INSURRECTION
FALLOUT
Jan. 6 committee leaders call McCarthy’s Trump
comments ‘baseless'
The committee chair and vice chair called out
McCarthy’s “misinformation campaign” in a joint statement.
By KELLY
HOOPER
09/04/2021
11:56 AM EDT
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/04/select-committee-capitol-insurrection-mccarthy-509581
Leaders of
the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Saturday
denounced House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s recent comments about former
President Donald Trump’s involvement.
Committee
Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called out
McCarthy’s “misinformation campaign” in a joint statement, saying his claims
that Trump had “no involvement” in the Jan. 6 riot are “baseless.”
The
statement ties McCarthy’s comments to an anonymous report that said the
Department of Justice “concluded that Donald Trump did not cause, incite, or
provoke the violence” on Jan. 6. Members of the select committee looked into
the origins of the report and discovered it had no merit, the statement says.
“We’ve
received answers and briefings from the relevant entities, and it’s been made
clear to us that reports of such a conclusion are baseless,” Thompson and
Cheney said in the statement.
The
committee leaders also called out McCarthy for inconsistency with his comments
on the Capitol insurrection.
Shortly
after the riot — in which Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building —
McCarthy said in a speech on the House floor that Trump “bears responsibility”
for the attack. But McCarthy has since walked back those comments, suggesting
in separate instances that Trump did not provoke the riot and that the
then-president responded sufficiently to the news of the attack.
“We also
remind Minority Leader McCarthy of his statements following January 6th,
including his statement from the House Floor on January 13th — which are
inconsistent with his recent comments,” the statement says.
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