Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The committee is now showing excerpts of the memo by John Eastman arguing that Pence could rule which electors counted if there were 2 slates sent by the states. “Were there, in fact, dual slates of electors from 7 slates?” @Liz_Cheney asks. “No, there were not,” Jacob says. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

Pence counsel Greg Jacob says the VP asked him about the Electoral Count Act for the first time on Dec. 7th as he had started reading theories about his role. Pence recalled an early memory as a House member - seeing Al Gore gavel down objections that would have helped him. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

As the third @January6thCmte hearing gets underway - focused on the campaign to pressure VP Pence to reject electoral votes on the 6th - we see video of rioters chanting “hang Mike Pence” and threatening to drag politicians through the streets after hearing that he “caved.” — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The morning after this revelation, @BennieGThompson tells reporters the @January6thCmte wants to talk to Ginni Thomas “soon.” "We think it's time that we would, at some point, invite her to come talk to the committee,” he said today. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The next @January6thCmte committee hearing, happening tomorrow at 1 PM, will focus on the pressure campaign on then-VP Pence to reject certain electors. In-person testimony will come from Pence's counsel, Greg Jacob, and an informal advisor, retired Judge J. Michael Luttig. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

RT @MacFarlaneNews: ALERT: DC federal judge has DENIED Steve Bannon's motion to dismiss his contempt of Congress case Trial next month h… — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

.@mkaplantv talked to one of the constituents on that Capitol tour who also talked to the committee. Here’s what he had to say —> — PolitiTweet.org

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.@RepLoudermilk responds, calling it a “false accusation” and that the pictures “show children holding bags from the House gift shop…and taking pictures of the Rayburn train.” https://t.co/JInOfDmPVn — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The latest back and forth between the 1/6 committee and @RepLoudermilk: the committee has released surveillance photos of the tour he gave on 1/5, which shows a man taking pictures of stairwells and security checkpoints, plus a video that man filmed walking to the Capitol on 1/6. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The 27 Democratic 'no' votes include a number of progressives as well as all but 2 NJ Dems. Members of that delegation wanted to include protection for federal judges too after a gunman came to the home of Judge Esther Salas in 2020. He killed her son and wounded her husband. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

House leaders wanted to include protection for the families of Supreme Court clerks and staff as well, and delayed bringing the bill to the floor. Eventually, after McConnell said their version wouldn't pass the Senate, they capitulated and brought up the Senate version. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The House passed the Supreme Court Police Parity Act 396-27, which will provide the families of Supreme Court Justices with around-the-clock protection as needed. The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent in May. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

.@ewarren backs @RepJerryNadler over @RepMaloney in the NY12 member on member primary. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

“We’re going to support the framework the Senate put forward while waiting for the legislative text,” @RepPeteAguilar says of the gun deal being worked out by senators. He says the metric for House Dem support is “will it save lives”-good sign House Ds will OK a modest deal. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The January 6th committee has postponed the hearing originally scheduled for 10 am tomorrow, which was supposed to feature testimony from former DOJ officials about Trump's efforts to pressure them on election fraud. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

.@BennieGThompson said the 1/6 committee will not issue a formal criminal referral after its investigation. “That's not our job. Our job is to look at the facts and circumstances around January 6, what caused it and make recommendations after that,” he said, per @elliskkim. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

RT @CHueyBurns: Stepien said today he tried to persuade Trump that mail in voting was a good thing for his campaign. But in Sept 2020, Step… — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

On 12/14, Trump gave Barr a report that purported to show Dominion voting machines were rigged. Barr thought the report was amateurish. "I was somewhat demoralized, because I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he ha...become detached from reality," Barr said. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

In video, Barr says he felt he had to make a public statement there was no fraud. He then went to the White House for a meeting, where he expected to be fired. Trump was mad. Barr still told the president that what his "people" were "shoveling out to the public was bullshit." — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

On the divide between Giuliani's team investigating alleged election fraud and Trump's official campaign lawyers, Stepien said he didn't mind being a part of "team normal." He said he didn't think what was happening with Giuliani was "honest or professional." — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

Stepien invited @GOPLeader to a meeting ahead of the election to explain to Trump why mail-in ballots were a good thing for his campaign even as he was publicly attacking them. But "the president's mind was made up," Stepien said. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

In video from Stepien's deposition, he says he told Trump it would be a long night and a process as votes came in - that they would have to wait and see as votes were counted. They contrast that with the president saying on election night that the vote counting should stop. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The committee is beginning by laying out the mood at the White House on election night with taped depositions from campaign staff and lawyers as well as Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Scene: Giuliani was intoxicated. Others describe shock and anger when Fox called Arizona for Biden. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien was supposed to testify, but was unable to appear after his wife went into labor. The committee will instead use video from his taped deposition. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

The second of the @January6thCmte June hearings will be underway shortly. Witness for the first panel: former Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt, who was on the team that correctly called Arizona for Biden on election night. He was later fired. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

.@RepScottPerry denied the accusation today, calling it "an absolute, shameless, and soulless lie." https://t.co/IyW52SYhNK — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

Excellent thread here from the great @MacFarlaneNews who has been tracking all of January 6th defendants and will tell you the connections between the 1/6 committee video and people awaiting trial --> — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

“It was a war scene,” Edwards says. “I was slipping in people’s blood.” “That day it was just hours of hand to hand combat, hours of dealing with things way beyond what any law enforcement officer is trained for.” — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

She's now describing Ofc. Sicknick with his head in his hands, looking pale. She knew he didn't get pepper sprayed - that makes you turn red. As she tried to see what hit him, she got sprayed. And as she went to get decontaminated, got tear gassed. — PolitiTweet.org

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

Ofc. Edwards describes blacking out as she was thrown backward during a struggle over bike rack barriers with rioters on 1/6. When she regained consciousness, she returned to patrol on the West Front. — PolitiTweet.org