A House Republican who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump and now serves on the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riots says federal authorities should prosecute those who defy the committee’s subpoenas, and that they should look at subpoenaing Trump.
Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s comments come after President Joe Biden publicly said the Justice Department should prosecute former Trump advisor Steve Bannon for refusing to provide testimony to the committee.
“The president has every right to signal,” Kinzinger tells CNN. “I think he has every right to make it clear where the administration stands. God knows, the prior administration every two hours was trying to signal to the Justice Department.”
Kinzinger then told CNN they are considering at what point to subpoena Trump himself, which would set off a legal showdown/
“If we subpoena, all of a sudden, the former president, we know that’s going to become kind of a circus,” said Kinziger. “That’s not necessarily something we want to do up front.”
Kinzinger and Wyoming Congressman Liz Cheney, who also voted to impeach Trump, are the only two Republican who chose to join the committee.
Kinzger, a leftist Illinois Republican with a long record of voting with Democrats on major issues, may be nearing the end of his political career. Despite nearly a decade of compromising with Democrats, that state’s Democrat-controlled legislature appears ready to eliminate his congressional district.
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Michael Brigham
Michael Brigham has written for American Action News since the summer of 2019. His areas of expertise include foreign affairs, government, and politics, but regardless of the subject matter, he has a nose and an insatiable appetite for news. In his free time, he enjoys reading nonfiction, watching a mix of comedies and true crime documentaries, and spending time away from the swamp hiking in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
I DARE YOU to put Trump on the stand. I double dog DARE YOU. If Pelosi wants to be identified as the reason it all happened the way it did – Let’s Go Brandon!
“Kinzinger floats”…as does…
F kinsinger
It is often said “Follow the money” – – personally I would LOVE to see “kunzsucker and dizzy lizzie” subpoenaed and “forced” to testify about “who” is “crossing their palms with silver” – – -paying them to, basically, commit TREASON; OH and how involved were they in commie pelosi’s Jan. 6th riotous circus act.
This BUM must be thrown out of office. He is a crooked RINO in every sense of the word.
A committee of all Trump HATERS investigating Trump? What could gowwrong?
That’s the Democrat/Liberal definition of “fair”. SICKEST Bastards on the planet.
DEATH to ALL of the scumbags. The Sooner the Better.
Good news his dem buddies already have their knives posed over his back with the redistributing plan
And he’d Better have eyes in the back of his head.
All the way!!! he should be confronted right in his face
He is done. Don’t you know? Illinois Democrats just redrew their Congressional districts lines and his district is gone. This is their way to thank him for being an useful idiot.
how dare you calling him an idiot,don’t you know, he served in the military as
intelligence officer
That’s one of the biggest oxymorons of all time: “Military Intelligence”.
With officers like Milley…what can go wrong!! The entire military forces need a deep cleansing
Military intelligence is an oxymoron.
He’s gone just trying to stay relevant
Well…. he DOES Stink, just like Any SHIT…. so I spose he’s still got SOME relevance as fertilizer.
Maybe he can get a job at the local hardware store….he can be the expert on fertilizer.
Hey RINO Let’s put you under the microscope and see what your involvement is in the ruining of our nation. Your a traitor to your party and principles.
Show your TAXES, BO BALLS, just like all DEMONRATS
Remember Trump’s admonition to the marchers: (paraphrasing) Go peaceably.
His own family knows he’s a P0S RINO
When are they going to put pelosi, schumer, waters, schiff, nadler, feinstein, soros, and the capitol hill police chief and show him the fbi true information.
We’re about 70% TOTALLY CROOKED & CORRUPT now, so EVERYTHING gets jammed up, stifled, misdirected, 360’d with LIES and buried.
THE CITIZENRY OUGHT TO JUST START SHOOTING ANY AND ALL DEMOCRATS.
They’re like the fukken unions they represent, the most anti-productive, immoral, good for nothing pieces of Shit in the country. The country’s goin’ t’ Hell catering to the SCUM amongst us and it’s high time we do WHATEVER it takes to RID OURSELVES OF THE CANCER.
The FBI is just as crooked as the DOJ and CIA. In fact, Washington D.C. is “The Swamp”
Believe I’ve heard that very term used.
LISTEN UP…..ALL the RINOS Can JUM P into a LAKEwith CROCODILES. The CROCS Say….WE are SO HUNGRY….WE COULD CRY. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄
Kinzinger and Cheney have to make hay while the sun is still shining, time’s up in November 2022, get your licks in now you two geniuses.
Someone needs to bend this lil jerk over his desk and let him know who’s the boss.
He’s a meaningless twit; of NO import or consequence. She’s a “wishes she had a dick” twat; also of no relevance or import. Don’t either of ya’ let the door pinch yer’ ass on yer’ way out
With a Louisville Slugger
Perhaps we should all go to DC on that day if Trump has to testify and we show them what an actual peaceful protest looks like and how many people are fed up with Congress and the corrupt Biden Administration!
JUST GIVE US AF LEAST A CUPPLO WEEKS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE DAYE AND I DARE SAY WE CAN SHOW UP WITH THE NECESSARY COUPLE MILL
Should be procuting biden for all his blunders, milley for his treason act. Wonder if he is talking to chinas military about letting milley know when the nukes start flying toward tiawan or God forbid at US?
