- Liz Cheney told a Jan. 6 hearing that many Republican lawmakers had asked for Trump’s pardon following the Capitol uprising.
- Ruskin, another member of the commission on January 6, avoided questions about evidence for Sunday’s allegation.
- He said the commission had evidence of all its allegations and that details would come “in time”.
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MP Jamie Ruskin avoided the question of proof that Republican lawmakers asked for clemency from then-President Donald Trump after the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, saying details would come out later.
CNN presenter Dana Bash asked Ruskin on Sunday about Republican Liz Cheney’s remark last Thursday that many members of the Republican Congress, including Republican Scott Scott Perry, have asked for Trump’s pardon after the uprising “for his role in trying to cancel the election. 2020 “. Ruskin, a Democrat, and Cheney, a Republican, are part of a House House committee investigating the uprising.
“How many of your colleagues in Congress have done this and what evidence do you have?” “Because you know that Congressman Scott Perry denies it,” Bash asked on Sunday.
Ruskin replied, “Yes, well, seeking pardon is a powerful demonstration of guilt, or at least the awareness that you may be in trouble, and that’s what’s so shocking about that. It’s not just one. “
Then Bash intervened, asking, “Do you have evidence that this happened?”
“These are numerous members of Congress, as the vice president said at our inaugural hearing, and all the details will come to light,” Ruskin said, referring to Cheney.
Bash followed, “So, yes, there is evidence?”
Ruskin replied: “Everything we do is documented with evidence … Everything we do is based on facts and this is a two-party investigation, which is determined to find out all the facts about what happened.”
Cheney did not name MPs other than Perry in his statement last Thursday, during the committee’s first public hearing on January 6th. Perry responded: “The idea that I once sought the President’s pardon for myself or for other members of Congress is an absolute, shameless and heartless lie.
The commission’s second public hearing will begin at 10 a.m. Monday.
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