'The only reason you ask for a pardon is if you think you've committed a crime,' quips RepKinzinger.
"The only reason you ask for a pardon is if you think you've committed a crime," said one member of the congressional committee investigating the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol revealed Thursday that half a dozen Republican lawmakers sought preemptive pardons from then-President Donald Trump after they tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
According to the committee, Rep. Mo Brooks emailed the White House five days after the deadly insurrection requesting preemptive pardons for Rep. Matt Gaetz , himself and"every congressman or senator who voted to reject the electoral college vote submissions of Arizona and Pennsylvania."in a video deposition that Gaetz asked for blanket pardons starting in early December 2020. Hutchinson said that GOP Reps. Andy Biggs , Louie Gohmert , and Scott Perry also requested pardons.
Responding to Thursday's revelations, committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger opined that"the only reason you ask for a pardon is if you think you've committed a crime."before the panel that right-wing attorney John Eastman, who espoused the baseless belief that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to single-handedly reject President Joe Biden's Electoral College victory, also sought a preemptive pardon for his actions.
"'I've decided I should be on the pardon list' is one of the most incriminating, damning, guilty, and also dumb things a lawyer could ever put in writing. Literally,"
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