- Rep. Zoe Lofgren has compiled a report on social media activities of lawmakers who voted to block the election.
- The 1939-page report contains posts from before the November election and after the Capitol riots.
- The longest section is Arizona at 257 pages, and 177 pages contain a list of social media activities by Representative Paul Gosar.
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A California Democrat has drafted a nearly 2,000-page report documenting posts on social media by lawmakers who voted to block the 2020 election.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who chairs the House Administration Committee and served as house manager in the first indictment of former President Donald Trump, asked her staff to compile the 1939-page report, which was available online for a week.
It contains posts from other members of the House of Representatives immediately before the November election and after the January 6 riots.
In the preface to the report, Lofgren wrote about the “deep concern” she has about Trump and “the actions he took that incited and encouraged the domestic terrorists who attacked the Capitol.”
The House voted to charge the former president for the second time on one charge of inciting violence during the Capitol uprising. He was later acquitted by the Senate.
“Like former President Trump, every elected member of Congress who aided and supported the uprising or incited the attack seriously threatened our democratic government,” Lofgren wrote in the preface to the report. “They would have betrayed their oath of office and would be involved in the same constitutional provision quoted in the article of indictment.”
“Any appropriate disciplinary action is not just a matter of the Constitution and the law, but also of fact,” the California Democrat continued. “Many of former President Trump’s false statements have been made in many public institutions.”
“Did members make similar public statements in the weeks and months before the January 6 attack?”
The report continues to outline social media activities by state representatives. The longest section, at 257 pages, is Arizona – with 177 pages mentioning social media activities by rep. Paul Gosar, a Arizona Republican. Gosar recently investigated for speaking at a white nationalist conference.
Gosar was scrutinized after Ali Alexander, who organized the “Stop the Steal” march that preceded the Capitol riots, said three GOP congressmen – Reps. reported by The Washington Post.