...why would you be looking for a pardon?
'The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack revealed at
its inaugural hearing that Donald Trump’s top Republican allies in
Congress sought pardons after the January 6 insurrection, a major
disclosure that bolstered the claim that the event amounted to a coup
and is likely to cause serious scrutiny for those implicated.
The news that multiple House Republicans asked the Trump White House for pardons – an apparent consciousness of guilt – was one of three
revelations portending potentially perilous legal and political moments
to come for Trump and his allies.'
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'The extraordinary claim also raised the prospect that the Republican
members of Congress seeking clemency believed Trump’s election fraud
claims were baseless: for why would they need pardons if they really
were only raising legitimate questions about the election.
“It’s hard to find a more explicit statement of consciousness of guilt
than looking for a pardon for actions you’ve just taken, assisting in a
plan to overthrow the results of a presidential election,” Jamie Raskin,
a member of the select committee, told reporters.'
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