbied for them personally from an addled and mentally absent chief executive,&#8221; conservative journalist Ben Domenech posted.
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The Fauci and Milley pardons are particular indictments of their behind the scenes work, and the American people deserve to know if they lobbied for them personally from an addled and mentally absent chief executive.
&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1881320708900634754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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He went on to challenge any journalists who spoke to those who had received pardons to ask specifically about whether they had sought those pardons out: &#8220;The next interviews that Fauci, Milley, or J6 Committee members give, all must be asked if they lobbied for these pardons personally and if so, who they lobbied. It&#8217;s journalistic malpractice to not ask that question.&#8221;
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The next interviews that Fauci, Milley, or J6 Committee members give, all must be asked if they lobbied for these pardons personally and if so, who they lobbied. It&#39;s journalistic malpractice to not ask that question.
&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1881322938320011598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So with Joe Biden pardoning Mark Milley, a reminder that Milley was a willing &amp; public participant in the scandalous cover-up of Biden’s lack of physical &amp; mental fitness to be president,&#8221; author Jerry Dunleavy said.
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So with Joe Biden pardoning Mark Milley, a reminder that Milley was a willing &amp; public participant in the scandalous cover-up of Biden’s lack of physical &amp; mental fitness to be president.<a href="https://t.co/6wMoWGpv5n">pic.twitter.com/6wMoWGpv5n</a>
&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1881323977228038622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And from the End Wokeness account: &#8220;10 days ago, Biden said he will only pardon individuals who committed crimes. Today he pardoned Fauci, Milley, Cheney, EVERYONE on the J/6th Committee.&#8221;
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10 days ago, Biden said he will only pardon individuals who committed crimes. 
Today he pardoned Fauci, Milley, Cheney, EVERYONE on the J/6th Committee. <a href="https://t.co/VsJfysYSDQ">pic.twitter.com/VsJfysYSDQ</a>
&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1881345527973073009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Biden’s fitting final act. He pardoned his grifter family. Both brothers, sister, and all three in-laws going all the way back to January 1, 2014, the year the Ukraine grift began and the China grift accelerated. Pre-emptive pardons. Total admission of guilt,&#8221; The New York Post&#8217;s Miranda Devine added.
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Biden’s fitting final act. He pardoned his grifter family. Both brothers, sister, and all three in-laws going all the way back to January 1, 2014, the year the Ukraine grift began and the China grift accelerated. Pre-emptive pardons. Total admission of guilt. <a href="https://t.co/MPx6iV0hYN">pic.twitter.com/MPx6iV0hYN</a>
&mdash; Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1881413307443351824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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OutKick&#8217;s Clay Travis posted one final reminder: &#8220;In December of 2020 Joe Biden said you wouldn’t see any pre-emptive pardons in his administration. All Biden did was lie for four years.&#8221;
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In December of 2020 Joe Biden said you wouldn’t see any pre-emptive pardons in his administration. All Biden did was lie for four years: <a href="https://t.co/kuOwf9aXmg">pic.twitter.com/kuOwf9aXmg</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1881350181398221200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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‘Absolutely Insane And Absolutely Predictable’: People Respond To Biden’s 11th-Hour Pardons

'Absolutely Insane And Absolutely Predictable': People Respond To Biden's 11th-Hour Pardons

