Matt Gaetz Backs Newt Gingrich’s Threat to Punish Jan. 6 Investigators
Embattled MAGA congressman Matt Gaetz enthusiastically endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s suggestion to jail members of the Jan. 6 House committee, telling ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon on Monday that “Newt’s right” and Republicans should not be “limp-wristed.”
Gingrich, the once-powerful Capitol Hill lawmaker turned bomb-throwing pundit, sparked outrage on Sunday when he argued on Fox News that lawmakers on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection could face arrest if Republicans take over Congress next year.
“I think when you have a Republican Congress, this is all going to come crashing down,” the Fox News contributor exclaimed. “And the wolves are going to find out that they’re now sheep and they’re the ones who are in fact, I think, face a real risk of jail for the kinds of laws they’re breaking.”