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Jamie Raskin reveals what he would ask Donald Trump if he agrees to testify under oath
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Jamie Raskin reveals what he would ask Donald Trump if he agrees to testify under oath
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) spoke to reporters outside of the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 on Thursday conveying that he thinks the panel has done most of what it sought out to do and that they were able to gather considerable details to ensure the American public understood who the major actors were in an attempt to overturn the election.
“As the vice chair [Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WI)] observed we were actually able to nail down every salient detail and pretty much every area of defense except for a number of things related directly to what Donald Trump was doing and what he was saying. Obviously, we got some of it but we didn’t get all of it. So one way of addressing the witnesses who took the Fifth [Amendment] when it came to Donald Trump’s own actions is to call Donald Trump himself. It’s had for me to imagine any American citizen essentially being accused of trying to overthrow his or her own government who wouldn’t welcome the opportunity to come forward and testify.”
The former president has railed against the committee, saying that he hasn’t been able to have “equal time” to defend himself and has demanded that he be able to speak.
Raskin said that he wants to believe that any American who knew something about the Jan. 6 events would come forward, “and nobody knows more about them than Donald Trump.”
He also said that they have successfully litigated contempt of Congress charges for witnesses who refused to cooperate previously and said that they anticipated that they could in this instance as well.
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