One of Capitol Hill’s longest doubters about the spark that fired the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots joined Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) today in calling for an investigation into the bias of the anti-Trump House Jan. 6 committee.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said on X, formerly Twitter, “I’m calling on @SpeakerJohnson to create a January 6th Select Committee.”
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Calls from her and Lee to probe the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack report followed Johnson’s release of unseen video from the day that added to the debate over allegations that those who entered the Capitol were involved in an insurrection.
I’m calling on @SpeakerJohnson to create a January 6th Select Committee.
Releasing the tapes is not enough!
There needs to be investigations and ACCOUNTABILITY for ALL of the lies, deceit, and lives ruined.
Every member of the Jan 6th committee, Nancy Pelosi, FBI, DOJ, DC…
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene?? (@RepMTG) November 19, 2023
Greene and Lee were focused on a video that showed many peacefully walking through the building, sometimes encouraged by United States Capitol Police.
BREAKING: New Jan 6 footage shows Matthew Perna, who committed suicide after DOJ’s enhanced prosecution, calmly walking through Capitol alongside policehttps://t.co/t9i4VtHnKa https://t.co/t9i4VtHnKa
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 18, 2023
Two scenes have been played repeatedly on social media. They include one of an officer fist-bumping a suspect and the other of a man strolling through the halls of Congress who later committed suicide after being charged in the riots.
JUST IN: New footage shows J6 protester being un handcuffed and fist bumped by capitol security..
SETUP?
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) November 17, 2023
Lee, Greene, and others have suggested that the select committee released videos that were biased in favor of showing a violent insurrection and blaming former President Donald Trump for sparking the crisis.
Now, they want that bias investigated and people charged if they withheld key evidence in the probe.
“Every member of the Jan 6th committee, Nancy Pelosi, FBI, DOJ, DC Police, Cap Police, Jan 6 witnesses who lied, all need to be subpoenaed,” said Greene.
“Criminal referrals must be written and prosecutions MUST happen under a Trump DOJ. I’ve said it all along, MAGA did not do this,” said Greene.
On his personal X, Lee singled out select committee leadership, writing, “Why didn’t Liz Cheney and Adam Kizinger ever refer to any of these tapes? Maybe they never looked for them. Maybe they never even questioned their own narrative. Maybe they were just too busy selectively leaking the text messages of Republicans they wanted to defeat.”
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In her upcoming book, MTG, Greene said that it wasn’t Trump but anti-Trump forces that encouraged the riot at the Capitol. “It has since come out from videos that not only Antifa and provocateurs but many federal agents and undercover agents were in the crowd. At the time, we had no idea that Trump supporters got wrapped up in the Capitol breach, only that they were there peacefully protesting,” she wrote in a section provided to Secrets.
“The events of January 6 have been mischaracterized by the Democrats and their mouthpieces in the media, a circus made of the proceedings, and these people cruelly treated. It must stop! It will stop — for we won’t rest until these people get equal justice under the law. They will not be forgotten. I will never forget,” she pledged.
