# Jan 6 Hearings Follow-Along & Commentary Thread (Starts Jun 9, 2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 9, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940 "2022-06-09T22:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Kelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@Kelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelby)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/501 "2022-06-16T19:30:53Z")
Trump called Vice President Pence a “Pussy!” during a heated phone call with him from the Oval Office, as overheard by staffers. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/502 "2022-06-16T19:31:35Z")
> [@Kelby](#): > > He weighs each word as if he believes his grandchildren will someday be reading them in a History textbook. OMG! That guy talks so slowly it’s painful to pay attention to him. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/503 "2022-06-16T19:36:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the Jan. 6 select committee, has previously indicated concerns about the Justice Department’s blanket request for the committee’s transcripts. > > “My understanding is they want to have access to our work product. And we told them, no, we’re not giving that to anybody,” he said last month. I fail to see what the logic of that position is. If he thinks that they should be sharing back something in return, maybe, but he seems simply to be saying that he’d rather waste government time and energy, forcing the DOJ to conduct all of the same interviews because…screw them guys who are on our side? In general, the Jan 6 Committee is probably the most competent House Committee that I’ve ever seen operate, during my lifetime. But, to be clear, that’s a crazy low bar. For as much as I like the work that they’re doing, I still wish that we had someone better than this. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/504 "2022-06-16T19:39:13Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Or maybe “Fifth … fifth … fifth … " He must have watched that Dave Chapelle sketch. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/505 "2022-06-16T19:43:19Z")
Luttig is saying that Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger, not because of what happened on January 6, but because they’ve pledged that in 2024, if Trump or his anointed successor, were to lose the election, that they would attempt to overturn the '24 election-- but succeed in '24. They’re executing that blueprint for '24 in open and plain view of the American public. And they’re being candid and proud about it. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/506 "2022-06-16T19:44:17Z")
The chairman is suggesting that the January 6 Committee might suggest improvements to the Electoral Count Act. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/507 "2022-06-16T19:54:50Z")
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvrh73BVraE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvrh73BVraE) Reminded me of this. (Bob and Ray-Slow Talkers of America.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/508 "2022-06-16T20:26:07Z")
I, JohnT, have decided that I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works. Mods? Are you listening? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/509 "2022-06-16T20:27:47Z")
I would like to be on the pardon list in advance for any and all crimes I may commit in the future. ---
**Author:** ![SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/510 "2022-06-16T20:40:47Z")
No problem. I hereby grant all of you an official pardon. Need anything else, just let me know. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/511 "2022-06-16T20:45:29Z")
Lucky bastard. With great power comes great responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/512 "2022-06-16T20:55:03Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > The plan also included putting people in multiple locations around DC to pull fire alarms to divert police ( I do see the obvious flaw there, but I didn’t write the plan) and to block traffic. Makes you wonder about the pipe bombs planted outside the RNC and DNC headquarters. [As the January 6 hearings focus attention on the Capitol riot, one huge mystery remains. (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/as-the-january-6-hearings-focus-attention-on-the-capitol-riot-one-huge-mystery-remains/ar-AAYxAu5?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=223e73db18d94c56b5dacf8ff1f40b96) > Even though the bombs didn’t detonate, they also diverted attention and resources away from the Capitol Riot, which quickly spiraled out of control. Michael Bolton, the recently retired Capitol Police Inspector General, testified in Congress that the bombs drew three teams to investigate and made it so only one squad remained at the Captiol, according to HuffPost. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/513 "2022-06-16T22:06:58Z")
(From the link in the post, not the poster’s words…) > [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](#): > > Michael Bolton, the recently retired… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-4spxWgms1c/hqdefault.jpg "Office Space- Micheal Bolton.wmv") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4spxWgms1c) (To All: Apologies for the “Fudgepackers” at the end, I linked because I like the “Ha! Your name is Michael Bolton scenario.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/514 "2022-06-16T22:11:06Z")
> [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](#): > > No problem. I hereby grant all of you an official pardon. Rookie mistake! you’re supposed to get a bribe first! ---
**Author:** ![SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/515 "2022-06-16T22:25:33Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Rookie mistake! you’re supposed to get a bribe first! There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Wait for all these posters and their friends and relatives to get spammed with hundreds of fundraising emails, raising money for my various “SAVE THE SDMB!!!” PACs. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/516 "2022-06-16T22:26:36Z")
Yes, and in several states they are trying to elect a secretary of state who will bypass the vote and give the results to trump or whoever. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/517 "2022-06-16T22:40:41Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I think about the scope of what Garland is handling, and it frankly astonishes me how _fast_ he has moved. He hasn’t moved a centimeter. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > Breaking: DOJ has sent a(nother) letter to the Committee asking for all transcripts of all interviews, because they are germane for prosecutions that they, DOJ, have already commenced. Why haven’t tthey been doing their own interviews? Why does the Committee have to do their job for them? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/518 "2022-06-16T22:42:58Z")
So, did anyone else watching notice the wall behind Eric Herschmann, from what I assume was a video interview? WTF was up with that? There was a weird poster that looked a little bit like reflections in a body of water and a little bit like a panda on the right. On the left their was a black baseball bat with the word “JUSTICE” printed on it……my brother was like _Wow, that kind of has a racist vibe_ …above a couple of silver objects. Our best guess on the silver objects was that they were some sort of art object designed to represent trophy scalps. But it was one of the weirdest Zoom backgrounds I’ve ever seen. Anyone else notice? [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/JDCt4eH.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/UHhXPW3) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/519 "2022-06-16T22:53:27Z")
I do think that it’s metal hair. The middle one looks like George Washington from behind. The one on the right looks like a Beatle. It is, indeed, strange decor but…decor, nevertheless. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/520 "2022-06-16T22:55:15Z")
I’m wondering if the reason the committee is reluctant to release the interviews is because they are under a very time- sensitive deadline, if they don’t get a report out by the end of the year, it’s not being released at all. I heard some cable news speculation that if the interviews are converted to evidence in a DOJ proceeding, then there might be issues with publicly releasing them before the cases go to trial. In which case the committee is absolutely right to not release them. The DOJ should’ve done their own damn interviews,anyway. The House is not conducting a criminal investigation and an interview by a legislator is not a replacement for an interview by a skilled law enforcement investigator. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=27)