U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Republicans don't need to protest the possible pending arrest because the "communist Democrats" have sealed their fate.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday said he is directing House committees to investigate whether federal funds are being used for "politically motivated prosecutions" amid reports that former President Donald Trump could be indicted as early as next week.
Former President Donald Trump claims he will be arrested on Tuesday as he is being investigated by New York prosecutors for payments made during his presidential campaign, with Trump calling for his followers to protest.
The select committee assigned to investigate the Capitol riot did not review the surveillance footage, which is the primary evidence of the event, and outsourced the task to a team of employees, as revealed after Kevin McCarthy permitted controlled access to the video for House members to decide what happened on that day.
A recent legal brief by Fox News cites discovery information indicating that Dominion Voting Systems' employees acknowledged serious problems with the company's technology, including critical bugs leading to incorrect results, while Dominion sues Fox News for $1.6 billion for defamation.
