UPDATE 1-Republican lawmakers sought pre-emptive pardons from Trump over Jan. 6 attack

Reuters

Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 5:35 PM1 min read

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WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Republican members of Congress including Mo Brooks, Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs, Louie Gohmert and Scott Perry contacted the White House to ask for pre-emptive pardons from then-President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to testimony at a congressional hearing on Thursday.

Brooks advocated for pardons from several lawmakers involved in a December 2020 meeting with the former president and his allies to undermine the validity of the 2020 presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden.

"Mr. Gaetz was personally pushing for a pardon," Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, told the House of Representatives select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Leslie Adler and Howard Goller)

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