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The House Committee investigating the insurrection is now securing testimonies of other key individuals regarding the events of January 6. Two organizers of the January 6 “Stop the Steal” rally are said to be coming forward to testify before the panel and will also turn over related documents.
Rolling Stone reports that two organizers of the January 6 rally will be turning over documents and records to the House Committee, even naming Republican officials who are involved. Organizers Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lawrence will be testifying before the committee aside from turning over documents and records, implicating Republican officials, especially certain members of Congress.
“Among the documents the couple is providing are conversations they had with staffers and members of Congress as they planned the main rally that took place on the White House Ellipse that day,” said the report. “Stockton described these discussions as largely logistical and focused on planning the members’ participation in objections to the electoral certification on the House floor and various events that were staged to protest against the election. They include Instagram messages Lawrence exchanged with Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) as she tried to get him to speak at the Ellipse rally.”
The report also notes that the main reason why Lawrence and Stockton have chosen to cooperate with the committee is that they are running out of options as they are facing subpoenas from the panel. Rolling Stone also revealed that they were the two sources in an October report revealing that sitting GOP members of Congress were involved in the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 elections.
Several books released this year have shed light on what the Trump administration was doing in the final weeks of the presidency leading up to the Capitol insurrection. AFP broke down events from the books that detailed what the Trump administration was doing behind the scenes in its final days and weeks since the insurrection.
In “Peril” by journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa revealed that vice president Mike Pence reached out to his predecessor Dan Quayle for advice, under pressure from the former president and his allies including John Eastman, to overturn the election during Congress. Pence ultimately refused to overturn the election results.
Another revelation in the book was when Gen. Mark Milley along with other top officials feared that out of rage, Trump may try and use the military to stage a coup or even start a war.
