News about Adam Kinzinger

DC National Guard whistleblower claims Trump was stripped of his commander-in-chief powers on January 6

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 3, 2024
Colonel Earl Matthews came forward as a whistleblower to the House subcommittee reviewing the January 6 Select Committee's investigation. He sat down with DailyMail.com two weeks after the public hearing to explain what he saw happen that day. He claims that Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, and then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, were plotting to disobey any orders handed down by Trump because they 'unreasonably' assumed the then-president was going to break the law and try to use the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election results. A lot has been made about the breakdown in military and administration communication when it came to the timeline of deploying DCNG to the Capitol . But Matthews claims senior military leadership was solely focused on getting the heat off of them and putting it back onto Trump.

Kristi Noem owes her cell phone hack to the January 6 Committee

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 24, 2023
According to Kristi Noem's office, her personal cell phone had been hacked and used to make hoax calls. The leak, according to the South Dakota governor, was due to her personal information's "mishandling" on January 6. Attorney General Merrick Garland, as well as several congressional commissions, are investigating the leak of not only her cell phone number, but also her family's personal information, including Social Security numbers.

After the NOTAM system crash, pilots were baffled over FAA's decision to ground flights

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2023
According to the FAA, due to a glitch with its NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) device, flights were forced to land and remain grounded until 9 a.m. It shouldn't have caused such chaos, according to pilots. Now, they are asking whether the confusion is down to the fact that there weren't enough people in those safety centers to handle the phones, or if there was a rush to find by incompetent decision makers. Adam Kinzinger, a former Lt. Col. in the Air National Guard, posted on Twitter that there was 'absolutely no safety concern.'

If Trump isn't indicted over Jan. 6, Adam Kinzinger is concerned about the 'future of the nation.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 2, 2023
Adam Kinzinger, the outgoing Congressman, said he thinks the January 6 Committee will'do the right thing' and indict former President Donald Trump and if they do not, he worries "about the future of this country." Kinzinger, a vocal Republican critic of Trump who resigned from Congress ahead of the midterms, believes that the committee's 18-month probe carries merits criminal charges. 'I don't know what it is if this isn't a felony,' he said. 'If a president can incite an rebellion and not be held accountable, then there is no limit to what a president can or cannot do.'

After finding that the return of funds had been higher, Jeffries calls Rep. George Santos 'unfit to serve.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 20, 2022
After a New York Times probe revealed that the Long Island Republican had clearly raised his resume, incoming Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he was 'clearly unfit to serve.' 'George Santos is a woefully underqualified Extreme MAGA Republican who is obviously unqualified to serve,' Jeffries said in a statement obtained by DailyMail.com. The American people are in for a rough ride if Mr. Santos is an example of what we can expect from the new Republican Congress.'

In a farewell address, Kinzinger blasts Republicans - and Democrats as well

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 15, 2022
In his farewell speech on Thursday, anti-Trump Rep. Adam Kinzinger blasted Republicans and Democrats alike, as he leaves Congress after refusing to run in a Republican primary against a Trump-backed challenger. "Were Republicans" who used to believe that limited government meant lower taxes and more autonomy. Limited government means inciting violence against government officials,' said Kinzinger, an Illinois lawmaker who was one of only two Republicans to serve on the House's select committee on January 6.

The House has voted to postpone the short-term investment bill until Christmas Eve

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 15, 2022
The bill before us today is a simple date change that keeps the government up and running as we negotiate the terms of final spending bills and complete the job of funding government programs that support hardworking Americans,' House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro said. The bipartisan bill now heads to the Senate, but it must be taken before Friday to prevent a government shutdown. Members of Congress voted 224 to 201 on a short-term spending agreement that would continue to circulate federal funds until December 23. Nine Republicans voted for the bill in favor of Democrats, including outgoing Rep. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.

