Top GOPer's ‘most immediate’ priority for new committee includes probing a MAGA conspiracy
2 months ago

Top GOPer's ‘most immediate’ priority for new committee includes probing a MAGA conspiracy

Raw Story  

Rep. Barry Loudermilk on Thursday previewed what he has in his crosshairs now that he’s been charged to lead a new House select committee to reexamine the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. “That’s what we’re going to be focused on.” But Loudermilk also revealed what the biggest questions still lingering in his mind surrounding Jan. 6 just a day after House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the creation of the new select committee. “The most immediate is from that Department of Justice IG report on the confidential human resources,” Loudermilk said Thursday, echoing familiar concerns from MAGA Republicans like House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan. "So that’s going to be one of our first targets.” A DOJ Inspector General report released in December found that there was “no evidence” to conclude that "the FBI had undercover employees in the various protest crowds, or at the Capitol, on January 6.” But that hasn’t stopped Republicans from continuing to claim that FBI informants, known as confidential human sources, were involved in orchestrating the attack – and not a mob of MAGA supporters.

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Huff Post  

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Raw Story  

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3 months ago

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Raw Story  

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Associated Press  

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2 years ago

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Salon  

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LA Times  

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2 years, 3 months ago

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Raw Story  

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Rep. Lofgren Teases 'Pretty Surprising' Material In Upcoming Jan. 6 Public Hearing
2 years, 5 months ago

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Intel Committee Votes To Release Secret GOP Memo, Withhold Democrats' Rebuttal
7 years, 1 month ago

Intel Committee Votes To Release Secret GOP Memo, Withhold Democrats' Rebuttal

NPR  

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