{"id":1074571,"date":"2021-12-01T21:58:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T02:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1074571"},"modified":"2021-12-01T21:58:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T02:58:46","slug":"republicans-slam-january-6-select-committees-harassment-of-law-abiding-trump-staffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-slam-january-6-select-committees-harassment-of-law-abiding-trump-staffers\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Slam January 6 Select Committee&#039;s Harassment of Law-Abiding Trump Staffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-slam-january-6-select-committees-harassment-of-law-abiding-trump-staffers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1074571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1329920877-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">House Republican congressmen Reps. Jim Banks (IN) and Jim Jordan (OH) on Wednesday slammed the Democrat-run House Select Committee on January 6 and its harassment of former Trump administration officials and others who acted lawfully, in a conference call hosted by the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC).<\/p>\n<p>Banks, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>It\u2019s all based on a conspiracy theory. According to the committee, January 6 was an inside job. It was an attempted coup disguised as a political rally that was secretly orchestrated by President Trump and his closest advisors. That is a lie and as all of you know, it\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Banks noted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-evidence-us-capitol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20\/\">FBI\u2019s finding<\/a> that the break-in at the Capitol Building was spontaneous and there was little evidence of an organized plot&nbsp;to overturn the election by Trump or his supporters, as first reported by Reuters.&nbsp;He also cited an \u201cinternal security breakdown\u201d that contributed to the break-in of the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>But, he said, \u201cbecause the media parrots the insane lie, it still has consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the committee has subpoenaed 45 individuals so far, most former Trump officials and only five tied to groups that broke into the Capitol on January 6. \u201cSo about 10 percent of the subpoenas have been sent to the people responsible for the violence that day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Banks said 18 of the subpoenas target people \u201cwhose only crime was organizing or speaking at a legal and permitted political protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is an unprecedented abuse of power by Congress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The committee, whose members are Democrats except for Reps. Liz Cheney (WY) and Adam Kinzinger (IL), recently subpoenaed telephone companies for the phone records of some of those subpoenaed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur understanding at this point is they have not subpoenaed [congressional] member information, but they are subpoenaing telephone records of private American citizens,\u201d a GOP aide said on the call.<\/p>\n<p>CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp decried the treatment of young former White House staffers who have been subpoenaed and are now being accused of domestic terrorism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat this appears to be is a giant effort in opposition research to destroy anybody associated with President Trump and President Trump himself,\u201d Schlapp said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere [are] American citizens who are having to turn over literally their diary entries \u2014 personal information \u2014 just in case they can find just one thing that they can leverage a Republican with now or in the future,\u201d he said, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>It seems like there\u2019s a desire to just wreck these people. Once you can [label] someone with the slur of being a domestic terrorist, what\u2019s next? We had this fight in Virginia where parents were called domestic terrorists. Now basically anyone who worked for Donald Trump and tried to put a rally together is an insurrectionist or a domestic terrorist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GOP aides say that Democrats are sharing very little information with Republicans on the select committee\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p>The committee\u2019s members are seven Democrats and two Republicans, Cheney and Kinzinger, who were handpicked by Democrats.&nbsp;After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rejected some of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)\u2019s list of Republicans recommended to serve on the committee, he said he would not appoint any Republicans to the committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think everyone understands that this is now just a complete political operation by the Democrats,\u201d said Jordan. \u201cIt\u2019s just completely political. They don\u2019t want to get to the main question, which is why wasn\u2019t the Capitol properly secured that day?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan said Democrats are using the committee as a distraction. \u201cWhat the heck else are they going to talk about? Are they going to talk about the 30-year-high inflation rate? Are they going to talk about the border that\u2019s a complete mess? Are they going to talk about the price of gasoline? Are they going to talk about crime up in every major urban area? Are they going to talk about how they can\u2019t even pass their agenda?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republican congressmen Reps. 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