# January 6th Hearing-Adjacent Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 12, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829 "2022-07-12T16:20:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**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:** [August 26, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/401 "2022-08-26T03:30:54Z")
I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52311742148_d4543dc170_b.jpg "20220825\_222946") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/52311742148/) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/402 "2022-08-26T06:00:25Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > You can see it here (the first 50 seconds are all you need to see). This one starts a bit earlier. [https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1562987834742489093](https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1562987834742489093) ---
**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:** [August 29, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/403 "2022-08-29T23:10:21Z")
Tony Ornato retires from USSC: > > **[Secret Service official at center of Jan. 6 committee probe retires](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/29/secret-service-jan-6-probe-trump-00054127)** > > Tony Ornato, who also served as a top aide in Donald Trump’s White House, is the latest high-level official in the Secret Service to announce his departure recently. Also, no law enforcement agency has claimed to have arrested McInnes. So who knows what _that’s_ all about? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/404 "2022-08-30T22:54:24Z")
Great tweet for Gavin: [https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1563036699558420480/photo/1](https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1563036699558420480/photo/1) ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/405 "2022-09-01T22:49:53Z")
Breaking news on MSNBC: January 6th Committee seeks information from Newt Gingrich about his interactions with Trump on the election-stealing scheme. Looking forward to more details. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/406 "2022-09-02T00:03:27Z")
I don’t see any mention of election-stealing in the [Contract with America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_with_America). Ah, well, I guess even some of the old-guard Republicans are now under the spell of the cult. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/407 "2022-09-02T02:37:07Z")
Oh, old Newt has been very busy behind the scenes with election-stealing. Gift link from the NY Times: > **[Jan. 6 Panel Calls Gingrich to Testify, Saying He Had Role in Trump Plot](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/us/politics/jan-6-panel-gingrich.html?unlocked_article_code=6xavdQbmvf3NrviTB9ZVZynhE4kb37WWNegywrKGFo-iVPkMrF38Vc0bGeCsPpcqk2nkxCqfFCzgxOB-WMgPtDb-2FEB51ZqP_n_U9Od5cBcqNBoezyNhZg3QL5JMXJDGyBSWjNihFfdxPub7P0dmfkTS7WLGryRiB6ipb631Kdo5ZxzibiNACxq2oubtmZyT6sOcvhF5_Yw0EcgODWlKM4S7gEWdQ2gBMDdHBYBcZNyFn5Ld2jj6TyITQmB5njAlcEGlKMtLgZOKjWy9JEtDy_7GtqhTRFroYGO8nTy9JT8KmGfVSrZghjJJLPigNeUnbcCmnFqqnIgTjIGoVcQ6Pm1tA&smid=share-url)** > > In a letter to the former House speaker, the select committee said the Georgia Republican had deliberately incited anger among voters with false claims of election fraud. Looks like that old bastard could have some exposure to criminal charges himself. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/408 "2022-09-02T05:50:58Z")
Plead the Fifth. 162 times. Next! Seriously, someone has got to step up and admit Trump’s a fuckwad in his own party. Otherwise, bleh. Gingrich? Never. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/409 "2022-09-02T20:32:41Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > the [Contract with America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_ **with** _America). It’s always bugged me, the way he kept misspelling _on_. #Proud\_Prescriptivist ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/410 "2022-09-22T00:25:44Z")
Oooooooohhhhhh. . . . . > **[Jan. 6 committee reaches deal with Ginni Thomas for an interview](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/21/ginni-thomas-january-6-interview/)** > > The conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will be interviewed by the committee in the coming weeks. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/411 "2022-09-23T23:51:08Z")
!!! _Sixty Minutes_ coming through, just in time for the Friday night news dump! > In case we are clear, it was an _outgoing_ call. “The call is coming from inside the house!” ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/412 "2022-09-24T00:14:33Z")
Bigfoot Erotica Guy turns out to be a pretty good dude. Wonders never cease. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/413 "2022-09-24T19:42:39Z")
Actually, the “Bigfoot Erotica” was an amusing satire on the Bigfoot conspiracy theory, and conspiracy theorists in general. Here’s another post I wrote on the subject last year. > [@7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2032): > > Oh I remember him……Denver Riggleman of the Bigfoot porn scandal. Which is actually somewhat relevant. Riggleman wrote a book, a hysterically funny takedown of conspiratorial thinking, centering around a vacation he took with a bunch of Bigfoot enthusiasts. Because he made a lot of jokes about these people analyzing Bigfoot mating habits and doing stuff like imitating Bigfoot mating calls, somehow everyone started calling his book “Bigfoot Porn”………and the cover had a cartoon sketch of a Bigfoot… ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/414 "2022-09-24T19:47:22Z")
I know. It’s still the first thing that comes to mind when I hear that dude’s name. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/415 "2022-09-24T22:26:40Z")
I prefer to think of him as the Republican who dared to officiate at a same sex wedding and was defenestrated by the Virginia GOP because of it. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/416 "2022-09-25T01:00:14Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > and was defenestrated by the Virginia GOP because of it. Geez! How many floors up? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/417 "2022-09-25T01:18:13Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > It’s still the first thing that comes to mind when I hear that dude’s name. I have never heard of this fella before today but I am compelled to note that if someone told me there was a porn star named Denver Riggleman I would have absolutely taken it at face value. Well, let’s hope this revelation about the phone call is the money shot we’ve all been waiting for. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/418 "2022-09-26T16:12:09Z")
The target of the call has been identified: > CNN article: > **[The mysterious nine-second call from the White House to a January 6 rioter:...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/politics/mysterious-phone-call-white-house-rioter-jan-6/index.html)** > > At 4:34 pm on January 6, 2021, a cell phone registered to a Capitol rioter who had stormed the building, received a phone call from a White House landline, according to records obtained by CNN. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/419 "2022-09-26T16:15:13Z")
Can I remark that 9 seconds sounds like a connected misdial? “Yeah!” “Prepare to be switched over to…” “What??” “Hey, Keith, I was calling… what’s that noise?” “Who the fuck is Keith? Who the fuck are you? My name is Anton…” !CLICK! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/420 "2022-09-26T16:21:54Z")
9 seconds is plenty of time for a heartfelt plea to contribute to the Save America PAC. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829.md?page=22)