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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Eric Neugeboren

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert asked Trump for a pardon after insurrection, Jan. 6 committee reveals

U.S Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, speaks at a debate for Republican state attorney general candidates in Austin on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
U.S Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, spoke at a debate for Republican state attorney general candidates in Austin on Feb. 24. (Credit: Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune/POOL)

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, was among the members of Congress who asked former President Donald Trump for a pardon after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, according to a testimony shown at a hearing Thursday by the House committee investigating the attack.

Cassidy Hutchinson, the former aide to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, told the committee that Gohmert asked for a pardon. The other Republicans who asked for pardons were Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Hutchinson said.

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