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demmiblue

(36,873 posts)
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 05:37 AM Oct 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in 'Dozens' of Planning Meetings With Mem

Source: Rolling Stone

EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff

Two sources are communicating with House investigators and detailed a stunning series of allegations to Rolling Stone, including a promise of a “blanket pardon” from the Oval Office


As the House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack heats up, some of the planners of the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C., have begun communicating with congressional investigators and sharing new information about what happened when the former president’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Two of these people have spoken to Rolling Stone extensively in recent weeks and detailed explosive allegations that multiple members of Congress were intimately involved in planning both Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss and the Jan. 6 events that turned violent.

Rolling Stone separately confirmed a third person involved in the main Jan. 6 rally in D.C. has communicated with the committee. This is the first report that the committee is hearing major new allegations from potential cooperating witnesses. While there have been prior indications that members of Congress were involved, this is also the first account detailing their purported role and its scope. The two sources also claim they interacted with members of Trump’s team, including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who they describe as having had an opportunity to prevent the violence.

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The two sources, both of whom have been granted anonymity due to the ongoing investigation, describe participating in “dozens” of planning briefings ahead of that day when Trump supporters broke into the Capitol as his election loss to President Joe Biden was being certified.

“I remember Marjorie Taylor Greene specifically,” the organizer says. “I remember talking to probably close to a dozen other members at one point or another or their staffs.”

Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/exclusive-jan-6-organizers-met-congress-white-house-1245289/






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EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in 'Dozens' of Planning Meetings With Mem (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2021 OP
One hopes that these domestic terrorists are locked up Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #1
Twitter reply: Rhiannon12866 Oct 2021 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #13
Yes, who planted the pipe bombs? tanyev Oct 2021 #27
When I See This Lead Off modrepub Oct 2021 #3
Same here Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #4
I believe this will surpass Watergate KS Toronado Oct 2021 #19
this already makes watergate look like a bag job by two bit crimials. Javaman Oct 2021 #32
The press doesn't know what to do. They're used to uncovering scandals, this is all out in the open Walleye Oct 2021 #28
Yes MSM have kept coverage Rebl2 Oct 2021 #33
This should be headline news with massive coverage JohnSJ Oct 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #14
I agree! Rebl2 Oct 2021 #31
This violent Republican attack on America Champp Oct 2021 #6
I hope Gym Jordan is involved. blueinredohio Oct 2021 #7
My first thought also KS Toronado Oct 2021 #20
Throw da bums out jpak Oct 2021 #8
K&R UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #9
Most ofpeople are just plain ugly. Starting to think it's deliberate Walleye Oct 2021 #29
Throw da bums out jpak Oct 2021 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #15
Here is what I absolutely do not understand, gab13by13 Oct 2021 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #16
If we don't have the DOJ on our side gab13by13 Oct 2021 #18
Now, can we now? sloopdog50 Oct 2021 #12
Sane Americans already came to this conclusion . . . Lovie777 Oct 2021 #17
Nothing will be done. I fear we are in the midst of a slow moving coup RVN VET71 Oct 2021 #21
Is all of this still just a misdemeanor? Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #22
Must have them testify on live tv JT45242 Oct 2021 #23
Kick dalton99a Oct 2021 #24
Wake me when the stream of "stunning new revelations" turns into a stream of incarcerations PSPS Oct 2021 #25
The Big Tent iscoming down. marble falls Oct 2021 #26
95 a year for a magazine i don't read or a minimum of 7.99 hydrolastic Oct 2021 #30
I was able to get it for free twice at this link.... BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #36
This should get more than 50 recs Maggiemayhem Oct 2021 #34
AOC said she wants them expelled from The House. BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #35
Looking for justice here. Only way we can get through this is subpoenas, indictments and trials. Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #37

Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

tanyev

(42,589 posts)
27. Yes, who planted the pipe bombs?
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 08:45 AM
Oct 2021

That would be something if it turned out to be Marjorie Traitor Greene.

modrepub

(3,499 posts)
3. When I See This Lead Off
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 06:08 AM
Oct 2021

the front page of every newspaper, the start of every newscast and folks actually getting locked up then maybe I'll think this story has legs and could actually be meaningful towards the next federal election. Until then, anything coming out of the Jan 6th investigation is just a circle j-rk.

Sorry but the M$M and right-wing propaganda machine have kept the Jan 6th story line at a very low boil up to this point. I don't think this will ever reach the fury the Watergate hearing created.

