Kinzinger Says Jan 6th Committee Investigating Trump, Other GOP Colleagues ‘Possibly’ Responsible for Capitol Attack [VIDEO]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) made the rounds on the Sunday news shows, saying that “it’s possible” some of his GOP colleagues in Congress are “responsible” for the January 6th attack on the Capitol. But he added he’s not ready to “go to that point” yet, because he wants to “let the facts dictate it.”
Kinzinger and Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) are the only two Republicans sitting on the bipartisan panel, but that won’t prevent either of them from ruling out issuing subpoenas for sitting members of Congress or Donald Trump himself.
Rep. Kinzinger told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday that he isn’t prepared to say whether he believes Trump committed a crime, but that the House of Representatives committee should have “a pretty good idea” once its probe is over. “I don’t want to go there yet to say, ‘Do I believe he has [committed a crime]’? I think that’s obviously a pretty big thing to say. We want to know though, and I think we’ll — by the end of our investigation and by the time our report is out — have a pretty good idea,” Kinzinger remarked during CNN’s State of the Union. “We’ll be able to have out on the public record anything Justice Department needs maybe in pursuit of that.”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger to ABC on whether the Jan. 6 committee has more texts: "There are more texts out there that we haven't released … We're going to pursue — doggedly — everything, to the ends of the Earth, and that includes … members of Congress that had any involvement."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 20, 2021
The congressman continued: “Nobody is above the law. And if [Trump] knowingly allowed what happened on January 6th to happen and, in fact, was giddy about it, and that violates a criminal statute, he needs to be held accountable for that.”
House committee on Jan. 6 “is getting more information than law enforcement agencies and DOJ,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger tells @jonkarl.
“And if somebody broke the law, it is so essential that we send the message that you are not untouchable as president.” https://t.co/lM7v7518xF pic.twitter.com/xaflca1zgT
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 19, 2021
Several former Trump administration officials are currently facing a subpoena from the committee, including former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows; former senior advisers to the president Stephen Miller and Jason Miller; former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany; Trump’s re-election campaign manager, Bill Stepien; and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger tells @jonkarl “it’s possible" some of his GOP colleagues in Congress are responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
"I will tell you, yes, there are more texts out there we haven’t released.” https://t.co/6cOuR0kmJr pic.twitter.com/zJEEr541e5
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 19, 2021
Trump himself is among those who has been compelled to bring forward documents related to the investigation, after a judge denied the former president’s request to block the committee from seeing records related to the planning, execution and response to events on January 6th.
.@RepKinzinger: "What is the rot in the democracy which allowed the 6th to happen and have we corrected from that since? […] I want to hold the people guilty accountable, but [ultimately] I want to make sure this never happens again." pic.twitter.com/QRCQuSpPpb
— The Hill (@thehill) December 20, 2021
Watch Rep. Kinzinger on CNN, below.