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catbyte

(34,386 posts)
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 07:36 AM Sep 2022

How the January 6 Committee 'may have the goods' on Newt Gingrich

David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
September 02, 2022

Longtime Republican disruptor Newt Gingrich, Senior Advisor to then-President Donald Trump Jared Kushner, and longtime campaign advisor Jason Miller conducted an email discussion about posting ads falsely disputing the results of the 2020 election, according to a letter sent to Gingrich by the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.

"The goal is to arouse the country's anger," Gingrich said in one email, the Committee states in its letter which asks him to testify voluntarily and preserve all related documents.

The Committee says it also has evidence Gingrich was "involved in the fake elector scheme."

Even in the hours after the violent but failed January 6 coup, the Committee says Gingrich "continued to push efforts to overturn te election results," and emailed Mark Meadows at 10:42 PM.

Attorney and Professor of Law Anthony Michael Kreis says it "sounds like the January 6th Committee may have the goods on Newt Gingrich orchestrating part of a broader conspiring to solicit election fraud and/or commit unlawful interference with election administration under Georgia law."

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How the January 6 Committee 'may have the goods' on Newt Gingrich (Original Post) catbyte Sep 2022 OP
What goes around comes around. Emile Sep 2022 #1
Lock. Him. Up. SheltieLover Sep 2022 #2
I doubt that Newt will cooperate in any way with the Committee. kentuck Sep 2022 #3
An indictment would be find by me. emulatorloo Sep 2022 #5
Subpoena him. Boomerproud Sep 2022 #13
I fucking hope so!!! 2naSalit Sep 2022 #4
He's also a smug prick to put it plainly. KPN Sep 2022 #6
Dictionary picture of Backpfeifengesicht central scrutinizer Sep 2022 #28
You got THAT right! MyOwnPeace Sep 2022 #7
When I was in grad school... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #12
+1 dalton99a Sep 2022 #16
+1000 moondust Sep 2022 #19
He might even be... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #20
He should be indicted on aiding and abetting a conspiracy to perpetrate a fraud on the nation. ancianita Sep 2022 #24
+1 2naSalit Sep 2022 #26
More good news. Yay ... for the possibility! KPN Sep 2022 #8
Please! Please! Please! malaise Sep 2022 #9
More good news. Yay ... for the possibility! KPN Sep 2022 #10
You ruined my fukkin day. Of course we all want Trump in orange. 3Hotdogs Sep 2022 #11
J6 Com. has emails from Newt telling Kushner/Miller goal of ads about fraud should be fueling anger LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #14
"The goal is to arouse the country's anger" MagickMuffin Sep 2022 #15
Ooh... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #17
He's like Rumpelstiltskin JustAnotherGen Sep 2022 #18
It's past time for that turd to be flushed. Duppers Sep 2022 #21
Nasty Newt is the source for so much of our political dysfunction dlk Sep 2022 #22
Newt has always been a shit My late father was a long time friend with some faculty @ West Georgia. Botany Sep 2022 #23
I have hated him with the heat of a thousand suns since he yellowdogintexas Sep 2022 #27
january6th.house.gov press release about the Newt... Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #25

kentuck

(111,095 posts)
3. I doubt that Newt will cooperate in any way with the Committee.
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 07:46 AM
Sep 2022

He would have to be indicted to get his attention.

2naSalit

(86,612 posts)
4. I fucking hope so!!!
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 07:48 AM
Sep 2022

I have been waiting for that particular motherfucker to get his due for decades. He is a consummate evil that should be contained for the good of all.

If he is not convicted of anything, I hope he suffers a long, slow, painfully ugly demise.

Fucker started this pandemic of overt brutality and hatred. If anyone gets hung for treason, he should be.

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
7. You got THAT right!
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 08:10 AM
Sep 2022

His "Contract with America" was nothing more than a "Mafia Contract" - a 'hit' on Democracy - and publicly announcing that the RepubliQan 'party' didn't give a shit about a 'fair, honest, democratic' government - they just wanted the power and money and didn't care who they ran over.

I REALLY hope that somehow he goes down in flames - bigly!

