Posted on 10/31/2022 11:04:44 AM PDT by John Semmens
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo), Co-chair of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection, says "we can't allow Trump to testify in public. This would give the chief enemy of our country's democracy an unfiltered connection with which to deceive the American people. His testimony must be taken secretly so the Committee can edit his remarks before airing them to the general public."
She characterized Trump's demand that the hearing be broadcast live as "fundamentally dishonest. The idea that people should be able to see it all and judge for themselves is a risk we cannot not tolerate. The people are unqualified to judge for themselves. They need the government to protect them from his evil words."
Cheney also denied that the rights to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment "do not apply in Trump's case. Those rights only protect the innocent. Trump is definitely not innocent. It is the duty of the Select Committee to determine the magnitude of his guilt and impose the appropriate penalty. My own personal opinion is that as the instigator of the January 6 insurrection he bears responsibility for the murder of his co-conspirator Ashli Babbitt."
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The Ringmaster says she doesn’t want to turn the J6 Committee into a circus, but she already has clowns running the thing.
Does anyone know when Miss Piggy has to vacate her congressional seat? It will be a relief when we don’t have to listen to her anymore.
12/31
Keep the testimony behind closed doors, then leak selectively.
John! You’ve done it again!
thx
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