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applegrove

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Tue Oct 4, 2022, 06:22 PM Oct 2022

Ron Johnson Admits Texts to Trump Lawyer on January 6

Ron Johnson Admits Texts to Trump Lawyer on January 6

October 4, 2022 at 3:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 78 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/10/04/ron-johnson-admits-texts-to-trump-lawyer-on-january-6/

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) “acknowledged he exchanged text messages with one of Donald Trump’s attorneys before and after Johnson’s staff attempted to deliver a package to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6,” NBC News reports.

“Johnson said ‘the entire episode lasted about an hour,’ in reference to his ties to a fake electors scheme he said he knew nothing about. He also said he didn’t know the contents of the package he said the attorney wanted to be delivered.”

Said Johnson: “You can’t even call it participation, I wrote a couple texts.”

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Ron Johnson Admits Texts to Trump Lawyer on January 6 (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2022 OP
For Some Odd Reason.... global1 Oct 2022 #1
Sitting members of congress who were involved in 1/6 are paying zero consequences. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #2
+1000. nt ecstatic Oct 2022 #4
This is what slow rolling indictments does, newdayneeded Oct 2022 #3
He knew nothing. . . Emile Oct 2022 #5

newdayneeded

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3. This is what slow rolling indictments does,
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 08:26 AM
Oct 2022

it emboldens office holding repubs to get in front of NBC microphones and say whatever they want. They know they will be free of any prosecution.

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