Jan. 6 Panel Members: We’re ‘Connecting the Dots’ Between Trump-Oath Keepers
As the Jan. 6 committee nears its final weeks of public testimony, some of its committee members believe they’ll be able to make a direct connection between two of its top subjects: former President Donald Trump and his Oath Keeper acolytes.
House Reps. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), both members of the committee, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press and CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday to preview the panel’s upcoming week of public testimony. Their slots came two days after Trump’s final White House counsel Pat Cipollone gave nearly nine hours of testimony to the committee, a key character in bombshell witness Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony last month.
Murphy would not confirm to host Chuck Todd how much of Hutchinson’s testimony Cipollone confirmed, but she did note how the public would hear more of his and others’ testimony during Tuesday’s hearing. She said the focus would be on “domestic violent extremists,” particularly those who heeded Trump’s call to arrive in Washington to protest the election results.