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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jun 15, 2022, 08:46 PM Jun 2022

Former federal Judge Luttig has stark message for Jan. 6 committee

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, a staunch conservative long admired by many Republicans, will testify before the House's Jan. 6 committee on Thursday with an urgent and stark message for the panel about former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election: "America's democracy was almost stolen from her."

Luttig will also likely state that the Republican National Committee is wrong to have referred to some of the events of Jan. 6, 2021 as "legitimate political discourse" and warn fellow conservatives to not ignore the gravity of what Trump did as he scrambled to hold onto the presidency that day.

The retired judge's planned remarks were confirmed to CBS News by two people familiar with his expected testimony who were not authorized to discuss details of the hearing.

He will also reveal how he advised then-Vice President Mike Pence to resist Trump's pleas for Pence to block the congressional certification of Joe Biden's election victory.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-federal-judge-luttig-stark-223018912.html

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Former federal Judge Luttig has stark message for Jan. 6 committee (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
K&R, uponit7771 Jun 2022 #1
Interesting. Looking forward to hearing what he has to say. crickets Jun 2022 #2

crickets

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2. Interesting. Looking forward to hearing what he has to say.
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 10:38 PM
Jun 2022

Also interesting:

Pence's former counsel, Greg Jacob, will also testify before the committee on Thursday. Both Jacob and Luttig counseled Pence to avoid doing anything to rupture the congressional certification of the election — and to disregard advice from conservative lawyer and Trump ally John Eastman, a former Luttig clerk.


What a shame none of Judge Luttig's sense of ethics rubbed off on Eastman.
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