‘I Don’t Recall’: MTG’s Memory Under Oath Seems Pretty Terrible Today – By Cristina Cabrera (Talking Points Memo) / April 22, 2022
Up until Friday, none of ex-President Donald Trump’s goons in Congress have had to testify under oath about the events of Jan. 6 last year, including their role in ginning up rage among Trump’s base over the 2020 election that culminated in the Capitol insurrection.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), staring down the barrel of an effort to disqualify her from ever running for elected office again, got to be the first goon on Friday.
Greene was required to testify in front of state administrative law Judge Charles Beaudrot in Atlanta, Georgia to defend herself against a challenge to her candidacy by a group of voters in her district, who are being represented by nonprofit good governance organization Free Speech For People.
The voters are arguing that by repeatedly fueling Trump’s lies about the election and railing against a peaceful transfer of power in war-like terms, Greene had knowingly abetted the Capitol attack and thus made herself ineligible for office under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment, which states that anyone who “engaged in insurrection” is disqualified from serving in Congress.
