Marjorie Taylor Greene grilled on Jan. 6 in court hearing

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Driving the news: During Friday's hearing, Greene denied knowing about plans to violently, or even noisily, disrupt Congress' proceedings as they certified electoral votes on Jan. 6.

Asked if, before Jan. 6, she had "heard that people were planning to enter the Capitol on Jan. 6 and engage in violence," Greene repeatedly responded, "No."

Asked if she was aware "people were going to make noise outside the Capitol as a means to disrupt the proceedings," she replied, "No, I have no idea what you're talking about."

Greene said she couldn't remember meetings with lawmakers or the White House about plans for Jan. 6, despite a video showing her at the White House saying she had "a great planning session for our Jan. 6 objection."

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[ShepKat]

1. I wouldn't say, 'grilled'

Michael Cohen was grilled - Ketanji Brown Jackson was grilled. Half the impeachment proceedings was grilling


MTG is not being grilled.

[ananda]

2. And allowed to lie her ass off.

Sheesh

[wiggs]

3. what is needed is a different cooperating witness to testify that indeed MTG was involved in

not just planning a vote to object but planning the rally, the march to the capitol, etc and that she does indeed know who the proud boys are and that they were planning the break in to disrupt congress. If they can pull that out of their back pockets after her testimony...would be nice.

if she didn't know about any of that, then fine...but I imagine she did and we need proof.

They lie at every opportunity but we need evidence of it. there are lots of quotes and images about fighting, guns, losing their country.
etc...but may not be enough for this particular lawsuit. still...this court hearing and potentially Jan 6 hearings are important for the public to hear so that, failing elimination from the ballot, she can be voted out.

[Hoyt]

6. Haven't found that witness yet, but we'll keep looking.

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[Mr.Bill]

12. Kinda make me glad that we don't run out justice system

with polling.

[SouthernDem4ever]

14. nice to see that so many voters have very little regard for our democracy

partisan my ass.

[Deminpenn]

19. She's on video saying these things herself

All the "I don't recall"s were only to avoid perjury, everyone could see it and knows it.

The biggest whopper was her saying many different people had access to her twitter account and who knows which of them may have "liked" or "retweeted" any particular tweet. One would think posting to an official social media account would have would be vetted first, but evidently MTG's twitter rule was a laissez-faire anybody with access can post anything they want.

[Raven123]

4. If this case relies on MTG admitting her guilt, it is a colossal waste of time

[Baitball Blogger]

5. So, all we need is someone with a recording of her making statements that counter

the statements she made under oath.

[Gore1FL]

8. Yep. MTG under oath makes this all worth it, even if it doesn't succeed.

A secondary benefit is that the conversations go back to the GOP and insurrection links, even if only for a little while.

[Mr.Bill]

13. For starters, just think,

a member of Congress is complaining about being asked to tell the truth.

Let that sink in.

If I was running for Congress I would have a campaign commercial proclaiming that I will be thrilled to tell the truth under oath anytime at all.

[halfulglas]

7. Ahem. For a being in a party that insists Biden's hesitancy talking is proof of senility,

Marge certainly has so many recent memory lapses. Maybe we should disqualify her because of non age-related senility. Poor thing has had anger outbursts and memory loss. She probably doesn't remember what she did last week. Takes homestead deductions on 2 properties instead of one. She probably forgot. Has no idea who put some of those posts on her FB page. Poor thing.

[hamsterjill]

9. I agree.

As tacky as this is on MY part, does she even own a business suit? She is always dressed so crappy. Shallow of me? Maybe.

But there is something to be said for having just a little bit of respect for the institution and dressing appropriately.

[SouthernDem4ever]

15. She's a hillbilly actling like she's elite

doesn't work, even on TV.

[question everything]

10. Wallace just ran a clip. I don't think that I have ever seen her so subdued

Not that I have followed her much but everything always appeared a joke to her, including when she "stalked" AOC door.

And now she had to sit quietly, not jumping as during the SOTU and quietly "cannot remember."

[Evolve Dammit]

11. I don't recall. Raygun and Ollie North started this GOP bullshit.

[tonekat]

16. Couldn't they get a better atty?

This is a concern:

When he said; “How did you know that there were going to be a million people in DC on Jan 6th?”, he let her off. Any shot at connecting her to the planning was lost right there.

The Judge completely allowed MGT's attorney to disrupt the flow of questioning. MGT highly adverse and plaintiff's attorney not nearly firm enough.

When a witness says “I don’t recall saying that”, a qualified attorney is supposed to present evidence that the witness did.

Hello?

[brooklynite]

17. Maybe he didn't HAVE evidence...

It was clear from the outset that the cross-examination was NOT to catch her committing perjury, nor was it to implicate her in planning or active support. It was basically to suggest that her tweets, video comments indicated support for violent political action in general and the insurrection in particular. He never had a strong evidence-based case.

[Emile]

18. That bias judge could have easily charged her with contempt for

not answering questions. The one question that really stuck out was, did you urge the President of the United States to impose martial law? She couldn't remember. Seriously anyone could have answered that with a simple yes or no. If you told the president something like that, you would remember. The judge in his bias let her get away with it!

[Deminpenn]

20. The judge declared her a hostile witness

nt

[Emile]

21. Not good enough! She was still allowed to

give non answers.

[Deminpenn]

22. In the immortal words of Judge Milian

"write it, regret it;
say it, forget it".

The court isn't a mind reader and has no way to prove a witness does or does not remember something.

[Emile]

23. This judge wrote the book on bias. He had the power

to put her in contempt for giving the I don't remember defense! I blame the judge!

I don't recall memory lapses and contempt of court.
https://www.litedepalma.com/i-dont-recall-witness-memory-lapses-and-contempt-of-court