Adam Kinzinger: Criminal referrals as a result of January 6 are a'significant symbolic' move

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 11, 2022
Adam Kinzinger said on Sunday that the criminal referrals provided by the January 6 select committee could help the Justice Department with their probes, but five Republican lawmakers who fought the panel's subpoenas will not be included in the list of referrals. Representative Kevin McCarthy of the House of Representatives, as well as Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Andy Biggs of Arizona, and Mo Brooks of Alabama all refused to comply with subpoenas from the January 6 panel. When it comes to DOJ criminal referrals for fellow members of Congress, nine members of the House Select Committee on January 6 have suggested that the Constitution ties their hands.

Pence will be 'the Ron DeSantis' if he splits with Trump, according to Kinzinger: If Pence split with Trump, he'll be 'the Ron DeSantis.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 21, 2022
Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Texas said that if Vice President Mike Pence split with former President Donald Trump after January 6, he'd be the Ron DeSantis right now.' On last week's podcast, Kinzinger advised Charlie Sykes that the deposition of DeSantis is encroaching on Trump, the day Trump jumped in the 2024 race, as DeSantis is encroaching on Trump.

According to Adam Kinzinger, the subpoena panel on January 6 will'negotiate' to get Trump to comply with the subpoena

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 16, 2022
Adam Kinzinger, a member of the January 6 panel, said the select committee will possibly have to 'negotiate' with former President Donald Trump in order to convince him to comply with their subpoena. Following revelations from the public hearing last week that they were aware of the Capitol's risks, Comes as fellow panel member Stephanie Murphy revealed that they would attempt to bring back US Secret Service (USSS) officials to testify under oath. After the nine members voted to subpoena Trump at their meeting on Thursday, Kinzinger, one of the two GOP members of the panel, said that it might not be so straightforward to get him to testify or hand over documents.

According to the January 6 commission, Trump ordered the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Somalia "immediately."

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 13, 2022
The remark was made by Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who is resigned from Congress at the end of this year after being threatened by Trump over his re-election. Trump had been warned that the result of such a drastic withdrawal would have been 'catastrophic,' Kinzinger said. "We lost, we need to let the issue go to the next guy," Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley said of the US's then-ongoing wars there. It's likely that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election, according to legislators.

The House passes legislation to stop a shutdown until Dec. 16 and instead give Ukraine $12 billion in aid

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 30, 2022
On Friday, the House passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government running until Dec. 16, avoiding a government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline. In a largely party-line vote, the continuing resolution made its way into the lower chamber, 230-201. On Thursday, the Senate passed the bill with a large bipartisan majority, and now the bill heads to President Biden's desk. The continuing resolution (CR) maintains the government at its current levels and initiates discussion on a longer-term bill that will make it a lot easier for lower-income families with heating bills.

Jamie Raskin, a member of the January 6 panel, says he can expect a "full report by the end of the year."

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 4, 2022
Jamie Raskin said Sunday that the January 6 House select committee should have a complete report on the investigation into the Capitol riot by the end of the year. If the committee requests his participation, the panel member said Monday that he expects former Vice President Mike Pence to testify voluntarily. He also stated that Ginni Thomas, the wife of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has "relevant evidence" and should testify before the committee.

The RNC's select committee for January 6 has withdrawn its subpoena for RNC fundraising reports

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 4, 2022
The January 6 select committee is no longer trying to compel the Republican National Committee (RNC) to fork over fundraising reports. People familiar with the case told The Washington Post that the RNC and Salesforce, a software vendor, had been notified this week that the panel is officially withdrawing their subpoena. The subpoena, which was released earlier this year, sought Salesforce results and analytics related to email campaigns of Donald Trump, his reelection bid, and the RNC.

The January 6 commission is being sued by a Trump-backed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 2, 2022
Because there are no members appointed by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Trump backed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. Doug Mastriano, 58, is contesting that the committee has the right to compel him to answer questions about the riot without the presence of two caucuses leaders. McCarthy's absence of appointees from McCarthy does not comply with House rules for ordering a compelled deposition of witnesses, according to Mastriano's complaint on Thursday.

Is Sarah Palin's departure going to a Republican or vice versa?

