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Beetwasher.

(2,971 posts)
Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:35 PM Oct 2021

You May Ask Yourself "How Scared Are The GOP of the 1/6 Investigation"? Well, They're THIS Scared:

Where Things Stand: GOPer Tries To Cosplay As Jan 6 Committee Member

....According to Cheney, Banks apparently has sent letters to various government agencies, claiming to be a ranking member of the Jan. 6 committee. He is most definitely not even a member of the committee, let alone a ranking one. He even reportedly admitted as much in his letters.

“I would like to introduce for the record a number of letters the gentlemen from Indiana has been sending to federal agencies, dated September 16, 2021, for example, signing his name as the ranking member of the committee [that] he’s just informed the House that he’s not on,” Cheney said during her House floor remarks today.


https://talkingpointsmemo.com/prime/where-things-stand-october-21-2021-goper-jim-banks-tries-to-cosplay-as-jan-6-committee-member

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You May Ask Yourself "How Scared Are The GOP of the 1/6 Investigation"? Well, They're THIS Scared: (Original Post) Beetwasher. Oct 2021 OP
Jim Banks should pay a serious price for this. Bristlecone Oct 2021 #1
Dishonest and deceitful to the point of being fraud. wnylib Oct 2021 #2
Is what you wrote a chapter heading in The Republican Playbook? Beartracks Oct 2021 #5
It is fraud, blatantly so. Damn fool needs tobe prosecuted onetexan Oct 2021 #7
He does not say in the letter that he is a member of the committee. Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #3
+1 ancianita Oct 2021 #4
That's pretty desperate NJCher Oct 2021 #6
Yep. He is trying to gain access to confidential documents and info. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #8
Republicans pile lies on top of their lies Champp Oct 2021 #9

Bristlecone

(10,127 posts)
1. Jim Banks should pay a serious price for this.
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 12:26 AM
Oct 2021

To suggest that he is the ranking member of a committee he does not even sit on in official letters to government agencies is dishonest and deceitful beyond hyperbole.

Mr.Bill

(24,284 posts)
3. He does not say in the letter that he is a member of the committee.
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 01:04 AM
Oct 2021

Under his signature it says Ranking Member. It does not say which committee. He is a ranking member of a House Armed Services sub-committee. Sneaky and misleading, sure. But he never says he is the ranking member of the Jan. 6th committee.

It was discussed in this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15970548

NJCher

(35,662 posts)
6. That's pretty desperate
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 02:18 AM
Oct 2021

Scared what is going to come up, and trying to get advance knowledge.

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Edited to add : how’s your sleep these days, Mr. Banks?

Irish_Dem

(47,014 posts)
8. Yep. He is trying to gain access to confidential documents and info.
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 05:48 AM
Oct 2021

He is hoping people will leak info to him.

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