Email Shows Mo Brooks Requesting Pardons For Every Congress Member Who Voted To “Reject Electoral Vote”

The Birmingham News reports:

Rep. Mo Brooks was among other Republican members of Congress who asked then-president Donald Trump for protection from future prosecutions through a presidential pardon.

The January 6 committee, a bipartisan group of legislators investigating the January 6 riot at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., revealed Brooks’ name during a hearing Thursday.

Brooks sent an email with the subject line “Pardons” to the White House requesting a pardon for Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., himself, and “every congressman or senator who voted to reject the electoral college vote submissions of Arizona and Pennsylvania.”

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Interviews of White House staffers outlined that a number of Republicans including Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Mo Brooks asked former President Donald Trump for pardons for their involvement on Jan. 6. https://t.co/kHg9B3wWQs pic.twitter.com/nuH9axMH9o

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