2naSalit

(86,612 posts)
12. When I was in grad school...
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 08:44 AM
Sep 2022

During which time W became pResident, snewt was a topic of some discussion in a couple classes. I was seeking a polisci degree at the time and nearing graduation.

I recall a video we watched in one class, it was a documentary on snewty a story told by his mother. She was not a fan and claimed that he was who he is now from the very beginning. My brother is like that, he was a brutal threat to me from early childhood and grew up to be a woman-hating abuser, practicing his violence on me during his formative years and getting away with it because Catholic mom. Snewt has no siblings so he took to practicing his brutality on the general public.

What skyrocketed snewt to fame was that he came from a tiny district full of racists. There are a few in Congress now who have used his template to power and will be hard to dislodge but they must be ousted from government completely to heal our government.

Anyway, I hope he gets his due.

moondust

(19,981 posts)
19. +1000
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 09:44 AM
Sep 2022

He played a major role in turning the GOP into the GQP, radicalizing and fostering "party over country" marching in lockstep like Nazis.

2naSalit

(86,612 posts)
20. He might even be...
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 09:50 AM
Sep 2022

The illustrious "Q". He is so evil and he has been coaching the nat-c crowd from quite some time. He never disappeared, he just went underground. And he was rewarded with a cushy set up with his wife, what does she actually do again?, ambassador spot in Rome. On the taxpayer dime, of course.I hope he is convicted of just one of his crimes and dies in prison. He deserves nothing better.

ancianita

(36,055 posts)
24. He should be indicted on aiding and abetting a conspiracy to perpetrate a fraud on the nation.
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 10:42 AM
Sep 2022
its legitimate official action and purpose shall be defeated by misrepresentation, chicane or the overreaching of those charged with carrying out the governmental intention.


https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-923-18-usc-371-conspiracy-defraud-us


Gingrich is looong overdue to pay for his past dark designs, like his 'Contract on America.' I hope they nail his ass.

3Hotdogs

(12,378 posts)
11. You ruined my fukkin day. Of course we all want Trump in orange.
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 08:34 AM
Sep 2022

But my next question was, of the potential candidates, who do I want in orange?

Now, you've added Nootie-toot-toot- to the mixture.

I won't be able to sleep tonight.

MagickMuffin

(15,942 posts)
15. "The goal is to arouse the country's anger"
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 09:27 AM
Sep 2022


Nothing but hate in their hearts. To be this consumed with hate should take a toll on your soul. Living in the Past, Living in Darkness.


LOCK HIM UP!

2naSalit

(86,612 posts)
17. Ooh...
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 09:31 AM
Sep 2022

He might be in trouble in Georgia too!

From whence he came. Georgia would do well to reel in this pariah they unleashed so long ago that has brought so much pain to this country.

He needs to be held accountable for his decades of assault on democracy.

JustAnotherGen

(31,823 posts)
18. He's like Rumpelstiltskin
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 09:34 AM
Sep 2022

"Tonight tonight, my plans I make, tomorrow tomorrow, *America* I take. The American People will never win the game, for Rumpelstiltskin is my name"

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
21. It's past time for that turd to be flushed.
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 10:28 AM
Sep 2022

He has been a destructive force in American politics for decades.

dlk

(11,566 posts)
22. Nasty Newt is the source for so much of our political dysfunction
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 10:36 AM
Sep 2022

Last edited Fri Sep 2, 2022, 11:08 AM - Edit history (1)

He ushered in the recent era of Republican ultra scorched earth and to this day, continues his burn-it-all-down coaching and cheerleading for them. No one is more deserving of being taken down.

Botany

(70,504 posts)
23. Newt has always been a shit My late father was a long time friend with some faculty @ West Georgia.
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 10:36 AM
Sep 2022

West Georgia's history department got rid of Newt as soon as they could, since he had a contract
the school had to keep him on so he was dumped on the geography department, and the minute
that the college (it is now a university) could they fired his ass.

Later on Newt was run out of Congress on a rail and it was the republicans who did it too.



yellowdogintexas

(22,252 posts)
27. I have hated him with the heat of a thousand suns since he
Fri Sep 2, 2022, 01:24 PM
Sep 2022

led the charge that ousted Speaker Jim Wright.

Ironically part of what got Newt was similar to what Newt against Speaker Wright.

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