Marjorie Taylor Greene Threatens To Shut Down Companies Who Comply With January 6th Committee

Marjorie Taylor Greene isn't happy that tech giants and telecom companies have been asked to preserve records of certain members of Congress who they believe may have been somehow "involved" in the events of January 6th. She told Tucker Carlson that she would "shut down" any company that complies with the request, which isn't even something that is possible. Farron Cousins discusses this.

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Republican representative Marjorie Taylor green is not too happy about the fact that the January six select committee is seeking the cell phone records of several members of Congress, of which Marjorie Taylor green is believed to be one of them. Uh, we do not have, by the way, the complete list, we do not know exactly which members the committee is trying to get cell phone records for. But we do know that they're trying to get the records of anyone that may have been involved. Anyone who spoke at anyone who helped in the planning of the stop, the steel rally on January 6th. So Marjorie Taylor green is fairly confident that she is in fact a target of this. And she went on Tucker Carlson's show earlier this week and said that if the telecom companies actually comply with the request from this committee, that she is somehow going to shut them down.

Here's what she said. If these telecommunications companies, if they go along with this, they will be shut down. And that's a promise. If members of Congress can have their personal cell phone data exposed just to hurt us politically in the next election, then we are going into a dangerous place in this country. No, you see, we went to a dangerous place in this country. That dangerous place was the Capitol on January 6th, where people who support you and your politics and your party, uh, stormed the capital that, that you see was the dangerous place. Uh, you also do not have the ability or the authority to literally shut down any company in the country. Marjorie, I'm sorry. I know that comes as

A shock, but you can't do that. Here's where things get stupider.

Uh, it turns out, uh, Marjorie Taylor green is not the only Republican saying they need these records. Kevin McCarthy house naughty leader has also threatened. These companies said Republican majority will not forget if they, they provide the capital riot commission with the telephone records of GOP lawmakers who may have spoken with former president Donald Trump on the day in January 6th,

We will not forget cool. What, what are you, what are you going to do? Like

For real, Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie telegram, honest to God, what are y'all going to do? Hmm.

What are you going to do

When these telecom companies don't comply

And then they get subpoenaed,

Meaning the end of the legally have to do it basically. Uh, what are you going to do when they turn these records it's over

And the answer is nothing, but I'll tell you what they should do is lawyer up. Because

If I'm looking at this objectively, uh, to me, this looks like obstruction of justice,

Right? You're essentially threatening a witness. You're threatening

That. If somebody goes along with an investigation and provides documents requested via

Subpoena, that if they go along

With that, you're going to as Marjorie Taylor green had shut them down. Yeah. That's obstruction of joy justice.

Very clearly. Now, if this worry

Had actual federal investigation, uh, there's no doubt in my mind that these individuals would likely spark a new investigation into obstruction of justice. But because this is just a simple select committee doing this probably may not rise to the level of [inaudible],

But it should. Because

Again, any other investigation, whether it's a federal investigation, a local investigation, if you were to make the same kind of threat to an individual cooperating with the investigation, you'd be hit with obstruction charges.

So I don't understand why it's different here.

So what the hell are you trying to hide?

Right. I,

To me, that's the biggest one. Marjorie Taylor green knows that this information is not being sought to make her lose her next election. She's in a deep red district, unless she has a Republican challenger. Who's further to the right than her. Yeah.

He's going to win and that's

Terrifying, but it's reality.