Opinion: Trump's growing recklessness is a ticking time bomb
Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, a Democrat who is a member of the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack, accused former President Donald Trump of tampering with witnesses by floating the possibility of pardoning those who took part in the insurrection.
Trump, who spoke of the potential pardons during a rally in Texas on Saturday, sank to new lows by dangling the promise of impunity and calling for massive protests if prosecutors investigating him and his business "do anything wrong or illegal."
It's clear that Trump is trying to rile up his followers while threatening to unleash them on anyone who stands in his way. His comments also reinforce his false narrative that those who took part in the January 6 attack were patriots who acted righteously to defend American democracy, rather than insurrectionists who sought to destroy it.
The House select committee, which is moving swiftly to obtain documents and testimony from members of Trump's inner circle, could also be looking into possible witness tampering elsewhere. Last month, the House committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson issued a letter to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy requesting more information about his communications with Trump, noting the representative's changing comments on January 6 over time. (McCarthy said he would not cooperate with the request.)
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