january 6th. was representative gaetz requesting a pardon? i believe so. a pardon that he was discussing requesting was as broad as you could describe. mr. biggs did. mr. gohmert asked for one as well. mr. jordan talked about about congressional pardons but never asked for one. el i heard that marjorie taylor greene had asked for a pardon. joining me is andrew mccabe, former deputy director of the fbi. andrew, it must have been interesting to watch these hearings and watch some of this testimony in particular from your perspective, i wish i could have been in the room when you were watching the testimony we just viewed a few moments ago to get your reaction. let s talk about it now.
end or at the other end of the hallway in the senate. i want to turn your attention to the hearings of the january six committee hearings. this has been all week. we have heard from a five hearings now. they have been much more compelling than i think some skeptics acknowledge. it is among the important revelations on thursday, the name of republican congressman who asked president trump for pardons. take a listen. are you owe where of members of congress? mr. gates, and mr. brooks, i know they both advocated for that. he was wishing for a pardon. he was doing so since early december. you mentioned mr. gates, mr. brooks mr. gohmert asked for one as well. mr. perry asked for poured
members of congress. mr. gohmert asked for one as well. and mr. perry asked for one to. i m sorry. [inaudible] marjorie taylor greene contact. you know, she didn t contact me about it. i had heard that she had asked the white house counsel office for a pardon from mr. philbin but i didn t frequently communicate with ms. greene. are you aware of any conversations or communications regarding the possibility of giving congressman matt gaetz a pardon? i know he had asked for it but i don t know if he ever received one for what happened with it. how do you know that congressman gaetz asked for a pardon. he told me. tell us about that. he told me to ask meadows for a pardon. were you indulging or did
exactly. the committee has also learned that mr. clark was working with another attorney at the department named ken klukowski, who drafted this letter to georgia with mr. clark. and mr. klukowski had arrived at the department on december 15th with just 36 days left until the inauguration. he was specifically assigned to work under jeff clark. and mr. klukowski also worked with john eastman, who, we showed you at our hearing last week, was one of the primary architects of president trump s scheme to overturn the election. the relationship between dr. eastman and mr. klukowski persisted after mr. klukowski joined the justice department. let s take a look at an email recommending that mr. klukowski and doctor eastman brief vice pence vice president pence and his staff. other recipients, including the chief of staff to congressman louie gohmert. the email says, as stated last
for everything pardoned. prosecutors are still looking at him and deciding if he will face these larges. now, this could add complications to matt gaetz. a the this point, you know, again, these members of congress are saying there is nothing to see here. as you can tell from the testimony from people inside of the white house this actually happened. not all of them but several of them did. you mentioned mr. gaetz mr. biggs did, mr. gohmert talk about it but never asked me about one. more on an update if the president is going to pardon members of the congress. mr. perry asked for a pardon,