When President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to former Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson yesterday, he omitted several important items about their recent and distant pasts. did.
The two, who hate President Trump, received the award for their work on the so-called J6 committee, the select committee that “investigated” the largely peaceful protests that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. .
The House Oversight Committee's report concluded that Cheney tampered with a witness and should be investigated for perjury against that witness. Thompson was an unrepentant insurrectionist who defended cop killers and terrorists who plotted war against the U.S. government.
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Mr. Biden praised Mr. Cheney because, while serving as vice chair of the J6 Committee, she “raised her voice and reached across the aisle to protect our country and the ideals of freedom that we stand for.'' It's because I've stretched it out.” dignity. And politeness. Her integrity and bravery remind us all of what is possible when we work together. ”
Mr. Biden must have been greatly impressed by Ms. Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Because he refused to let go of a clearly displeased traitorous Republican.
Fortunately for Cheney, he didn't smell her hair or give her his patented ambush kiss.
Fortunately for Cheney, the far-left media (and, of course, Biden) ignored the Oversight Committee's investigation's conclusions about the J6 committee's “failure” and “politicization.”
The report shows that Cheney had unethical communications with key witness Cassidy Hutchinson and then lied to the committee about the events of January 6. The commission also reported that Hutchinson altered his testimony to fit the commission's false “insurrection” theory.
“Based on the evidence available to this subcommittee, numerous federal laws were likely violated by Liz Cheney, former vice chair of the Jan. should be investigated by the Department,” the committee reported.
Evidence uncovered by the subcommittee revealed that…Cheney tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, by secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinson's attorney's knowledge. This confidential communication with the witness is inappropriate and may violate 18 USC 1512. Such conduct is not protected by the Speech and Debate Clause because it is outside the legitimate functioning of the legislative process.
The committee also wants the FBI to investigate Cheney for “violating 18 U.S.C. 1622, which prohibits any person from perjury by another,” the report said. There is.
Based on the evidence available to this subcommittee, Hutchinson committed perjury when he lied under oath before the Select Committee. Additionally, Hutchinson was questioned by the FBI as part of the investigation into President Trump. The subcommittee requested a copy of FBI Report 302, which recorded this interview and Hutchinson's statements, but the FBI refused to provide this important document. The FBI immediately reviewed Ms. Hutchinson's testimony in this interview and determined whether she had lied in the FBI interview as well, and if so, if she had lied, former Rep. role must be determined.
Cheney's contact with Hutchinson without the attorney's knowledge is the subject of America First's legal ethics complaint against the D.C. attorney.
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The irony of Thompson running the “Insurrection” committee is that he was himself an insurrectionist. That was before he became a Democratic politician.
As The New American reported in October 2021, citing Just the News, Thompson was a major supporter of the terrorist organization New African Republic Organization (RNA). According to the website, he took part in a press conference condemning “law enforcement for inciting a clash with the group that resulted in the killing of a police officer and the injury of an FBI agent.”
The FBI had warned that the RNA was “under threat of 'guerrilla warfare' against the United States.”
When local authorities arrested RNA members involved in the car-stealing fugitives, Mr Thompson accused police of trying to “stop the Republic from building community”. That “community” included several southern states where the RNA was expected to take power.
“Mr. Thompson offered to leave the group alone if they would abide by the law,” Just the News reported.
But by the time Thompson uttered those words, the FBI had already established that the group had been involved in multiple violent crimes and had announced plans to take over Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia. It was determined that the plan posed a threat to national security. Creating a new separatist nation for African Americans.
The sheriff who led the arrest told a story very different from Thompson's, saying officers encountered resistance when they tried to execute the arrest warrant, and officers discovered a large cache of weapons and ammunition inside the group's premises. said.
RNA members then opened fire on FBI agents and local police as they raided the RNA home. The shootout ended with the killing of police officer Louis Skinner.
The New York Times reported that Thompson's friends were ready for war. The group booby-trapped the front entrance and set up “a Viet Cong-style bunker and a tunnel with a firing port.”
All these years later, none of that mattered to Thompson.
In 2013, Thompson campaigned for former RNA Vice President Chokwe Lumumba in the Jackson, Mississippi, mayoral race. He also served as a “board member” of the Lumumba facility, Just the News reported.
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Another honorable recipient of a medal was Evan Wolfson, a gay man who believes he is married to a man. Wolfson helped “win the fundamental rights to love, marry, and be yourself.” (This is the far left's norm against sodomy “marriage.”)
A worthy recipient of this award was the late and courageous civilian journalist Joe Galloway. For his heroism during the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, Vietnam, Galloway received the Bronze Star. Along with Lt. Col. Harold Moore, the commander of that battle, Galloway wrote Once Were Soldiers…And Young.
