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Minutes after Thursday night’s Jan. 6 committee hearing, which revealed damning new evidence of Donald Trump’s actions as the insurrection unfolded and the day after, MAGA acolyte Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) appeared on Newsmax declaring how he “grieves” for the rioters who are in prison.
“Our January 6 prisoners aren’t doing so well, and having been a felony judge it grieves me to see the vendettas…we’ve got currently an attorney general that’s more vindictive than the late John Mitchell and more manipulative than J. Edgar Hoover,” the Texas Republican told host Greg Kelly. “It does not bode well for our justice system at all.”
Gohmert, who voted to reject the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, has been trying to win sympathy for those charged over Jan. 6. Last fall, he and fellow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tried to visit prisoners in the Washington, D.C. jail, only to be denied entry. Gohmert has also whined about the Jan. 6 committee subpoenaing Trump allies, saying on Newmax in June, “If you’re a Republican, you can’t even lie to Congress or lie to an FBI agent or they’re coming after you.”