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President Joe Biden issued pardons on Monday morning to Dr. Anthony Fauci, former U.S. Army General Mark Milley, and members of the Democrat-run January 6 committee just hours before President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration. 
Both Fauci and Milley were vicious critics of Trump, and previous reporting indicated that Biden would issue the pardons to stave off any potential criminal charges that might be brought against them during a second Trump administration.
“The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense,” Biden said in a statement. “Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country.”
Fauci has been criticized for his handling of COVID and the lab leak theory, as well as comments before Congress about gain-of-function research.
 At the end of the first Trump administration, Milley reportedly made secret calls to China, where he promised to warn Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army if Trump ordered a preemptive strike on China. In a statement after the pardons were announced, Milley said he was &#8220;deeply grateful for the President’s action today.&#8221;
&#8220;After forty-three years of faithful service in uniform to our Nation, protecting and defending the Constitution, I do not wish to spend whatever remaining time the Lord grants me fighting those who unjustly might seek retribution for perceived slights,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I do not want to put my family, my friends, and those with whom I served through the resulting distraction, expense, and anxiety.&#8221;
The January 6 Committee members receiving a pardon include former representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the only Republican members. Both Cheney and Kinzinger were harsh critics of Trump and voted to impeach him over the January 6 riot. Additionally, the pardon applied to &#8220;U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the Select Committee.&#8221;
“These are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing,” Biden said. “Even when individuals have done nothing wrong — and in fact have done the right thing — and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances.”
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Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) ripped into Biden over the pardons, saying they were unconstitutional.
&#8220;The guy who claimed he would &#8216;protect norms&#8217; continues to bulldoze them and the Constitution until the bitter end. Biden truly is one of the worst Presidents in American history and will only be remembered as the guy between Trump’s two terms,&#8221; he posted on X. &#8220;Biden has previously been criticized for his wide-reaching pardon of his son Hunter, and top Democrats said last year they would oppose preemptive pardons.&#8221;
“I strongly oppose preemptive pardons. First of all, it’s in some ways going to be perceived as an implicit acknowledgment of guilt,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said last month. “And people should know that walking into a courtroom and making charges is far from proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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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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Biden Trashed For Honoring January 6 Committee’s Thompson, Cheney

Biden Trashed For Honoring January 6th Committee's Thompson, Cheney

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President Joe Biden on Thursday will honor former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney and others with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second highest award a president can give to civilians.
The award is supposed to be given to those who “have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or fellow Americans,” The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/02/biden-cheney-presidential-citizens-medal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Cheney famously became one of President-elect Donald Trump’s most vocal critics and lost her re-election bid <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/politics/liz-cheney-worst-defeat-house-incumbent/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a landslide</a>.
Cheney served as the vice chair of the House select committee that investigated the January 6, 2020, riot at the U.S. Capitol. During her time on that committee, Cheney communicated with an anti-Trump witness behind her lawyer’s back, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/liz-cheney-communicated-with-anti-trump-j6-witness-behind-her-lawyers-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, an astounding ethical violation for which Cheney faced no legal consequences. Biden aides have discussed a pre-emptive blanket pardon to protect Cheney from any inquiries or indictments from the incoming Trump administration that stem from her actions working against Trump. Biden aides have also discussed such pardons for Anthony Fauci and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who perpetuated the Russia collusion hoax against Trump.
Texts from Cheney show that she communicated with the J6 committee’s “star witness,” former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Cheney communicated with Hutchinson without her attorney Stefan Passantino’s knowledge.
“Though she worked behind the scenes to obtain Hutchinson’s juiciest allegations in 2022, some of which were <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/us-news/house-gop-report-debunks-ex-trump-aide-cassidy-hutchinson-testimony-to-jan-6-panel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">later found to be false</a>, Cheney never mentioned the backchannel talks with Hutchinson or Griffin in her book ‘<a href="https://r.nypostlink.com/?btn_ref=org-19984c113c692001&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FOath-Honor-Warning-Liz-Cheney%2Fdp%2F0316572063%3Ftag%3Dnypost-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2024%2F10%2F15%2Fus-news%2Fex-rep-liz-cheney-talked-to-jan-6-committee-star-witness-behind-lawyers-back-damning-texts-show%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oath and Honor</a>’ about the riot,” the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/10/15/us-news/ex-rep-liz-cheney-talked-to-jan-6-committee-star-witness-behind-lawyers-back-damning-texts-show/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in October.
Cheney also campaigned with Vice President Kamala Harris in the closing weeks of her losing campaign. Given Biden’s seeming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-the-ways-biden-is-subtly-undermining-kamala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempts to undermine</a> Harris’ campaign, rewarding Cheney could be seen as a double win for the outgoing president.
Biden is also bestowing the award on Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who led the J6 committee with Cheney. In 2005, Thompson, along with 30 other Democrats, protested the certification of Ohio’s election results even though then-Sen. John Kerry had already conceded the election.
Other people set to receive the medal are Mary Bonauto, who argued on behalf of same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges, and Evan Wolfson, an attorney who also argued for the legalization of same-sex marriage.
Numerous other people who have been tied to Biden for decades will also receive medals in a ceremony on Thursday, including former senators Ted Kaufman of Delaware, Bill Bradley of New Jersey, and Chris Dodd of Connecticut. Bradley is also a former New York Knicks player.

