GOP Senator Goes All In On ‘Nutball’ Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theories
1 year, 1 month ago

GOP Senator Goes All In On ‘Nutball’ Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theories

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Sen. Mike Lee over the weekend promoted false conspiracy theories about the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, after House Republicans released hours of raw footage from that day. Lee said he couldn’t wait to ask FBI Director Chris Wray about an image of a man who was convicted of storming the Capitol and entering the office of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Former Rep. Liz Cheney, who helped lead the House committee that investigated the attack on the Capitol, said that a “nutball conspiracy theorist appears to be posting” from Lee’s account. Even though he didn’t vote to throw out Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, Lee was initially supportive of the Trump White House’s efforts to contest the 2020 presidential results, helping push legally dubious schemes from John Eastman, a right-wing attorney who authored “coup memos” for Trump. Before Lee and others homed in on Lyons, Republicans’ top suspected “fed” was an Arizona man named Ray Epps, arbitrarily singled out from video footage for supposedly acting suspicious.

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