Fox contributor on being called to testify in front of January 6 committee: “This is as close to a police state tactic as we have ever seen in this country”
Newt Gingrich: “It's a show trial in the Stalinist tradition”
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From the September 12, 2022, edition of Fox and Friends
BRIAN KILMEADE (HOST): Newt, the January 6th committee is going to reconvene and do their report in October. Ironically, just before the election. Evidently they are targeting you and the vice president. And they want you two to testify. Will you respond to their request — have you been requested — would you go?
NEWT GINGRICH (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): Well, my attorneys are working all that out. I'm not directly engaged with the committee. But I will say, there has never been a more blatant misuse of the justice department this close to an election. You know, the ground rule used to be that 60 days out they stopped all this stuff precisely to not try to influence an election. Instead, you have a deliberate targeting process underway to intimidate Republican donors, Republican candidates, even Republican lawyers. We haven't — this is as close to a police state tactic as we have ever seen in this country. And, of course, this totally, I think, inappropriate, it's not really a congressional committee. It's a show trial in the Stalinist tradition. They are apparently sitting down this week with their Hollywood producer, think about this, they're sitting down with their Hollywood producer to plan the next two months. This is an absurdity, and Americans should be insulted that these people think they are stupid enough to fall for this kind of thing.