Biggs and Gosar sought pardons for Capitol riot

[struggle4progress]

By Jim Small -January 19, 2021
Last Updated: January 20, 2021 8:35 am

Arizona Republican Congressmen Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar .. asked President Donald Trump to preemptively pardon them for their roles in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol ...

Ali Alexander, a conservative activist who helped organize the “Stop the Steal” protest on Jan. 6 claimed in several now-deleted videos in the days and weeks before the event that he, Biggs, Gosar and Alabama Congressman Brooks “schemed up” the plan to put “max pressure on Congress while they were voting” on whether to certify the results of the Electoral College. Trump and many of supporters hoped that Congress or Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the results during the certification vote ...

https://www.azmirror.com/blog/biggs-and-gosar-sought-pardons-for-capitol-riot-but-wont-get-them-report/

[malaise]

1. Have they been arrested yet? n/t

[marble falls]

3. Have they mentioned what exactly they're guilty of?

[cwydro]

8. Interesting. They obviously seem to have committed one.

[dchill]

2. So they knew what they did was illegal. That seems bad.

[PJMcK]

4. That's curious

Why would they feel they need preemptive pardons? Did they do something wrong?

Charge their asses with sedition!

[flamingdem]

5. Does anyone have these videos??

Sounds useful

[KewlKat]

6. Someone should have a copy.

[struggle4progress]

10. Here

[flamingdem]

11. Thanks! Is this guy reliable?

Nancy knows a lot. Can't wait!

[struggle4progress]

12. "Reliable" might not be the best description of people who organize riots in the halls of Congress

[BComplex]

9. When is congress going to start throwing out the members who participated in sedition?

We need to get those people out of there!