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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 3, 2022

We can critically close to lose in this democracy as we`ve come to know it. And so it`s our duty as patriots, as Americans, as members of Congress to make sure that we get it right.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 3, 2022

Well, only thing I can say is it`s highly unusual for anyone in charge of anything to watch what`s going on and do nothing.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 3, 2022

There’s some legislation that we hope to recommend with this report that Congress needs to adopt, so that what occurred on January 6 will never happen again. We came critically close to losing this democracy as we have come to know it.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 3, 2022

Well, you know, it`s about 187 minutes, we have now determined he was in the White House, we have determined that a number of people made attempts to contact him through his chief of staff.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Jan 3, 2022

I would love it if Pence came forward, on his own accord, voluntarily, and sat with the committee, and told them what he knows, about the events, leading up to January 6.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 27, 2021

I can assure you that if a criminal referral would be warranted, there would be no reluctance on the part of the committee to do that.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 22, 2021

We understand that you had at least one and possibly multiple communications with President Trump on January 6th.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 21, 2021

The committee considers Jim Jordan to be a key witness because he played such a big role in trying to prop up the former president's claim that the election was that there was widespread fraud.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 21, 2021

Then President Trump considered appointing Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general, as Mr. Clark pressed his Department of Justice superiors, to use agency authorities to challenge election results.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 14, 2021

I am prepared to close after the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Ms. Cheney) and the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Banks). Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 14, 2021

If you are making excuses to avoid cooperating with our investigation, you`re making excuses to hide the truth from the American people about what happened on January 6.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 14, 2021

By direction of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, I call up the report (H. Rept. 117-216) and accompanying resolution recommending that the House of Representatives find Mark Randall…

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 14, 2021

Just for the record, the gentleman from Ohio is aware of congressional oversight prerogatives. When Mr. Meadows was a member and later chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, he himself demanded testimony from senior…

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 14, 2021

When you produce records, you are expected to come in and answer questions about those records. And because not even Mr. Meadows was asserting any privilege claim over these records, there is no possible justification for wholesale…

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Dec 14, 2021

By direction of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, I call up the resolution (H. Res. 851) recommending that the House of Representatives find Mark Randall Meadows in contempt of…

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