{"id":2378600,"date":"2024-12-10T15:52:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T20:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bennie-thompson-calls-out-threats-of-jail-against-january-6-committee-members-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T20:53:30","slug":"bennie-thompson-calls-out-threats-of-jail-against-january-6-committee-members-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bennie-thompson-calls-out-threats-of-jail-against-january-6-committee-members-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bennie Thompson calls out threats of jail against January 6 committee members &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbennie-thompson-calls-out-threats-of-jail-against-january-6-committee-members-washington-examiner%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=2378600&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--><p>Bennie \u2063Thompson,a Democratic representative from Mississippi,has criticized President-elect donald Trump for implying \u2063that members of the \u2062January 6 committee\u200c should \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-cooks-up-cashless-bail-and-discovers-its-a-perfect-recipe-for-lawlessness\/\" title=\"Illinois experiments with cashless bail, but finds it breeds lawlessness\">face \u200cjail time<\/a>. Thompson\u200d expressed \u200bthat such threats are \u200cnot only unjust \u2063but also \u200cundermine the integrity of\u2063 the democratic process. The article discusses the broader implications of Trump&#8217;s comments and Thompson&#8217;s \u2063response, emphasizing \u200dthe importance\u200c of accountability \u2062and the need to \u2064protect those involved in legislative inquiries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bennie Thompson calls out threats of jail against January 6 committee members<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1908629\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bennie-thompson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bennie Thompson<\/a> (D-MS) claimed it was &ldquo;wrong&rdquo; of President-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> to suggest members of the January 6 committee deserve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3253990\/adam-kinzinger-predicts-trump-wont-jail-critics-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"jail time\">jail time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump made &ldquo;retribution&rdquo; a key plank of his winning platform a month ago. Now that he&rsquo;s weeks from returning to the White House, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cant-deny-responsibility-for-our-so-so-divided-nation\/\" title=\"Biden Can\u2019t Deny Responsibility For Our \u2018So, So Divided\u2019 Nation\">president-elect&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s foes wonder what his promises will look like in action. For example, members of the now-defunct January 6 committee are mixed on their outlooks for the future since Trump suggested the members &ldquo;should go to jail.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First of all, president &mdash; former &mdash; to-be-President Trump is absolutely wrong. There&rsquo;s nothing we did as a January 6 Select Committee that violates the law,&rdquo; Thompson said of Trump&rsquo;s comments Tuesday. &ldquo;Just because you disagree with the work of the committee is no way to threaten those members of the committee with jail. So obviously, that&rsquo;s his opinion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2722054&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=fbf861f82c7a8281c401b11c52440131\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who was on the same committee with Thompson, agreed. According to Kinzinger, &ldquo;When we talked about him throwing his ketchup and hamburger against the wall, there&rsquo;s nothing illegal about that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So look, he&rsquo;s all butthurt right now because he was embarrassed. He&rsquo;s not gonna come after us, and I&rsquo;m not worried about it at all,&rdquo; Kinzinger said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3253990\/adam-kinzinger-predicts-trump-wont-jail-critics-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CNN interview\">interview<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3253616\/trump-biden-jack-smith-prosecution-bondi-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump&rsquo;s comments<\/a> came during a <em>Meet the Press<\/em> interview when he was asked if he would pardon himself from his indictments. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">president-elect maintained<\/a> that he &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t do anything wrong,&rdquo; but instead, the January 6 committee members instigated the allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Liz] Cheney was behind it. And so was Bennie Thompson and everybody on that committee,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was coy himself when he was asked during the same interview about his own possible lawfare campaign against Democrats, who he has said have used the Department of Justice and Special Counsel Jack Smith&rsquo;s investigations into him as a way to punish him. The president-elect put the onus on his attorney general appointee Pam Bondi and FBI director appointee Kash Patel on whether or not to charge Smith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1908629\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1908629\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bennie Thompson criticizes Trump&#8217;s jail threats to January 6 committee members<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2378601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bennie-Thompson-August-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35145,46534,36978,4855,32076],"class_list":["post-2378600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bennie-thompson","tag-committee-members","tag-january-6","tag-threats","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bennie-Thompson-August-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378604,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378600\/revisions\/2378604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}