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July 12, 2022
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Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who according to witness Cassidy Hutchinson spoke with her on the morning of January 6 about not letting President Trump go to the Capitol, testified before the committee for eight-plus hours on Friday. The way his testimony is being reported is a primer in how to create fake news.

If you’re senior editor in charge of propaganda, you first come up with a misleading headline to get your desired idea across. In this case, the headline is that Cipollone “did not contradict” Hutchinson’s testimony. That’s the story according to multiple establishment media outlets. Recall that Hutchinson testified Cipollone had told her that then-President Donald Trump would be charged with “every crime imaginable” if he went to the Capitol on January 6. That had the predators on the committee salivating.

The next step is to put the key information far down within the body of the piece. To VANITY FAIR’s credit (rarely warranted), writer Kelly Rissman waited only until the fourth paragraph to say, “However, sources familiar with Cipollone’s testimony told CNN that not only was the former White House lawyer NOT ASKED ABOUT HUTCHINSON’S QUOTE (emphasis ours), but if questioned about it, Cipollone would not have confirmed it.”

Perhaps if Rissman had written the headline --- editors usually determine those --- she’d have highlighted that. I don’t want to blame the writer if her editor had other ideas.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/trump-white-house-counsel-pat-cipollone-jan6-committee

ABC News ran the headline “Trump White House counsel’s Jan. 6 interview didn’t contradict other witnesses: Kinzinger.” (Yes, the headline quotes foaming-at-the-mouth Trump-hater Adam Kinzinger, as interviewed by George Stefanopoulos. Talk about a set-up story.) Farther down, they dispense with the major inconvenient fact in this vague line: “Both CNN and THE NEW YORK TIMES reported that Cipollone was not asked about some specifics from Hutchinson during his own interview on Friday.” "Some specifics"?? Like, maybe, the most important question to ask him? Why was that?

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-white-house-counsels-jan-interview-didnt-contradict/story?id=86528290

By the way, something Kinzinger said in his ABC interview gives away the goal of this “fact-finding” (haha) committee: “...I can guarantee...in about 10 years, there’s not going to have been a single Trump supporter that exists anywhere in the country. It’s like [Richard] Nixon. There were a lot of people that supported Nixon until he was out of office, and then everybody was like, ‘No, nobody supported Nixon.’”

This committee is on a seek-and-destroy mission. They’re not trying to find out what happened; they intend to obliterate President Trump. It’s pure politics, at taxpayer expense.

Cipollone’s testimony is on video, but he’s not expected to testify publicly, according to THE NEW YORK TIMES. They obviously don’t want him on live TV. A source told POLITICO that his testimony is “still under lock and key.” That source said the committee did find his testimony “very helpful,” but you better believe that if they’d gotten what they wanted from him, the transcript would be everywhere. What they’ll do is go through the video and cherry-pick fragments of testimony that are “very helpful.” Anything else will remain under lock and key.

Byron York pointed out the problem with the committee’s questioning of Cipollone in a couple of tweets. “Hutchinson is J6 committee’s biggest star. Now members can point to her testimony and say: No other witnesses have contradicted her! How dare you question her account! 4/4 End.”

In his other tweet, he noted that according to the NY TIMES story, which cites “two people familiar with Cipollone’s actions that day,” the J6 was informed in advance that Cipollone “would not confirm” that conversation if he were asked about it. So he wasn’t asked.

THAT is the big take-away. Joel Pollak’s report in BREITBART NEWS got it right. The headline: “Report: January 6 committee avoids asking Cipollone questions that could implicate Hutchinson in perjury.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/10/report-january-6-committee-avoids-asking-cipollone-questions-that-could-implicate-hutchinson-in-perjury/

In related news, if you missed the story about Steve Bannon agreeing to testify before the committee, here’s the magnificent letter Trump wrote to tell him he’d be waiving executive privilege and allowing Bannon to go ahead.

https://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1546169459857100800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed

Peter Navarro still refuses to dignify the committee with his testimony, though he could face two years in prison. His legal bills have topped $400,000, though he wasn’t even at the Capitol on January 6. He says his resistance isn’t about himself or even President Trump, but about constitutional issues such as the separation of powers.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/peter-navarro-steve-bannon-jan-6-committee/2022/07/11/id/1078262/

(Side note: Tucker Carlson, on his Monday show, pointed out that both Bannon and Navarro happen to have been two of the most vocal and effective China critics in the Trump administration. Something to ponder as we learn even more about the “Biden family business” from Hunter’s electronic debris.)

If the January 6 committee were really interested in fact-finding, they’d be looking into the FBI’s activities leading up to the rally and what they knew. A whistleblower has provided GATEWAY PUNDIT with a leaked report that shows the FBI is prosecuting Proud Boys and Oath Keepers even though their own FBI confidential human source (CHS) absolved the groups he witnessed. From GATEWAY PUNDIT:

“The informant told his handlers at the FBI that the Kansas City Proud Boy Group he was infiltrating and accompanied to the Capitol on January 6 ‘were not involved in, nor did they inspire the breaking of the barriers at the Capitol building.’ CHS describes the scene as the crowd doing it, as a ‘herd mentality,’ and that it was not organized.”