Biden To Honor Liz Cheney Three Weeks Before Trump’s Inauguration

Biden To Award Liz Cheney Three Weeks Before Trump’s Inauguration

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) made it clear that he was not in favor of President Joe Biden issuing &#8220;preemptive&#8221; pardons for members of the January 6th Committee and other critics of Donald Trump out of fear that the president-elect could seek retribution once he takes office.
Some in the White House have floated the possibility that Biden could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-aides-discussing-preemptive-pardons-for-fauci-schiff-cheney-report">issue pardons</a> to committee members like former Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) before he left office, thus insulating them from any potential charges stemming from their work on that committee. They also suggested similar pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who is now a senator-elect.
But despite the fact that Blumenthal is among the Democrats insisting that Trump&#8217;s new administration will &#8220;weaponize&#8221; the justice system against his political opponents, he told CNN anchor Jim Acosta that he would oppose blanket pardons for those who might be at risk.
&#8220;I strongly oppose preemptive pardons. First of all, it’s in some ways going to be perceived as an implicit acknowledgment of guilt,&#8221; Blumenthal explained, referencing his own past as a prosecutor. &#8220;And people should know that walking into a courtroom and making charges is far from proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. There is no evidence of wrongdoing against those members of the January 6 committees who brought those impeachment articles or who prosecuted them. And the likely beneficiaries of preemptive pardons would be the top echelon, and the underlings would still have the fear of that kind of prosecution.&#8221;
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Blumenthal went on to explain that he would prefer to simply allow the criminal justice system to do its work, adding, &#8220;I think any such unfounded, unjust charges against people who simply did their jobs would ultimately cause a backlash against Donald Trump because there will be acquittals and the costs of their defense or investigation, I think, should be borne by a defense fund — I’d certainly contribute — or by a pro bono legal team, I sign up, count me in, because I think they are on the right side. And we ought to make these cases a test case for the principle of justice.&#8221;
Blumenthal shared a similar statement via X, saying, &#8220;Broad blanket preemptive pardons are a bad idea. Fully recognizing that DOJ &amp; other federal law enforcement may be weaponized for retribution or intimidation, the way to stop a bully is to confront him, not run &amp; hide.&#8221;
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Broad blanket preemptive pardons are a bad idea. Fully recognizing that DOJ &amp; other federal law enforcement may be weaponized for retribution or intimidation, the way to stop a bully is to confront him, not run &amp; hide. <a href="https://t.co/Nyu4DfJCfb">https://t.co/Nyu4DfJCfb</a>
&mdash; Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBlumenthal/status/1865728983758782735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Democrat Senator Says He Won’t Support Biden ‘Preemptive’ Pardons For Trump Critics

Democrat Senator Says He Won't Support Biden 'Preemptive' Pardons For Trump Critics

