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Zorro

(15,756 posts) Wed Jan 12, 2022, 07:27 PM Jan 2022

Mo Brooks Is the Jan. 6 Congressman Who Can't Keep His Mouth Shut

Facing a lawsuit for his Jan. 6 attack speech, Rep. Mo Brooks has put himself in a bind of his own creation: He potentially violated his oath—or misused congressional resources.

Someone may need to tell Rep. Mo Brooks to stop talking.

The Republican congressman from Alabama keeps defending himself in court against accusations that he helped incite the Jan. 6, 2021 riot—and it’s not helping the former prosecutor in the slightest.

The particular defense Brooks has chosen seems aimed at having Justice Department lawyers mount a legal defense for him. He is arguing that his incendiary speech on Jan. 6 was part of his official duties as a congressman, a crusade he continued in federal court on Monday.

If that is the case, Brooks may have opened himself up to potential removal from office. And if it’s not the case—as prosecutors are trying to prove—then Brooks has handed prosecutors all the ammunition they’d need to charge him with misusing congressional resources.

In his shaky attempt to prove that his Jan. 6 speech was part of his official duties, Brooks has introduced evidence that his staff spent taxpayer time preparing and helping him with his Jan. 6 speech. So now, if Brooks falls back and admits his speech was a form of campaigning—as prosecutors are arguing—then he may have a whole new set of legal problems.

Brooks has created a classic ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ legal conundrum.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mo-brooks-is-the-jan-6-congressman-who-cant-keep-his-mouth-shut

And Mo is running for the Senate to replace Shelby...