Florida Politics reports:
Rep. Matt Gaetz said that when Republicans take control of the House, they should not disband the Jan. 6 Committee. Instead, they should put controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in charge and turn the sights on blaming Democrats and the FBI.
The Panhandle Republican, who on Jan. 6 infamously blamed the Capitol riot on antifa protesters, now wants Congress to investigate if FBI informants stoked violence that disrupted the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral victory over Donald Trump. He appeared with Greene on Steve Bannon’s podcast to discuss Jan. 6.
“I wouldn’t disband it. I would take it over,” Gaetz said. “I would throw off the tyrants that are on that committee now. I would make Marjorie Taylor Greene the chair. I would make Darren Beattie the staff director, and then we would get the truth in front of the American people.”
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RT: .@MattGaetz stokes ‘blood libel’ FBI conspiracy, wants Marjorie Taylor Greene leading Jan. 6 Committee
Reporting by @JacobOgleshttps://t.co/C0yHa302hs#FlaPol pic.twitter.com/Ul3bkAV00D
— Phil Ammann ?⌨️? (@PhilAmmann) January 6, 2022
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Ready to Expose the Truth About J6 on @Firebrand_Pod
“I’m ready to rip the whole thing wide open and expose everything…How is the FBI, the Department of Justice, or any of our agencies involved in what happened on January 6?”https://t.co/py9Zacgtil pic.twitter.com/o8yfkSqwag
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) January 6, 2022
Representatives Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday went on Steve Bannon’s show to try to redirect blame for the Capitol attack. They offered little evidence for their claims during the appearance. https://t.co/mAPaUHHJnn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 6, 2022
Matt Gaetz, Marj Greene broadcasting from Steve Bannon’s “War Room.”
In war, traitors get hanged. https://t.co/56HD2tBpK5
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 6, 2022
“We’re ashamed of nothing,” said the man who paid off a sex trafficker, who immediately paid off a teenager. https://t.co/LILt8JqyOV
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) January 6, 2022
Gaetz and Greene holding their packed press conference in a tiny room … Gaetz blames Pelosi for not giving them a bigger room pic.twitter.com/654Y885L4F
— Eliza Relman (@eliza_relman) January 6, 2022