# January 6th Hearing-Adjacent Discussion Thread

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**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")
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### 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: [July 12, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-6th-hearing-adjacent-discussion-thread/967829/15 "2022-07-12T21:45:40Z")

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That was my guess, which I posted in the other thread.

> [@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-9-2022/965940/1990):
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> > [@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-9-2022/965940/1954):
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> > Clues:
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> > 1. It’s a person Trump would call personally
> > 2. The committee has not shown their testimony to public yet
> > 3. (Possible) the fact of their testimony may not have been revealed yet
> > 4. Person is comfortable enough to ignore the call and sensible enough to call their lawyer
> > 5. And the next hearing is about Trump and his actions that day
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> > … any others?
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> I’m thinking it will be some White House or campaign staffer that we haven’t heard from yet. Or a rally organizer, like Katrina Pierson or Amy Kremer. Outside chance it’s Mo Brooks. Probably a relatively unknown staffer, though. Or maybe the guy that had to sweep up the broken dishes and clean the catsup off the walls.
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> _Fun fact - when Trump tried to smear Ted Cruz during the 2016 primaries by having the National Enquirer run a story claiming Cruz had affairs with 5 women. All clues pointed to Pierson as one of them, Pierson denied it._
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> [https://www.salon.com/2016/03/25/internet\_scrambles\_to\_identify\_women\_described\_in\_national\_enquirers\_bombshell\_report\_alleging\_ted\_cruz\_had\_five\_affairs/](https://www.salon.com/2016/03/25/internet_scrambles_to_identify_women_described_in_national_enquirers_bombshell_report_alleging_ted_cruz_had_five_affairs/)

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