Javaman

(62,531 posts)
32. this already makes watergate look like a bag job by two bit crimials.
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 10:02 AM
Oct 2021

this is expansive and extends to every branch of the government, with multiple players, members of congress and the former guy.

Walleye

(31,032 posts)
28. The press doesn't know what to do. They're used to uncovering scandals, this is all out in the open
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 08:55 AM
Oct 2021

Investigative journalism has turned into tabloid sensationalism

Rebl2

(13,535 posts)
33. Yes MSM have kept coverage
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 10:12 AM
Oct 2021

to a bare minimum and I believe the higher ups/owners don’t want them to really cover it to any great extent.

Response to JohnSJ (Reply #5)

Response to jpak (Reply #10)

gab13by13

(21,377 posts)
11. Here is what I absolutely do not understand,
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 07:08 AM
Oct 2021

why add another layer? Why can't these 2 sources go directly to the FBI which has more clout than the select committee? Time is extremely important in these cases. So these 2 sources work out a time to meet with the select committee, then the committee has to vote to send the information to DOJ, then I suppose the whole House has to vote on the matter. Cut out the middle man. These 2 people should be made to go directly to the FBI. Someone explain to me why I am wrong, this referral shit before acting is BS.

Response to gab13by13 (Reply #11)

gab13by13

(21,377 posts)
18. If we don't have the DOJ on our side
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 07:36 AM
Oct 2021

we are totally fucked. For crying out loud there is an FBI tip line people can call. Garland can do what Barr did, appoint a special prosecutor and give him resources to look into this coup. We will not hold people accountable if DOJ isn't 100% on board. The select committee doesn't have the authority to file criminal complaints to make people appear before grand juries. We need DOJ to act.

Again I ask, why can't these 2 sources go directly to the FBI? This doesn't involve someone breaking the law against Congress refusing a subpoena. I just don't get it. Will some legal person here explain why I am wrong.

RVN VET71

(2,694 posts)
21. Nothing will be done. I fear we are in the midst of a slow moving coup
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 08:12 AM
Oct 2021

and there is little resistance from the Dems and no interest by the media. MSM is playing the coup very softly because it does not want to upset the Fascist Party, period. It doesn’t want to upset the Fascist Party because the MSM corporate ownership is fascist to the marrow, period.

What I’m saying is the goddamned MSM is playing soft footsies with the coup planners because they share the beliefs and hopes and dreams of the Fascist Party for a one part system run by themselves (the corporate plutocrats) and their paid for politicians.

SCOTUS is fascist-dominated; the GOP is thoroughly fascist; and we have a DOJ that seems honest, but timid in the face of the coup.

In short: we, the people (excluding the white supremacist, Nazi-leaning, “fine people”) are pretty much screwed.

(Our DOJ’s reluctance to go after the Fat Man is like a lawman catching a man holding a bloody knife, with blood all over his shirt, face, and arms, and a cut up, bloody body at his feet turning away and asking his partner if there was any actionable evidence at the scene -- all while the killer walks off into the night. Sad.)

JT45242

(2,282 posts)
23. Must have them testify on live tv
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 08:35 AM
Oct 2021

This needs to be in a public hearing on live tv.

Of course, why were blanket pardon offered?

They knew what they were doing was totally illegal.

Hopefully, the FBI will have phone location data of MTG, gym, gaetz, etc that corroborate. Plus I am sure there are texts and calls.

But if this is not done in open hearings, no one will read the report.

PSPS

(13,606 posts)
25. Wake me when the stream of "stunning new revelations" turns into a stream of incarcerations
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 08:38 AM
Oct 2021

These stories have turned into nothing more than click bait. They're all going to skate. The DOJ is a joke and the court system just lets people run out the clock on endless appeals until they kick the bucket, making it another joke.

hydrolastic

(488 posts)
30. 95 a year for a magazine i don't read or a minimum of 7.99
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 09:48 AM
Oct 2021

to get it and then cancel. I want to read it but its just too much to pay. The news system on the internet is only for the rich.

Evolve Dammit

(16,750 posts)
37. Looking for justice here. Only way we can get through this is subpoenas, indictments and trials.
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 07:18 AM
Oct 2021

I wonder about lack of political will, MSM downplay and all involved dragging it out well into 2022 and beyond. With mid-terms, any of the above will cease if the House is flipped. If.

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