Republicans move to retain Jan. 6 committee documents

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: LA Times

Republicans are attempting to pass a new House rule to block materials compiled by the panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection from immediately going to the National Archives.

Although the House committee investigating the insurrection has released a trove of transcripts and underlying information backing up its report, the vast majority of raw information the panel collected is slated to be sent to the National Archives, where it could be locked away for up to 50 years.

But the proposed rules package the new Congress will vote on Tuesday orders that any record created by the panel must instead be sent to the House Committee on House Administration by Jan. 17 and orders the National Archives to return any material it has already received.

The move could signal that House Republicans intend to attempt to rebut the panel's investigation, which captivated public sentiment for months. The investigation ended with a criminal referral for former President Trump and a landmark report concluding Trump intentionally misled and provoked the insurrectionists as part of an attempt to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-move-to-retain-jan-6-committee-documents/ar-AA15TOEv

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Rebut what? Everybody saw what went down.

[Scrivener7]

1. Aaaaaaaand here we go.

[iluvtennis]

2. So the rule would be limited to the House, which means Senate doesn't have a vote - is that correct?

SMDH

[jimfields33]

29. Absolutely true.

[Escurumbele]

3. "Rebut what? Everybody saw what went down." - Never underestimate the propaganda machine of

the GOP, that is all they are good at. They will find ways to twist and turn the information to high degrees of lies that change the history of the criminal actions by MAGAts on Jan 6. republicans are all descendants of Joseph Goebbels.

[vlyons]

4. Closing the barn door after the horses have fled

NT

[ificandream]

5. The Repughs will do anything to fake out what we all saw.

It's gonna be like this for two fucking years. Ugh.

[dem4decades]

6. I can't believe that the Committee hadn't already sent and protected those.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. How much of it will the GQP committee destroy?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. From the GQP's "Don't Let The Facts Interfere With Our Fantasies" Department.

If they really cared about what happened on January 6th they would have taken part in the Select Committee. Now they're reduced to trying to attack the results with conspiracy theories and personal attacks on the members of the committee, the witnesses, and the evidence, like videotape of TFG telling his deplorables he'll walk with them to the Capitol to "fight like hell."

Hell, he couldn't even walk the 700 yards for a photo-op at the G7 meeting; they had to carry his fat ass in a golf cart.

[hadEnuf]

34. The Republicans don't care what happened on 1/6 because they already know what happened.

And it failed.

Now it's their job to cover it up by destroying, stealing or hiding documents and then having their propaganda machine create a new reality.

Nothing has changed with the GOP. Nothing.

[Lovie777]

9. Whatever .....

the documents are well preserved.

The congresscritters involved in the J6 needs to be released from their seats, what say you Jim Jordan, etc.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Qonners fear sunlight, transparency, and conservation of any kind; except conserving guns. . . . nt

[ancianita]

11. The Jan 6 committee needs to ship the trove off to the National Archive, and slow down this

bullshit hype.

Their rebuts will be more nothingburgers, anyway. Everyone knows theirs is just vengeance theater, since they know that McCarthy's to blame to begin with for failing to get rethugs to on the Jan 6 committee who would obstruct its work. To begin with. And they know it. And everybody else knows it. Media and millions of the public who watched the hearings know it.

[TheRealNorth]

13. National Archives is under the Executive Branch

So Biden should go tell Gym Jordan and the Republicans to go fuck themselves.

[ancianita]

15. Yes.

Yes, he should. Because all they'll do is tamper, distort, and destroy that stuff and dare to get caught.

[onetexan]

27. THIS!!☝️

[paleotn]

36. Bingo

[TheRealNorth]

12. Fucker are always trying rewrite history

They got away with rewriting the Civil War, why not 1/6.

[SheltieLover]

14. I hope it has been read into Congressional record.

[ancianita]

19. The Final Report absolutely is part of the Congressional Record. Also American History.

[SheltieLover]

23. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

Ty!

[getagrip_already]

37. there is a lot of material not included in the final report....

Transcripts, evidence collected through subpoena, and voluntary interviews.

Much too much to put in the report.

And it likely wasn't all entered into the congressional record, because it would be immediately public.

