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We're now looking at republican members of congress who tried subverting the constitution.
Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who was once tapped as a possibility to serve on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, was one of the Congress members who texted former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows the day before the insurrection, it was revealed on Wednesday.
Originally attributed by the January 6 committee only to an unnamed "lawmaker," Jordan's office confirmed in a statement that he had sent at least one text to Meadows, the former top aide to ex-President Donald Trump who was charged with obstruction of Congress on Tuesday.
The text was not an original composition by Jordan, according to the statement, but was a forwarded message containing a legal argument from former Pentagon Inspector General Joseph Schmitz.
"Mr. Jordan forwarded the text to Mr. Meadows, and Mr. Meadows certainly knew it was a forward," said Jordan's spokesperson, Russell Dye.
The text outlined a supposed doctrine arguing that former Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to disregard the certification of electoral votes that he "believed" were unconstitutional. Pence himself has stated that his position as vice president gave him no such authority.
"On January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence, as President of the Senate, should call out all the electoral votes that he 'believes' are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all - in accordance with guidance from founder father Alexander Hamilton and judicial precedence," the first portion of the text read.
We will start seeing why republicans didn't want the commission.
Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who was once tapped as a possibility to serve on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, was one of the Congress members who texted former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows the day before the insurrection, it was revealed on Wednesday.
Originally attributed by the January 6 committee only to an unnamed "lawmaker," Jordan's office confirmed in a statement that he had sent at least one text to Meadows, the former top aide to ex-President Donald Trump who was charged with obstruction of Congress on Tuesday.
The text was not an original composition by Jordan, according to the statement, but was a forwarded message containing a legal argument from former Pentagon Inspector General Joseph Schmitz.
"Mr. Jordan forwarded the text to Mr. Meadows, and Mr. Meadows certainly knew it was a forward," said Jordan's spokesperson, Russell Dye.
The text outlined a supposed doctrine arguing that former Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to disregard the certification of electoral votes that he "believed" were unconstitutional. Pence himself has stated that his position as vice president gave him no such authority.
"On January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence, as President of the Senate, should call out all the electoral votes that he 'believes' are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all - in accordance with guidance from founder father Alexander Hamilton and judicial precedence," the first portion of the text read.
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We will start seeing why republicans didn't want the commission.
