# "Hijack" in the Jan 6th thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 7, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-in-the-jan-6th-thread/967576 "2022-07-07T20:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-in-the-jan-6th-thread/967576/7 "2022-07-08T00:27:33Z")
I encouraged the folks who were discussing that to move the discussion to another thread, after the discussion had run on for several hundred posts: > [@Jan 6 Hearings Follow-Along & Commentary Thread (Starts Jun 9, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1441): > > Moderating: Ok, I realize the discussion over the alleged Trump Lunge and Clavicle Grab™ originated with the January 6th Committee hearing of June 28, 2022, which is why I’ve let it run on for so long. But it has become a distraction from the totality of that proceeding. I think all that needs to be said has already been said on the subject. Anyone who feels otherwise is welcome to start a new thread to discuss this narrow issue, which has occupied now nearly 500 posts since the beginning of… I am trying to moderate the thread lightly, but let’s at least try to keep it within the realm of what could happen. I’m not sure it was out of the question that SS agents might be called to testify and offer corroborating or non-corroborating testimony about what happened inside the limo. But Mike Lindell is never going to be called by the Committee as he doesn’t serve any purpose whatsoever to be there. I think there is a lack of understanding about what the Committee is trying to accomplish. It’s trying to get at what Trump knew about the _legality_ of what he, Trump, was doing on January 6th, when he orchestrated the insurrection. Lindell offers no insight into that whatsoever. Mike Lindell is not a lawyer. He was not a member of Trump’s administration. He was not in a position to advise Trump in any way as to legal matters. All he can do is gas bag about the Witch Hunt and muddy the waters. That’s why he won’t be called. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-in-the-jan-6th-thread/967576)._