.MaddowBlog: Indiana Rep. Jim Banks is trying to present himself as the 'ranking member' of the Jan. 6 committee. The problem, of course, is that Banks isn't the ranking member on the Jan. 6 committee. In fact, he's not on the committee at all.
reported separately that Banks"sent similarly signed letters to many other agencies — the same ones the Capitol riot committee sent its own info requests to."
The Daily Beast's piece added,"The group of federal agencies that Banks has contacted includes the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security — among others. And one of those sources said that recipients also included social media companies, like Facebook, which had also been targets of extensive evidence requests."
I've been reporting on Congress for a long while, and I honestly can't think of another instance in which a member effectively pretended — in official, written correspondence — to be a member of a committee he or she was not a part of.The original plan was for an independent commission along the lines of the 9/11 Commission.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy picked five members, including tapping Banks to serve as the ranking member. Pelosi
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