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Rep. Bennie Thompson , who chaired the now-defunct House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, and has been targeted by President-elect, Thompson said he’d spoken to the White House counsel’s office about the possibility in December, but clarified that he hasn’t discussed the issue with outgoing President“A lot of people have said if this guy said he’s going to do things, believe him,” Thompson said.
“Cheney did something that’s inexcusable, along with Thompson and the people on the un-select committee of political thugs and, you know, creeps,” Trump“I believe Donald Trump when he says he’s going to inflict retribution on this,” Thompson said. “I believe when he says my name and Liz Cheney and the others. I believe him.”Trump has long attacked the work of the Jan. 6 committee, which detailed his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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