House GOP Wants Briefing on Tours Before Riot

[applegrove]

House GOP Wants Briefing on Tours Before Riot

April 1, 2021 at 1:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 92 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/04/01/house-gop-wants-briefing-on-tours-before-riot/

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House Republicans are pressing the Justice Department for a “confidential briefing” on Democratic allegations that some GOP lawmakers provided “suspicious” tours to possible rioters in the days before the January 6 attack on Congress, Politico reports.

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[Skittles]

1. wouldn't these tours be on tape

and the people as easily identified as those in the Jan 6 attack?

[blueinredohio]

2. Why confidential?

Let us all see it.

[MerryHolidays]

5. I agree....let's have a public hearing about this. The GOP can learn about it

like we can, to the extent that at least some of them don't know all about it.

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. House GOP wants to see what the feds have got on their members.

Pound sand, traitors!
You can read all about it in your federal indictment!

[EYESORE 9001]

3. Fuck THAT! The American people deserve to hear the whole truth about these traitorous bastards.

Give them a chance to censor and whitewash beforehand? Again, fuck THAT!

[Mr.Bill]

4. They want to know

what evidence the investigation has turned up.

If cell phone presence can tell us who was there for the riot, can we also tell which of those riot participants also took a tour in the days before January 6th? And whether that coincides with hotel records showing they were in town several days early?

[no_hypocrisy]

7. It's like a motion for summary judgment in a civil legal case.

You move for SJ to see what evidence the other side has. Plain and simple. If the judge doesn't side with you, you've got a better idea how to proceed in trial.

[TheRealNorth]

15. That is my guess too

They might want to know who may be already implicated and could be under surveillance.

[Lovie777]

6. The house gops already know . . .

they are just trying to act "concerned".

[Midnightwalk]

8. I think they are getting nervous about plea deals

Lots of arrests and many on serious charges. They are trying to find out if any of them are subjects of investigation.

[Hekate]

9. Why keep the briefings confidential?

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Ongoing Investigation?

Possibly involving sitting members of Congress?
I could see investigators or prosecutors wanting to keep secrets that might pollute a jury pool.
Just speculating.

[Hekate]

12. I could accept that

[dsc]

13. there is also the whole Ollie North problem

his convictions were tossed out due to the public hearings that were Iran Contra. After that it has become a de facto choice. You either have public hearings or you have prosecution, you can't have both.

[applegrove]

14. Observant.

[panader0]

16. "allegations"? Bull. It happened.

Put Boebert under oath.
The Capitol had been closed to visitors for a long time due to covid.
Any visitors, which were rare, had to be sponsored by a Rep or Sen.