It sounds like there is a set of records they sent to the national archives that are not meant to be made public in our lifetime (or at least in the working lifetimes of politicians involved)..

My guess is those are already there. Congress can ask, but the archives is under no obligation to return them. That would take a court order.

Besides, the "new" congress can't do anything until tomorrow at the earliest, and they seem to have their hooves full.

[Lonestarblue]

16. I hope J6 Committee has sent copies of everything single page to the DOJ.

They’ve released a number of pages to the public already, but Republicans will try their best to create documents redacted in such a way as to communicate an entirely different reality. Shades of Devin Nunes and his midnight trip to the WH to plant a fake report.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Power controlling history. The GOP wants to avoid punishment for their crimes.

[ancianita]

20. Doing it this way won't help them. The evidence is out there. It's too late for them.

They're only trying to shore up base support and defend themselves in the court of public opinion. But they're even too late for that.

[Irish_Dem]

21. They hope to tie it up in court for as long as possible while they do a PR campaign.

It's their best shot.

[ancianita]

22. Tie what up in court. Every shred of evidence that can hurt them is with the DOJ & Final Report.

It's too late for them. They've got no defense. They've got no shot.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Doesn't stop Trump from filing one bogus action after another in court.

[SheltieLover]

25. Absolutely!

[magicarpet]

18. Just a tourist day while on a visiting outing at the U S Capitol,...

.... which then turned into a hugging and kissing fest while they embraced the Capitol and Washington DC Police.

The fun and hours long dancing was enjoyed by all - then everyone sat down to enjoy a buffet dinner with lobster, champagne, and caviar.

A joyous event.

[Cracklin Charlie]

24. Always playin' games.

No time to legislate…just games, tricks, and cons.

Why don’t they understand that this cat is not going back in the bag?

[Fullduplexxx]

28. The house can make rules governing what is the purview of the executive branch

[NullTuples]

30. Rebute? They're going to shred it. As in make it disappear forever. Never happened.

Or maybe, just maybe...take out anything that makes them look bad and replace it with conspiracy theory documents from their own committee that blames Antifa for the whole thing and reframes any MAGA as "patriots".

[Ford_Prefect]

31. What they really want to see is the closed door testimony, the names redacted, and all that.

They want to perform a witch hunt and torture anyone who talked to the committee.

[getagrip_already]

38. they still have it all.....

The house didn't destroy anything, they just sent copies to the nat archives.

The insanes will still be able to look at all the evidence obtained. They don't need anything back for that. They just want to keep as much in the cesspool as possible.

[Ford_Prefect]

43. IMO they don't really know how it all works. They plan on abusing the powers of the committee.

[getagrip_already]

47. I suspect there are still enough experienced staffers.....

That's who run the house anyway. The members just make speaches and vote. It takes years to learn the parliamentary rules and how the system really works.

The staffers have the racial memory of the house. They will show them the way.

[orangecrush]

46. THIS

[bluestarone]

32. Could their reason be to add a bunch of BULLSHIT testimony to the DOJ,

Just to SLOW THINGS down? This has been their GAME all along! That's what i'm thinking!

[GreenWave]

33. Post # 13 shows us the light!

[paleotn]

35. Hey, whatever. That ship done sailed.

[Historic NY]

39. They should have forwarded it to Justice

[Raven123]

40. Last line od the article says J6 committee provided DOJ with DOJ asked for. Good

By the time Dems retake the House, hopefully DOJ will have acted on that info. Also if Dems retakes the House, hey can change the rule to release the info.

[SledDriver]

41. Let the gaslighting begin

[twodogsbarking]

42. Cancel history.

[jaxexpat]

44. It's one of those, "you gonna believe your lyin' eyes or me?" deals.

Courtesy of the thin layer of GOP house control granted them by the DOJ. "I'll be the judge on how to spin this stuff. The truth will come out and then you'll see how crooked the scurvy Democrat be," sayeth the world's worst pirates but best liars.

[orangecrush]

45. Leak all of it now

Fuck 'em.

[TigressDem]

48. Make copies, but lock originals in TSS vault

Then they can look but they can't alter and say, IT DIDN'T SAY THAT.