Cassidy Hutchison, a former special assistant to Trump, said in pre-recorded testimony that Gaetz and Brooks had advocated for a blanket, preemptive pardon for multiple members and that Gaetz was personally pushing for a pardon for himself. Hutchison also said that Gaetz had been pushing for a pardon “since early December” but she wasn’t sure why.
Hutchison also said that Reps. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and Scott Perry, R-Pa., all asked for pardons. She said that while Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., had not contacted Hutchison personally for a pardon, Hutchinson had “heard that [Greene] had asked the White House Counsel’s Office for a pardon from [deputy counsel Pat Philbin].”
Hutchison added that Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, had asked her whether the White House was going to pardon members of Congress but hadn’t asked her specifically for one for himself.
ASKED FOR PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS:
Matt Gaetz, R-FL.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa.
MO BROOKS, R-ALA.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who led much of Thursday’s hearing, highlighted a Jan. 11 email Brooks sent a White House staffer in which he recommended pardons for himself, Gaetz and the 147 Republican members of Congress “who voted to reject the electoral college vote submissions of Arizona and Pennsylvania.”
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE
JIM JORDAN
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