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 1, 2022
Republicans are concerned after Sarah Palin, a Trump-backed politician, lost to a Democrat in an Alaska special election to replace late Republican Rep. Don Young's seat. Although Palin had 14 years of political experience, and was hampered by Alaska's ranked choice voting system, Axios' Mike Allen said the biggest private worry for top Republicans is that the midterm elections will turn into a referendum on former President Donald Trump.

According to Swalwell, he was called to his office and told him he would come out with an assault rifle to kill him

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 30, 2022
Rep. Eric Swalwell blasted former President Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy after a man called the California Democrat's office and assaulted him with a assault weapon. Swalwell tweeted, 'A miner who's 1 month into his career was called by a man indicating that he's coming to our office with an assault rifle to murder me.' I hesitate to share this information, but how else can I remind you that we are in dangerous times, and that the architects are Trump & McCarthy.' Bloodshed is approaching.'

Tony Ornato, Secret Service agent at the heart of explosive January 6 testimony, retires

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 30, 2022
Anthony Ornato resigned from the US Secret Service today in good standing after 25 years of dedicated service,' the department told DailyMail.com on Tuesday morning.' Ornato was a central figure in Trump's orbit before and after the US Capitol attack last year. Cassidy Hutchinson, the former assistant to Trump's last chief of staff Mark Meadows, told a panel of senators in June that Ornato portrayed the former president as "irate" after Secret Service agents refused to accompany him to the US Capitol with his allies.

Rep. Kinzinger, an anti-Trump, says Republicans will face "trouble" in House and Senate midterms

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 28, 2022
Democrats have received a lot of optimism going into the fall elections after the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe vs. Wade - and GOP-led states' subsequent abortion bans. On Sunday, Kinzinger said, "I think it's certainly changed the complexion of the midterms some." "Even Donald Trump said, "Reape, incest, life of the mother exception." Now you've been watching these Republicans go, "There is absolutely no exception" because the more crueler you are in the Republican Party, the more likely you will win a primary."

Head of House Democrats' campaign arm defends funding Trump-backed Republican primary candidates

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 21, 2022
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York and the DCCC were chastised by bipartisan condemnation after pro-impeachment Rep. Peter Meijer was deposed by a challenger named by Donald Trump. The DCCC pumped almost half a million dollars into Meijer's suburban Michigan district for an ad blitz benefiting ex-Trump administration official John Gibbs, who beat the young centrist in a primary election earlier this month. During the entire election cycle, Gibbs raised for himself. On NBC's Meet the Press, Maloney said, 'My job is to win elections for the Democrats.' 'I take that seriously, because keeping the gavel out of [House Republican Leader] Kevin McCarthy's hands, who would have reversed the results of the election.'

After Liz Cheney's clobbery by Harriet Hageman, Trump has called for the Jan 6 committee to be dissolvED

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 17, 2022
Liz Cheney's withdrawal from her Wyoming at-large House seat in Tuesday's primary sets the tone for the dissolution of the select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, according to Donald Trump. Representative Cheney lost by 37.4 points to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman. Trump was ecstatic by Tuesday's election results after making it his revenge drive to have Cheney voted out of his seat in the House of Representatives, claiming it was a 'far greater' loss than he expected.

Cheney is Trump's last pro-impeachment scalp: The Republicans who crossed Trump at their peril

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 17, 2022
Liz Cheney's 37-point primary loss in Wyoming puts an end to Donald Trump's revenge tour on the ten Republicans who voted to impeach him. Only two people have survived by the skin of their teeth, and for the remainder, it has either ended in disaster or decided to retire rather than re-run, showing that his stronghold on the party is here to stay. In the majority of the cases, the former president has dropped his weight behind the opponents of those who advocated for the investigation into January 6. Cheney lost by 37 points to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, the fourth worst by an incumbent since 1968. She has risen to become the most prominent House Republican critic of Trump, now serving as vice chair of the House select committee on January 6. But she's paid the highest price out of all her anti-Trump Republicans, but she hasn't paid the highest price. She lost her No. 3 on eBay. 3 positions in the House Republican Conference and was ousted by Wyoming's Republican Party from office.