NBC News national security contributor and former FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi claimed on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline” that the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot released text messages showing that members of the Oath Keepers militia wanted to provide protection for Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) during the riot meant the congressman was “specifically tied” to a “seditious conspiracy defendant.”
Figliuzzi said, “Looking at this through the lens of a criminal investigator, which I am, or have been for 25 years, this is significant. The content of these letters is significant. Why? Because we’re moving beyond witnesses to other people’s behavior that have been called before the committee. We are now talking about sitting members of Congress who are being asked to explain their own conduct, their own…
