Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Wednesday that he may file criminal charges with the Justice Department against members of the Jan. 6 committee for concealing and destroying documents. .
Loudermilk was investigating the committee’s activities on January 6, despite being warned by then-elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to preserve all documents. It was discovered last year that the company had destroyed documents and other records. This is evidence gathered through months of investigation and behind-closed-doors testimony.
he Said John Solomon of JusttheNews.com said members of the committee could face prosecution.
House Republicans leading the current review into security and intelligence failures during the 2021 Capitol riot on Wednesday told the now-defunct Democratic-run Jan. 6 committee that former Rep. and staff, and informed him that he could be referred for criminal obstruction and House ethics violations.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Executive Oversight Subcommittee, told Just the News that Congress collected data from a previous survey conducted by Democrats on Jan. 6. He said he was frustrated that videotapes of interviews, transcripts and other evidence were deleted. , have been destroyed, transferred to other federal agencies, or locked with passwords that have not been recovered, and he believes some form of accountability is warranted.
“As far as holding people accountable, that’s what we should do,” Loudermilk said in an interview on the TV show “Just the News No Noise.” “But I think it’s going to be a little bit off because there’s still a lot of information that we need to get. And we need to let the American people know the truth, not just this, but we need to know that this incident is potentially We need to determine how big of a hindrance it is.”
Loudermilk said censure or ethical sanctions could be used in lieu of prosecution, given that the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers often provides immunity for members of Congress.
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