{"id":50261,"date":"2021-08-01T11:37:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T18:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50261"},"modified":"2021-08-01T22:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T05:05:21","slug":"sen-collins-lets-slip-that-there-were-many-communications-with-trump-on-january-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50261","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Collins Lets Slip that ‘There Were Many Communications with Trump’ on January 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"

The investigations into Donald Trump’s culpability for the riots in Washington, D.C., on January 6th have barely just begun. So far there has been a one hearing that featured four law enforcement officers who were assaulted by Trump’s Insurrection Brigades. Naturally, Fox News immediately set out to malign the officers<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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There is still much be learned as the investigation continues. The documentary and testimonial evidence is growing by the day. In that regard, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine helpfully added herself to the list of witnesses. On CNN’s State of the Union<\/em>, Collins was questioned by host Jake Tapper about the House Select Committee that is probing the Trump-incited mob violence that sought to disrupt Congress from carrying out its constitutional duty to certify the election.<\/p>\n

Collins told Tapper said that she “fought very hard”<\/em> for an independent, bipartisan, 9\/11-style commission to investigate the January 6th insurrection. But she failed to note that it was her Republican Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, whose opposition killed it. Then she goes on to complain about the Select Committee not being bipartisan, despite Speaker Nancy Pelosi placing two Republicans on the panel. It was GOP House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, who refused to seat three other Republicans.<\/p>\n

Tapper pointed out that two of McCarthy’s GOP picks for the Committee, Jim Banks and Jim Jordan, were “election liars,”<\/em> and Jordan is likely to be called as a witness. To which Collins replied that, “There were many communications with [then] president Trump that day.”<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/JanNWolfe\/status\/1421831094656282625<\/p>\n

Really? Who would that be? We know about Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan who, by their own admissions, spoke with Trump. Although both are declining to reveal the substance of their conversations. But if there were “many”<\/em> others, then maybe Collins needs to be subpoenaed as a witness to disclose what she knows about those members of Congress. Were they calling Trump to plead with him to call off his insurrectionist brigades? Were they calling to plot strategy for the attempted coup after the assault on Congress?<\/p>\n

These questions must be answered. And now Collins has woven herself into the investigation as a material witness. We know that Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to subvert democracy<\/a><\/strong>. It is imperative that he be held accountable to restore faith in the American experiment. But all of those who were complicit in the domestic terrorism that Trump incited must also be held accountable. Including members of Congress who aided and abetted Trump’s treason.<\/p>\n

Consequently, Collins must now be required to disclose what she knows, under oath, before the Committee. The seriousness of the crimes committed by Trump cannot be overstated. He was recently described as a war criminal by Carl Bernstein<\/a><\/strong>. And his accomplices must not be allowed to escape responsibility.<\/p>\n

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The investigations into Donald Trump’s culpability for the riots in Washington, D.C., on January 6th have barely just begun. So far there has been a one hearing that featured four law enforcement officers who were assaulted by Trump’s Insurrection Brigades. Naturally, Fox News immediately set out to malign the officers. 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