Opinion
By Madeleine Hubbard and Charlotte Hazard, Just the News
09-20-23
Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie said that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland may have perjured himself during his testimony after being asked if there were government assets in the crowd during the Jan. 6 riot.
During Garland’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Massie played a video from two years ago where he asked Garland if there were any government assets in the crowd on Jan.6, and if so how many.”
Garland said in the video that he could not comment due to it being an ongoing investigation.
“Now in that video, that was your answer to me two years ago when I said ‘how many agents or assets of the government were present on January 5 and January 6 and agitating in the crowd to go into the Capitol,” Massie said during the hearing. “And how many went into the Capitol? Can you answer that now?”
“I don’t know the answer to that question,” Garland answered.
“You don’t know how many there were or there were none?” Massie pressed.
“I don’t know the answer to either of those questions,” Garland said. “If there were any, I don’t know how many.”
“I think you may have just perjured yourself that you don’t know if there were any? You want to say that again? That you don’t know that there were any?” Massie asked.
Garland responded by saying he had no personal knowledge of the matter
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