Report: Stepien will No Longer Testify

[Botany]

Source: NJ Insider

“Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien will no longer be appearing in front of the Jan. 6 committee today “due to a family emergency,” according to a release from the committee.

“‘Due to a family emergency, Mr. William Stepien is unable to testify before the Select Committee this morning. His counsel will appear and make a statement on the record,’ according to the release.

“Stepien, who was at the center of former President Trump’s orbit as he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election, was not eager to testify but did not want to defy a subpoena, a source familiar with his thinking told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.”

Read more: https://www.insidernj.com/report-stepien-will-no-longer-testify/

[Thomas Hurt]

1. The Pig threatened his family you mean...

Edited: Wife is pregnant and in labor. Understandable of course, plus I am cynical about anything the Pig is involved in.

[woodsprite]

3. Exactly my first thought! nt

[RevBrotherThomas]

4. Nice family...

Be a real shame if something happened to them.

[FarPoint]

6. That my sense of this....

Knives are out....

[elleng]

2. SOMEONE should come up with a decent, factual headline, like

'B.S. will not testify today.'

[Hortensis]

38. Agree. Good grief.

[elleng]

40. and, as we learn later, his testimony/via deposition WILL be presented.

THANKS!

[Hortensis]

42. :) Thanks for interjecting known information. nt

[Nittersing]

5. Wife has gone in to labor...

Link to tweet

[Botany]

11. Please

Unless you have different medical information as per his wife's pregnancy you
should not post stuff like this.

[Javaman]

17. not to stir the pot but a due date is pretty much certain barring any unforeseen complications.

My step daughter is due the first week in August. and while it's not set in stone, it's pretty much about 99% certain it will happen that week.

[underpants]

21. Then don't.

❤️ shit happens.

[Javaman]

23. LOL thanks for perpetuating this. LOL

you could have left it alone but you couldn't resist. LOL

[underpants]

30. ❤️

I added the 💩 on edit. I was going to mention it but I figured Java would know.


🌲
❤️

[Javaman]

31. keep grinding the wheat. it appear you must have the last word...

self important people feel that need. I get it.

it's all yours.

[underpants]

24. Delete that post

I don’t alert anyone but come on.

[underpants]

19. ❤️

[Tomconroy]

20. Oh for heaven's sake. His wife is having a baby. Of course he

will be with her. These things aren't timed to the minute.
His testimony will be rescheduled.
Sheesh.

[underpants]

22. No S

❤️

[Botany]

27. Babies tend to show when they want to in many cases.

I wish mother, dad, and baby the best.

[TigressDem]

32. His lawyer is still bringing the information. nt

[Scrivener7]

9. Anyone want to take bets that she ends up having a caesarean?

[luvs2sing]

13. Planned and induced, no doubt.

[Frustratedlady]

16. It will be interesting to hear what they have added to their family.

My first thought was the old..."Thanks, but I have to wash my hair, tonight." line.

They just said on Morning Joe that the committee will show his taped deposition instead.

[JohnSJ]

44. Yes

[samnsara]

8. i want baby pix!

[agingdem]

10. subpoenaed..

apparently they're going to play his deposition...

[madaboutharry]

12. The committee is going to play his deposition

and reschedule his appearance.

He actually is going to testify, just not in person today.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. I just heard in Morning Joe that Septian's wife is in labor

[JustAnotherGen]

25. This pisses me off eom

[Peregrine Took]

28. Convenient. Was this her due date or close to it?

Maybe that's why he agreed to testify so he would have the chance to back out for cause and leave the committee scrambling to fill his time. trump would love that.

[Botany]

29. They will play the video of Mr. Stepien deposition and he will testify in person and in front of ...

... the J 6 committee shortly.

[Bengus81]

33. Fine,then he can testify in a day or two.

[jimfields33]

34. Ah no. After paternity leave.

He’s already submitted and was asked questions. The committee has what it needs.

[Ford_Prefect]

35. WaPo streaming site is announcing that his wife went into labor.

This is the stream covering the Jan 6th committee hearing this morning.

They say a statement from Stepien will be read into the record.

[bringthePaine]

36. call me cynical, but I still think "emergency" is he shit his pants when it was time to talk...

[brooklynite]

37. The rants I'm seeing here are embarrassing...

It must be exhausting serving as an armchair prosecutor and an armchair obstetrician at the same time.

[JohnSJ]

45. It sure is. It is an insult to the chairman Bernie Thompson, and borders on conspiracy territory

[LuvLoogie]

39. Like I said in another thread on this...

If this guy's testimony today was the lynchpin to the hearings' success,

then the committee hasn't done its work.

Childbirth is dangerous. We've created whole hospital systems to support safe and successful births and emergencies.

Prior to our medical system, childbirth was the leading cause of women's deaths.

I don't fault the guy wanting to be by his wife's side.

[Hortensis]

41. Reminder: This isn't really a post-truth world.

And poisoning our own minds is even more dangerous to society than acting it out to others.

We see that in the vicious mental cases the trumpists turned themselves into by choosing satisfying "beliefs" over truth.

GIGO.

[onetexan]

43. throw his butt in jail

[former9thward]

46. Because his wife went into labor?

Wow...

[onetexan]

47. did she really go into labor? LOL

well then he can be deposed via Zoom, or whatever secure method they choose.