U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert is challenging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican primaries on March 1, but even if he unseats Paxton, Gohmert might carry on Paxton’s legacy of involvement in high-profile criminal investigations. On Tuesday, White House counsel Dana Remus sent a letter to the National Archives, where...
Jan. 6 investigators dropped bread crumbs about their next steps this week. The trail appears to lead to Rep. Louie Gohmert.U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert is challenging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican primaries on March 1, but even if he unseats Paxton, Gohmert might carry on Paxton’s legacy of involvement in high-profile criminal investigations., where former President Donald Trump’s White House records are stored, informing them that the Jan.
Remus’ letter didn’t come right out and say whose communications with Trump the commission plans to obtain, but it came pretty close., the letter spelled out that the commission planned to gather communications related to “litigation in which certain parties were represented by the Department of Justice.
Still, the suit forced Pence to pick a side in the face of calls from Trump and a stalwart faction of his followers to exercise his authority as president of the U.S. Senate and block the certification of the election results. Pence announced his decision to honor the results on Jan. 6 and proceed with certification in the Senate. Then, pro-Trump insurrectionists attacked the Capitol. Some called for Pence’s execution by hanging as punishment for honoring the results, which they perceived as a betraying Trump.
Now, Jan. 6 committee members are indicating that they want to know exactly what role Trump played in pushing Pence to overturn the election. Committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, hinted in late December that the committee views Gohmert’s lawsuit as a key source of pressure on Pence, calling the suit a “significant detail in that it was part of a plan to isolate and coerce Pence.
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