The Jan. 6 Committee Asks Former Speaker Newt Gingrich To Sit Down For An Interview
The request by committee chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) cited evidence the committee received that Gingrich had been in communication with senior advisers to President Donald Trump, including Jared Kushner and Jason Miller, about television ads promoting false allegations of fraud in the 2020 election. “These advertising efforts were not designed to encourage voting for a particular candidate. Instead, these efforts sought to cast doubt on the outcome of the election after the vote had already been taken,” Thompson said in a letter to Gingrich notifying him of the interview request....