C-SPAN
Far-right Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) tried to say on Friday that no one has been tried and prosecuted for sedition within the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, just for a C-SPAN anchor to coolly fact-check his clearly false declare.
Taking calls from viewers throughout an look on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, a ceremony of passage for visitors of this system, the MAGA lawmaker was quickly grilled by callers over former President Donald Trump’s promise to pardon Capitol rioters.
“Trump desires to pardon the traitors which were convicted of seditious conspiracy? Come on! What the hell’s fallacious with you Republicans?!” one caller from Oregon exclaimed.
“I respect the decision, and I’m undecided I perceive what you’re saying, however I believe you’re speaking concerning the former president saying if he will get elected he’d difficulty some pardons or clemency to a number of the folks arrested and prosecuted on Jan. 6,” Biggs answered.
“Not all have been convicted of seditious treason. In reality, none have been! In order that’s essential to know,” he confidently declared. “The second factor I'd say is that a lot of them have been convicted of misdemeanor trespass. And I believe that’s essential to know as properly.”
The following caller, in the meantime, continued to grill Biggs over his sympathetic angle in direction of the riot and the MAGA rioters behind it. On this occasion, the viewer from Mississippi requested if those that “conspired” with Trump and ex-Justice Division official Jeffrey Clark needs to be “held accountable,” additional questioning why Biggs requested his personal pardon following the riots.
“I didn’t ask for a pardon. That’s been utterly debunked,” the Arizona congressman replied, echoing his earlier denials of the reported request. “However, you already know, lies persist, in order that’s going to occur and I’m sufficiently big to resist the perpetual lie in that method.”
The lawmaker added: “There’s been no indication that anyone tried to overthrow the federal government with any individual named Jeff Clark, whom I don’t consider I’ve ever even met. So thanks for the perpetuation of the false narrative of the left.”
Proper after the Trump-boosting lawmaker was finished railing in opposition to the “lies” unfold concerning the Jan. 6 assault, Washington Journal host Greta Brawner casually chimed in to appropriate Biggs’ personal falsehoods.
“Congressman, USA Immediately had this headline again in November of 2022 that Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder, was discovered responsible of seditious conspiracy,” she flatly acknowledged.
Certainly, Rhodes and co-defendant Kelly Meggs—chief of the far-right militia’s Florida chapter—have been each convicted of seditious conspiracy final yr for planning an armed riot to cease the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. Each males withstand 20 years in jail.
“Oh, OK,” Biggs stammered in response. “Yeah, properly, I didn’t comply with that case.”