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Jan. 6 hearings 'are going to blow the roof off the House,' Raskin says
Yahoo News ^ | January 14, 2022 | David Knowles

Posted on 01/15/2022 7:51:57 AM PST by John W

On a Thursday Zoom call with progressive activists, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said the upcoming hearings by the Jan. 6 select committee probing the riot at the U.S. Capitol staged by supporters of former President Donald Trump will “blow the roof off the House.”

“We are going to do everything we can to subpoena all the information we need and to enforce our subpoenas. But even if we don’t get every last person in there, we are going to have hearings that I believe will be compared to the Watergate hearings, because they are going to blow the roof off the House in terms of explaining to America what actually happened in the attack on our democracy,” Raskin, who sits on the committee, told an audience of approximately 40,000 people who watched his remarks on Facebook.

“I hope everybody will watch and I hope everybody will discuss it and then it will lead to a report that, I hope again, will be a game changer in terms of American history,” Raskin said.

In response to questions about holding Trump personally accountable for pushing the disproven claim that he lost the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud, which served as motivation for the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, Raskin promised “a reckoning.”

“But you know, the guy’s a walking crime wave, and he has committed crimes all over the country, including sexual harassment and assault on a lot of people. There’s bank fraud and there’s real estate fraud and there’s tax fraud,” Raskin said.

“And there are prosecutors all over the country, looking at all that stuff. I don’t want us to fetishize Donald Trump that much — he will meet you know, his maker, one place or another, there will be accountability and a reckoning with the law.”

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1 posted on 01/15/2022 7:51:57 AM PST by John W
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To: John W

Just like the Russian collusion hearings.


2 posted on 01/15/2022 7:53:21 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: John W

When will this happen?


3 posted on 01/15/2022 7:53:31 AM PST by sport
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To: John W

Yup - they’re taking the nuclear option.

Let the circus and destruction of the United States begin.


4 posted on 01/15/2022 7:53:40 AM PST by Skywise
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To: John W

Ramping up the shock troops for their next assault when all that doesn’t happen.


5 posted on 01/15/2022 7:54:42 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: John W

Let me add - if the Dems succeed in this then WHEN the GOP takes control of the house they should immediately convene a congressional investigation of the Summer of 2020 and the Democrats complicity in ACUTAL INSURRECTION AND SEDITION AND SUBVERTING THE ELECTION.

Eye for an eye.


6 posted on 01/15/2022 7:55:16 AM PST by Skywise
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To: John W

What a loon.


7 posted on 01/15/2022 7:55:31 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: outpostinmass2
Just like the Russian collusion hearings.

The lesson the Democrats took from the sham impeachments seems to be that they didn't fabricate enough evidence.

8 posted on 01/15/2022 7:59:52 AM PST by cockroach_magoo
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To: Skywise

>>>Eye for an eye.<<<

This could very well happen if we see a huge influx of MAGA candidates all endorsed by 45. Otherwise, it will just be business as usual with the same cowardly lions that pretend to care about America’s interests.


9 posted on 01/15/2022 8:01:38 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: John W

Nothing. Burger.

They will make all kinds of inferences, but there’s nothing material.


10 posted on 01/15/2022 8:04:19 AM PST by lurk (u)
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To: John W

I understand that Pelosi is officially “off limits” for the committee, so the investigation will not be complete. That makes it a partisan witch hunt.


11 posted on 01/15/2022 8:04:53 AM PST by Spok (Who is Ray Epps?)
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“But you know, the guy’s a walking crime wave, and he has committed crimes all over the country, including sexual harassment and assault on a lot of people. There’s bank fraud and there’s real estate fraud and there’s tax fraud,” Raskin said.


It’s interesting that he lists ‘sexual harassment and assault’ first before real crimes like bank, real estate, and tax fraud. And with years of time to investigate and a state attorney general who ran on the platform of ‘getting Trump and his family’, we’ve yet to see any indictments. Trump must be a really clever fellow. Something Brandon has never been accused of.


12 posted on 01/15/2022 8:07:57 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: outpostinmass2

And the two impeachment shams.


13 posted on 01/15/2022 8:11:13 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: John W

Politics.

That’s all you’re doing Raskins. Playing politics.

Turnabout is fair play.

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.


14 posted on 01/15/2022 8:11:13 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: outpostinmass2

That’s exactly what this is turning out to be. BTW- this is how desperate the LW media is; penning an article about a zoom call by a far left politician with left wing activists.


15 posted on 01/15/2022 8:11:34 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: John W
Ted Cruz finally asks the J6 question during Senate hearing…

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/ted-cruz-finally-asks-the-j6-question-during-senate-hearing/

16 posted on 01/15/2022 8:12:08 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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“ And there are prosecutors all over the country, looking at all that stuff. I don’t want us to fetishize Donald Trump that much — he will meet you know, his maker, one place or another, there will be accountability and a reckoning with the law.””

In other words, NO. We got squat.


17 posted on 01/15/2022 8:12:21 AM PST by Mercat
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18 posted on 01/15/2022 8:13:25 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: John W
Ray Epps was not alone…
Posted by Kane on January 13, 2022 6:24 pm

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/ray-epps-was-not-alone/

19 posted on 01/15/2022 8:15:10 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: John W

don’t pay any attention to Ratskin, he’s just a Schitt wannabee


20 posted on 01/15/2022 8:15:55 AM PST by euram
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