The Real Goal of the Jan. 6 Committee ...

14 July 2022, 10:54 AM

Piano*Dad

Restore simple truth and sanity more than to begin prosecutions

quote:
One of the strangest moments at Tuesday’s hearing of the House January 6th Committee was an exchange between committee investigators and former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone. In the interview, recorded on Friday and replayed at the hearing, Cipollone was being asked about a draft executive order—discussed at a bizarre White House meeting on Dec. 18, 2020 — that would have authorized federal seizure of state voting machines to re-investigate the election.

Question: Why was this, on a broader scale, a bad idea for the country?

Cipollone: To have the federal government seize voting machines? That’s a terrible idea for the country. That’s not how we do things in the United States. There’s no legal authority to do that. . . . I don’t understand why we even have to tell you why that’s a bad idea for the country.

Cipollone was staring at the investigator in bewilderment. His facial expression said: You Idiot. Wasn’t the answer obvious? Why had the committee subpoenaed him to ask such an elementary question?

After eight public hearings and dozens of such questions, the reason is clear: The committee’s principal goal isn’t to expose crimes. It’s to restore truth and sanity.

14 July 2022, 07:23 PM

Nina

"In her closing remarks, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Democratic member of the committee, summed up the point of the hearing: “Our committee’s overriding objective is to fight fiction with facts.”

And that matters, even if none of the people behind the coup attempt goes to jail."

Bzzztt! Wrong, but thanks for playing.

The simple truth is that it's possible to restore sanity by prosecuting people, and saying, "hey, in a sane world this is criminal behavior, and you will pay."

Or, it's flip side, by not prosecuting they are demonstrating that the world is insane. We all know that the average person on the street who did these things, including many who participated in the Jan 6 insurrection attempt by storming the buildings, have actually paid the price. It's time for the big dogs to be accountable.

(You know, like when they sent Madoff and, um, oh right.....)