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C-SPANFar-right Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) attempted to claim on Friday that nobody has been tried and prosecuted for sedition in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, only for a C-SPAN anchor to coolly fact-check his obviously false claim.
Taking calls from viewers during an appearance on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, a rite of passage for guests of the program, the MAGA lawmaker was soon grilled by callers over former President Donald Trump's promise to pardon Capitol rioters.
"Trump wants to pardon the traitors that have been convicted of seditious conspiracy? Come on! What the hell's wrong with you Republicans?!" one caller from Oregon exclaimed.
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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / ReutersManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. fired off a warning shot to congressional Republicans on Thursday, telling them to stop interfering with his office's ongoing secret grand jury considering criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.
In a letter, Bragg's office told three Republican chairmans of congressional committees that their recent demand for details about the Trump investigation are "an unlawful incursion into New York's sovereignty."
The letter was addressed to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee; Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI), who leads the Committee on House Administration, and Rep. James Comer Jr., (R-KY), who heads up the House Oversight Committee.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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