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Embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been ordered to hand over all records related to her communications with special counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee after a court granted a motion for default adjustment against her on Tuesday.
Willis is leading a controversial RICO case against now-President-elect Donald Trump and several of his top associates for alleged election interference, which is now on pause.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney is giving Willis five business days to produce the material, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fani-willis-ordered-give-watchdog-all-communications-special-counsel-jack-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Tuesday night. McBurney also said in his ruling that Willis violated Georgia&#8217;s open records act when she failed to respond to nonprofit Judicial Watch&#8217;s lawsuit about the communication.
Willis&#8217; office claimed in March that it did not have any documents on file or communications with Smith or the J6 Committee, Fox noted. However, the claim was untrue, and the office did have such communication.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bombshell-house-report-reveals-trump-prosecutor-nathan-wade-met-with-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Wire reporter Luke Rosiak</a> in October revealed Nathan Wade &#8211; Willis&#8217; romantic partner, whom she hired as special prosecutor in the Trump case &#8211; had extensive communications with the Biden White House, according to records.
Wade billed the Fulton County office for hours of meetings with the White House, the congressional January 6 committee, and other D.C. officials, according to records obtained by the House Judiciary Committee.
On November 18, 2022, he billed eight hours for “Interview with DC/White House,” but under oath, he claimed he didn’t remember the meeting and couldn’t even say whether it was online or in person. Between September 7 and September 9, 2022, Wade billed $6,000 to taxpayers for “Witness Interviews; conf call DC; team meeting,” but couldn’t remember what the D.C. meeting entailed.
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A released <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-15%20Nathan%20Wade%20Deposition_Redacted_Errata.pdf">transcript</a> of an interview with Wade, which was compelled by subpoena, shows that Willis was preparing to prosecute Trump even before she took office. She put Wade on a “search committee” to find a prosecutor, which ultimately chose him for the job.
In addition to the accusation that her office was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bombshell-house-report-reveals-trump-prosecutor-nathan-wade-met-with-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly working with the White House and top Democrats</a>, Willis has been marred by the hiring of Wade, her boyfriend, since the pair allegedly benefited financially from the arrangement.
Currently, it&#8217;s being worked through the courts to determine if Willis and her office can continue to prosecute the case. Wade has already been forced to resign from his position.
Luke Rosiak contributed to this report.

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Former Trump White House chief strategist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steve-bannon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Bannon</a> was released from federal prison in Connecticut on Tuesday morning after four months behind bars for his conviction on contempt of Congress charges.
Bannon, 70, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-trump-aide-steve-bannon-begins-federal-prison-sentence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">imprisoned</a> on July 1 after he was convicted for not complying with a subpoena from the Democrat-run January 6 Committee in 2022. The committee had instructed Bannon to testify and produce certain documents, which he declined to do, citing executive privilege. After an attempt to stay the sentence pending appeal and denial to review the case by the Supreme Court, Bannon reported to federal prison. 
“If you’re not prepared to go to prison to fight for your country,” Bannon <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/steve-bannon-prison-release.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the New York Times on Tuesday. “You’re not prepared to fight for your country.”
The former Trump aide is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-prison-release-56f2f7a17ae2273a29a0829234f56fae">expected</a> to speak at a news conference in Manhattan later on Tuesday. Before he went into the prison, Bannon said that the Justice Department was targeting him for his political views. 
“I am proud to go to prison,” he <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/07/01/us-news/trump-ally-steve-bannon-says-hes-proud-to-go-to-prison-as-he-surrenders-for-contempt-of-congress-conviction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “If this is what it takes to stand up to tyranny; if this is what it takes to stand up to the [Attorney General Merrick] Garland corrupt criminal DOJ; if this is what it takes to stand up to Nancy Pelosi; if this is what it takes to stand up to Joe Biden — I’m proud to do it.”
Former President Donald Trump decried the prosecution at the time, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112571273082033339" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posting</a> on Truth Social that Bannon’s imprisonment was a “Total and Complete American Tragedy.” 
“The unAmerican Weaponization of our Law Enforcement has reached levels of Illegality never thought possible before,” he posted on Truth Social. 
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Bannon is not the only former Trump ally who has spent time behind bars. Peter Navarro, the director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy under Trump, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-ally-peter-navarro-freed-from-prison-to-speak-at-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">served</a> four months in prison earlier this year after being convicted on contempt of Congress charges. 
Navarro, 75, was convicted and sentenced after he did not show up for a deposition with the January 6 Committee and did not provide it with certain documents, also citing the doctrine of executive privilege.
“I’m afraid for this country because this, what they’re doing, should have a chilling effect on every American regardless of their party,” Navarro said before turning himself in to federal authorities in March. “They come for me, they can come for you.”
Navarro completed his sentence on July 17. Just hours after his release, Navarro traveled to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to speak. 
“The J6 committee demanded that I betray Donald John Trump to save my own skin,” Navarro <a href="https://apnews.com/article/peter-navarro-prison-republican-national-committee-2b443fdbf14164fed4650332aaf6d0c9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during his convention speech. “I refused.”