Kizinger is clown show that needs to be removed from office I hope and pray that this Evil Doer politician is voted out of office next election he’s as useless as the Nazis AKA the democratic party.
Kinzinger is the NWO Lapdog freak.
Can you say “PRIMARIED” out next election?
Mutt kinzinger, the DemonCRAP TRASH, who was planted into the republican Party, Partner to That Utah faggot who claims to be republican Mittens the fag rumney, as for the stand? lets get Commrade nasty peeloser on the stand too, and AOC the piece of trash communist, that traitor from mogadishu, who Now Claims to be an American congressho’ Comrade Ilhag Obarf….lets just try them All…. and when we are done lets hang them all as Anti-American, treasonous, communist scum, that they are, ALL of them
I’m UP for That! 👍
This little weasel is soon to be of the past. Even the dimwits don’t like him. Yet his gop groups of dumbos has elected him too many times. Are they brain dead or does he use the fraud machine as most good rinos do. Yup, it exists on both sides of the aisle. Vote Fraud!!!
Can someone tell this jerk to shut up.
The moron whose Democrat bodies redistricted him out of his Congressional district as thank you gesture for being an useful idiot.
I have more respect for dog shit then this traitor garbage kinzinger
Kinzger and cheney both are wastes of air. Why wasn’t Kinzger wanting to arrest the AZ VOTER AUTHORITIES THAT DIDN’T OBEY THE LEGAL SUBPOENAS? Oh because that would hurt the dems… you know the truely guilty people of many crimes. Then they may out Kinzger. He is a loe life piece of shit, well shit is worth more than he is so bad comparison.
Evil ! Vet all incoming so called republicans and get rid of Rino’s ! Jim Jordan is one of them he was blocking all supenas on crooked doj and fbi on fake dossia
Sorry not gym Jordan it was Trey gowdy who in now part of fox news along with Paul Ryan
Yeah, we NEED Jordan. Paul Ryan proved himself to be an ASS, needs to disappear.
This little scumbag needs his ass kicked
Id prefer he just Vanished. The Lost can’t do any damage. WHAT an Absolute DICK this goofy bastard has gotta be.
Just like the Punk Pence
That stupid prick! This will backfire on this loser!
He and Cheney are toast. Reveal what was on Pelosi’s laptop. That should shut them all up! She was colluding with CCP to create teh incursion on January 6th. All organized by her with Pence, McConnell and Schumer and other rinos
He’s like One of those Yapping Little Dogs that just won’t shut up! Even the Democrats have had enough of Him and Have redrew His district to push Him out! Now He’s trying to Bark even louder to get some attention!
Kinzinger go soak your head in gasoline to clean out the trash floating in there. Leave Trump alone you skunks. Pelosi is the reason January 6th happened. Her and the DC police. They’re a bunch of criminals.
Let’s go Kinzinger, Branden needs company
Little Adam should hang his head and trot back to the voters who love Lois. She might even give him a job. Reverse the murder rate? Help her get reelected? I’ve forgotten why he hates Trump but all great leaders have many enemies, most of whose names have been forgotten.
This piece of dog excrement is just making noise for his mentors the deep state and the hag of san fran-gay-cisco. k-suck has always been a wannabe demoscum, lowest of the low, and never a republican or conservative. I think it is hilarious that his own people(democraps) are dumping his skanky a** — to bad it isn’t Trump throwing him into the gutter where he belongs.
You covered it, I’d say. He IS a shit dingy on the Democrat mongrel.
Just another fake Republican who obviously ran on the Republican ticket just to get elected. Afterward he shows his true colors…and on CNN of that places corrupt.
Lets take him, down, summon him next
Kinzinger is a traitor and should be tried for attempted sedition.
We don’t DO that anymore. We let them prosper and give them BIGGER platforms to spew their SHIT. Look at the WHOLE Democrat Party!!!
We’d BETTER get this Absolute SHIT out of our system, and Reeeeeal SOON.
I live in this scumbags district. So all of the terrible things that he does effects me personally. We already have a shortage of Republicans in Illinois. Being a RINO in my district ruins many lives. I’m sure there are many things hidden from us that he has done. Is kinzinger one of them responsible for the Dresdon Plant closing down??? I hope karma bites him real hard.
Your Illinois SUCKS, as does my Michigan. Democrats do Nothing but DESTROY! They’re the most Warped, SICKEST Scum in the country. If we don’t knock ‘em for one helluva loop RIGHT NOW, we probably won’t EVER Recover.
Time to primary all these Rinos…Hasta La Vista assholes…
Goodby to these fakes who need to be purged and replaced by those who honor our Constitution and freedoms with a genuine love of our country, traditions, history and respect for our borders as being sacrosanct not to be a crossing point for invasion.
Didn’t Rep Jordan and rep Lee want to be on the committee and Pelosi threw them off. That one line in the article needs to be fixed.
Let’s call a spade a spade! If you are against President Trump and voting with Denocrats – you are are just another lying Democrat, whom a weak-kneed “Republican” Party has catered to. Democrats never let people stray from their Party line – witness the Soviet Union, Nazi Party, Chinese Communist Party, CNN, et al.
FJB and Kinzinger to! Time to retire this pod.
When I see and hear officers like Kinzinger, Vindeman, Milley and Austin, I am SO proud that my sons are NCO’s.
This idiot needs to go. Illinois has become a breeding ground for stupid politicians. Haven’t had a good one since Everett Dirkson.