Hmm, apparently the Committee has shown that a significant number of House Republicans wanted presidential pardons from Trump...

Well well...this appears to show, at least, that significant numbers of House Republicans (of whom Scott Perry is the only one named so far) knew they had been involved in illegal conduct of some sort.

It also lends weight to the theory that Trump and the Republicans really were planning a coup, and that they knew that the election fraud claims were baseless. After all, why would you need pardons if you were only raising legitimate questions about the election?

Dear oh dear, Trumpy boy!😎

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ElwoodBlues · M

Liz Cheney named Scott Perry. Other names haven't been named yet, but Newsweek has this:

In January 2021, CNN reported that Reps. Andy Biggs and Mo Brooks—who were both subpoenaed by the committee with Perry—and Paul Gosar sought clemency from Trump in the wake of January 6, which the former president ultimately refused.

In their May letter to Biggs requesting information, the House Committee said that the Arizona congressman's name was mentioned by a former White House personnel as being part of efforts by some Republicans to seek a presidential pardon for "activities taken in connection with President Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election" in the wake of January 6.

In October 2021, Rolling Stone reported that Gosar had promised "blanket pardons" for those who organized the election protests on January 6, which preceded the attack on the Capitol.

SomeMichGuy · M

@ElwoodBlues Thanks for yet another sad data point about the US of A...