Steve Bannon Reports To Federal Prison In Connecticut To Begin Four Month Sentence

Former Trump Aide Steve Bannon Released From Prison

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Newly-released texts show ex-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), an outspoken opponent of former President Trump, communicated with the House January 6 Select Committee’s “star witness,” former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, unbeknownst to Hutchinson’s attorney, Stefan Passantino.
The communication was facilitated by ex-Trump strategic communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin but later included direct communication between Hutchinson and Cheney herself, according to the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight investigating the January 6 committee. “Cheney interacted with the witness, former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, through ex-Trump strategic communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin — and later directly — in an effort to compel further testimony &#8230;” The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/10/15/us-news/ex-rep-liz-cheney-talked-to-jan-6-committee-star-witness-behind-lawyers-back-damning-texts-show/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney talked to Jan. 6 committee ‘star witness’ Cassidy Hutchinson behind lawyer’s back, damning texts show <a href="https://t.co/AkLcL0YauO">https://t.co/AkLcL0YauO</a> <a href="https://t.co/pEXmDdVcCo">pic.twitter.com/pEXmDdVcCo</a>
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WITNESS TAMPERING: Former Rep. Liz Cheney reportedly began secretly communicating with a January 6th Committee witness without informing the witness&#39;s lawyer—an clear ethical violation that could cost Cheney her law license. More concerning than the ethical breach, however, is… <a href="https://t.co/pk5Hw9j8J1">pic.twitter.com/pk5Hw9j8J1</a>
&mdash; @amuse (@amuse) <a href="https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1846355118855438729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Though she worked behind the scenes to obtain Hutchinson’s juiciest allegations in 2022, some of which were <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/us-news/house-gop-report-debunks-ex-trump-aide-cassidy-hutchinson-testimony-to-jan-6-panel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">later found to be false</a>, Cheney never mentioned the backchannel talks with Hutchinson or Griffin in her book ‘<a href="https://r.nypostlink.com/?btn_ref=org-19984c113c692001&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FOath-Honor-Warning-Liz-Cheney%2Fdp%2F0316572063%3Ftag%3Dnypost-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2024%2F10%2F15%2Fus-news%2Fex-rep-liz-cheney-talked-to-jan-6-committee-star-witness-behind-lawyers-back-damning-texts-show%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oath and Honor</a>’ about the riot,” the Post added.
The texts between Hutchinson, who claimed she could offer more information to the committee, and Griffin began in April 2022; the hearings started two months later. On April 28, 2022, Griffin told Hutchinson that Cheney had concerns about Cheney&#8217;s own communication with Hutchinson, writing, “Her one concern was so long ad [sic] you have counsel, she can’t really ethically talk to you without him.”
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On June 6, 2022, Hutchinson sent a text message to Cheney, writing, “Hi, this is Cassidy Hutchinson. I&#8217;m sorry for reaching out this way, but I was hoping to have a private conversation with you (soon) if you are willing.” Cheney texted back, &#8220;I would be happy to. Let me know what time works for you.”
“I&#8217;m free all day for a call or in-person, whichever you prefer. I really, really appreciate this,” Cheney wrote back.  That was three days before the January 6 hearings began. The Post reported that “around the same time, Hutchinson rejected Stefan Passantino as her counsel.”
The Oversight Subcommittee headed by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) “accused Cheney of using Passantino as a ‘scapegoat’ — and trying to get him debarred — in order to explain away the differences between Hutchinson’s earlier testimonies and subsequent testimonies,” the Post asserted.
During her testimony, Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, claimed that she was told by White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Anthony Ornato that Trump shouted: “I’m the f***ing president! Take me up to the Capitol now!” and “lunged” to seize the steering wheel from his driver to join the January 6 protesters. The subcommittee report <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/us-news/house-gop-report-debunks-ex-trump-aide-cassidy-hutchinson-testimony-to-jan-6-panel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> Ornato “testified that the first time he had ever heard the story Hutchinson claims Ornato told her on January 6, was during Hutchinson’s public testimony.”
The Secret Service agent driving the SUV also denied the story’s veracity. “The driver testified that he specifically refuted the version of events as recounted by Hutchinson,” the report stated, “The driver of the SUV testified that he ‘did not see him reach [redacted]. [President Trump] never grabbed the steering wheel. I didn’t see him, you know, lunge to try to get into the front seat at all.’”
The oversight subcommittee report also noted that the January 6 select committee “hid the driver’s full testimony and only favorably mentioned his testimony in its Final Report, it did not release the full transcript.”

