The initial batch of witnesses to testify as part of the GOP’s pledge to investigate the “weaponization of the federal government” did not appear to have much to share beyond right-wing conspiracy theories.
their collective testimony seemed to be less based on actual evidence than it was on crackpot conspiracies one can read about online.The trio appears to be a group of aggrieved former FBI officials who have trafficked in right-wing conspiracy theories, including about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol….
“Each endorses an alarming series of conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the COVID vaccine, and the validity of the 2020 election,” Democrats wrote in the heavily footnoted report, which cites scores of statements made by the witnesses. “One has called repeatedly for the dismantling of the FBI. Another suggested that it would be better for Americans to die than to have any kind of domestic intelligence program.
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