The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has obtained “a number of new names” in connection with Donald Trump’s failed coup attempt, a Democratic congressman revealed to CNN on Sunday.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told CNN that former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham met with the committee and she “named a lot of names I had not heard before,” and that her conversation “identified some lines of inquiry that had never occurred to me.”
The news was shared n Twitter by MSNBC’s Kyle Griffin after Raskin told NBC host Chuck Todd about Grisham’s meeting with the panel during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Grisham sat with the committee on Wednesday. She told CNN that she “answered every question they asked of me, and I will continue to cooperate with them.”
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The former Trump aide said the congressional investigators were interested in gathering more information on what was happening in the White House during the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Grisham revealed on Thursday that she and a group of 15 ex-Trump administration officials are meeting this coming week to “try and stop” former President Trump from entering office again.
Rep. Jamie Raskin tells CNN that former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham "named a lot of names I had not heard before" to the Jan. 6 Committee during her interview and "identified some lines of inquiry that had never occurred to me."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2022