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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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&#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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Former Trump White House aide <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/peter-navarro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peter Navarro</a> was released from federal prison in Florida on Wednesday morning and is preparing to speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday night.
Navarro, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-trump-aide-peter-navarro-decries-partisan-weaponization-of-justice-as-he-begins-prison-sentence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">imprisoned</a> for four months after being convicted of contempt of Congress charges, has been a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump. The 75-year-old was sentenced after he did not show up for a deposition with the Democrat-run January 6 committee and did not provide them with certain documents, citing the doctrine of executive privilege. 
Navarro, who was the director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy under Trump, has maintained he did nothing wrong, saying he was targeted because of his political views and connections to Trump. 
“I’m afraid for this country because this, what they’re doing, should have a chilling effect on every American regardless of their party,” he said before turning himself in to federal authorities in March. “They come for me, they can come for you.”
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected an effort by Navarro to avoid prison time while he appealed his case. 
Navarro will <a href="https://apnews.com/article/peter-navarro-prison-republican-national-committee-2b443fdbf14164fed4650332aaf6d0c9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> speak around 6:00 p.m. CST Wednesday as the RNC enters its third day. 
“The best is yet to come!” Navarro&#8217;s X account <a href="https://x.com/RealPNavarro/status/1813549873591140538" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Wednesday. 
Another former Trump White House aide, Steve Bannon, is currently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-trump-aide-steve-bannon-begins-federal-prison-sentence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serving</a> a four-month prison term over his conviction on similar charges. 
Bannon was also convicted for not complying with a subpoena from the January 6 committee in 2022 instructing him to testify and produce certain documents for the committee. After a lengthy appeals process, a federal judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-orders-bannon-to-report-to-prison">ordered</a> Bannon to report to prison on July 1. 
On the campaign trail, Trump has sharply criticized the Biden administration, saying that it has weaponized the Justice Department against him and his supporters. After a judge dismissed Jack Smith’s case against him over his handling of classified documents, the former president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-responds-to-documents-case-being-dismissed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> all legal cases against him should be dropped.
“The Democrat Justice Department coordinated ALL of these Political Attacks, which are an Election Interference conspiracy against Joe Biden’s Political Opponent, ME,” he added. “Let us come together to END all Weaponization of our Justice System, and Make America Great Again!”

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