Some might argue that pardoning individuals who haven ‘t been convicted of anything is an admission of the guilt of these individuals. Put me in that column!
Although we may never get to bottom of what actually happened on the infamous Jan 6, there was enough funny stuff to convince me that the entire thing was a set-up … a set-up to teach those Trump-backers a lesson.
As noted in a recent January article on Imprimis by John Daniel Davidson there are a number of issues that makes one ask …”Why?”
Why did the then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reject then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s two Republican appointments to the committee—Representatives Jim Jordan and Jim Banks—and instead appoint two virulently anti-Trump Republicans, Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger?
Why did the House Select Committee’s report, issued in December 2022, omit important information about January 6 and fail to address many lingering questions about the government’s role and response?
Why in some instances, did the Select Committee show a blatant disregard for facts. It claimed, for example, that Trump was aware of violence at the Capitol for more than three hours—187 minutes, to be exact—before he took action to intervene. Cheney referred to this as a “supreme dereliction of duty.” But in fact, according to a timeline of events compiled by The New York Times (and corroborated by The Washington Post), no more than 25 minutes passed between the reported breach of the Capitol at 2:13 p.m. and Trump’s first tweet addressing the situation at 2:38 p.m., when he wrote, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!”
More important than the report’s factual errors are the serious questions never investigated by the Select Committee.
Why did Democrat congressional leaders turn down repeated offers of National Guard troops to protect the Capitol that day? Why was security so lax outside the Capitol despite expectations of a large demonstration?
How many FBI informants and other undercover federal law enforcement officials were in the crowd? What communication did the FBI or FBI informants have with protest organizers ahead of the event?
Why wasn’t then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund told there were federal informants in the crowd?
Why did the U.S. Capitol Police open the doors and allow demonstrators into the building?
Why did federal law enforcement authorities demand cell phone location data for the thousands of people who were outside the Capitol but broke no laws?
Why does the FBI still have no idea who planted the pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee on the evening of January 5?
The list of “Why” questions goes on and on . However, my ow More important than the report’s factual errors are the serious questions never investigated by the Select Committee. Why did Democrat congressional leaders turn down repeated offers of National Guard troops to protect the Capitol that day? Why was security so lax outside the Capitol despite expectations of a large demonstration? How many FBI informants and other undercover federal law enforcement officials were in the crowd? What communication did the FBI or FBI informants have with protest organizers ahead of the event? Why wasn’t then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund told there were federal informants in the crowd? Why did the U.S. Capitol Police open the doors and allow demonstrators into the building? Why did federal law enforcement authorities demand cell phone location data for the thousands of people who were outside the Capitol but broke no laws? Why does the FBI still have no idea who planted the pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee on the evening of January 5?
However, my most prominent question remains, “Why pardon individuals who haven’t even been accused of anything? … unless they are guilty as sin!
2/5/25