In fact, the CHS said, the Proud Boys had come to the event “to risk their own safety to protect average Trump supporters from Antifa attacks so MAGA folk could enjoy the day and ‘get back to their hotels safely.’” He also said that group members never mentioned “stopping the electoral college or certification of the election.” According to GATEWAY PUNDIT, “the FBI plant made it clear to his bosses that the Proud Boys and their friends had no idea what they were walking into, there was NO CONSPIRACY to enter the Capitol, and Proud Boys helped law enforcement inside the Capitol.”

A total of six from this group have been charged with conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, aiding and abetting (this charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years), obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, threatening a federal officer, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon.

If you have time, here’s the internal FBI document; for the really interesting part, scroll down and start at page 15. We have to wonder if the grand jury --- and the attorneys for the Proud Boys --- got to see this.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mdcr198jrp4t320/FED%20attached%20to%20Proud%20Boys.pdf?dl=0

Here’s a transcribed, easier-to-read version.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/TRANSCRIBED-CHS-Report.pdf

As Jonathan Turley says in the following commentary, head of the Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes has offered to testify, even though he faces criminal charges. BUT...it has to be live and in public, so it “can’t be edited or tailored by the Committee.” I would buy a front-row ticket and a giant bucket of popcorn to that. As Turley says, “If Rhodes is willing to take this risk, the Committee should be willing to give up control over what the public can see and hear in the J6 investigation.” If they’re not, that tells us all we need to know (as if we didn’t know already).

https://jonathanturley.org/2022/07/10/dont-ask-dont-tell-j6-committee-member-says-former-white-house-counsel-did-not-contradict-hutchinson-but-sources-say-he-was-not-asked/#more-191150

In case you missed this tweet from trusted reporter Paul Sperry, he said on July 1: “BREAKING: Internal email reveals day before Jan. 6 riot, US Capitol Police intel unit warned “BLM from Baltimore” was bussing in rioters: BLM/Antifa will wear MAGA hats, wear camo, and attempt to blend in with MAGA crowd” so violence blamed on Trump supporters attending Trump rally.” Full story:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/breaking-internal-memo-reveals-capitol-police-warned-blm-baltimore-bussing-rioters-disguised-trump-supporters-jan-6/

And there was this, about three Antifa members driving to the Capitol grounds that day with a gun in their vehicle, lying to law enforcement about it, and being allowed to simply drive home to Michigan. Here’s more:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/ignored-liz-cheney-jan-6-show-trial-antifa-members-caught-gun-released-jan-6-undercover-fed-operative-pictured-gun-never-arrested-dropped-wanted-list/

Meanwhile, the next Jan. 6 kangaroo court hearing is...today.

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  • Michael A Hord, DVM

    07/12/2022 03:17 PM

    Gov. Huckabee first, I'd like to thank you for putting out this forum of news and information for those seeking the Truth.
    Second, last year shortly after 1/6 I tweeted a question concerning who holds the responsibility for protecting "We The Peoples" Capitol Bldg and grounds- Knowing full well that the responsibility lies with Nancy Pelosi, The Capitol Police, and The Mayor of DC. I then asked, why can't "We the People" sue via a "class action lawsuit" those given the responsibility for thee protection of The Capitol for disregarding their duty to do so as well as disregarding the recommendations of the Trump administration and the Capitol Police to have the NG present to to aid in that protection. All sane individuals know that this was not an insurrection by the crowd, which was egged on by BLM, Antifa, and FBI placed agitators. However, an insurrection did take place in the cases of Nancy Pelosi, DC Mayor, & the Capitol Police by their lack of fulfilling the duties that they were elected and appointed to fulfill. I think it is time we do some of the distracting and turn the focus back on them - the 1/6 Unselect Jokes that have no regard for the truth or the American People - Right or Left. Then while we are at it also sue them and hold them accountable for the taxpayer dollars that they are wasting in holding their partisan kangaroo court hearings which are nothing more than a skewing of the truth.
    What are your thoughts concerning the viability of these ideas? Thank you for your time and knowledge, it is truly appreciated.
    Michael A. Hord, DVM

  • carole braden

    07/12/2022 02:21 PM

    grrrrrrr it just gets more and more infuriating

  • Sarah Collins

    07/12/2022 01:46 PM

    Walter Cronkite is rolling over in his grave...if the mainstream media knew how much of a puppet they are right now!

  • James Ranes

    07/12/2022 12:49 PM

    I’m a life long Republican - I would never vote for Trump again- he attempted to overrule the Department of Justice

  • Sharon Faulkner

    07/12/2022 10:10 AM

    Mike
    What the hell is the matter with You giving coverage to something NOBODY is watching and even less care? Trump 2024...and the only thing Uncle Peter and this Show Trial are destroying is the cowardly and corrupt Blue Reich...and stop showing us pics of these losers!!

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