Much of the new investigation has focused on whether the select committee had hidden information that may have exonerated Donald Trump.

Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word.

Now, as Trump is poised to win the Republican presidential nomination, his criminal trials face delays that could stall them past Election Day, and his rhetoric grows increasingly authoritarian, some of those lawmakers find themselves following their own advice.

In mid-March, Trump said on social media that the committee members should be jailed. In December he vowed to be a dictator on “day one.” In August, he said he would “have no choice” but to lock up his political opponents.

“If he intends to eliminate our constitutional system and start arresting his political enemies, I guess I would be on that list,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose). “One thing I did learn on the committee is to pay attention and listen to what Trump says, because he means it.”

Lofgren added that she doesn’t yet have a plan in place to thwart potential retribution by Trump. But Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who has long been a burr in Trump’s side, said he’s having “real-time conversations” with his staff about how to make sure he stays safe if Trump follows through on his threats.

“We’re taking this seriously, because we have to,” Schiff said. “We’ve seen this movie before … and how perilous it is to ignore what someone is saying when they say they want to be a dictator.”

  • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    An insurrection can be a riot also, it was a riot formed with the intention of disturbing the electoral process (aka insurrection), how is that not obvious to you? They were extremely open about it, in the lead up to and during it. They live streamed the entire thing. Looking up the definition of ‘insurrection’, at a basic level it means an armed rebellion. Many people were armed.

    • CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      They were not armed… I am doing the insurrection debate, the only reason you guys believe this was because the media kept telling you it was. Literally, its just propaganda, and it has been extremely effective on you guys.

      • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 months ago

        I’m not going to bother doing your research for you, you can look up how many people were convicted with gun charges. THE MEDIA DIDN’T TELL ME dude the people doing it said it themselves while they were doing it! IF you support them, why aren’t you proud that they tried to fix the corrupt government?

        • CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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          8 months ago

          What was the number of people that brought guns INTO the capitol building? And yes, you are just repeating a narrative, I bet you are fully in support of the cops that shot the unarmed woman too.

            • CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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              8 months ago

              So the 70 year old woman that just got convicted was vioelnt? How about steven baker, the journalist?

          • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            8 months ago

            All the gun charges I’ve seen are from bringing it into the capital building, I don’t know the number.

            If a cop is pointing a gun at you telling you “Stop or I will shoot”, while you and a mob alongside you are destroying the last barricade to your targets (after several other barricades penetrated, numerous severe injuries and a few deaths) chanting hang Mike Pence, would you be surprised if he shot you when you tried to get to him? Do you support the 2A? It was self defense, and if you don’t think it was justified then you haven’t seen the footage. I think it’s unfortunate she was shot and don’t want anyone killed, but it was completely expected. I’m shocked more people weren’t shot.

            • CableMonster@lemmy.ml
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              8 months ago

              What was the number of people that brought guns in?

              Exactly, you love it when the enemy get shot. Police can just shoot people and not arrest them as long as they are doing it for your cause.