The January 6 select committee investigating the Capitol riot has admitted to altering a text message presented by Representative Adam Schiff as evidence earlier this week.
The message was allegedly between former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
In its original form, the text was a three-paragraph summation of a legal briefing by lawyer Joseph Schmitz to Meadows, as forwarded by Jordan.
Schiff presented the text message as having come from Jordan himself, rather than having been forwarded information, reduced the summary to one paragraph which itself was truncated, and added a period to create the illusion of it being the full statement.
The committee even created a graphic complete with a logo bearing similarities to a chat icon to make it appear as if it was a singular text message.
“Not only did Schiff misrepresent the substance of the text message and its source, he even doctored original text messages,” writes Sean Davis of The Federalist, who obtained the original message in its entirety and revealed the ploy.
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Breaking: Following @FDRLST reporting that Adam Schiff and his staff doctored a text message between Jim Jordan and former WH chief of staff Mark Meadows, the House Jan. 6 committee has just admitted that it did, in fact, doctor the text message.
Mollie @MZHemingway
Breaking: Following @FDRLST reporting that Adam Schiff and his staff doctored a text message between Jim Jordan and former WH chief of staff Mark Meadows, the House Jan. 6 committee has just admitted that it did, in fact, doctor the text message.
BREAKING: J6 Committee Admits It Doctored Text Between Jordan And Meadows
The House Jan. 6 committee admitted on Wednesday that it doctored a text message from Jim Jordan to Mark Meadows, as was first reported by The Federalist. 12:09 PM · Dec 15, 2021·
“I want to display just a few of the message[s] he received from people in Congress,” Schiff said, referring to Meadows. “The committee is not naming these lawmakers at this time as our investigation is ongoing. If we could cue the first graphic.”
Schiff’s bombshell text message, however, is missing significant portions of context and a basic understanding that the words themselves did not come from the lawmaker (Jordan) but were a summary of an argument from a lawyer hypothesizing about what Vice President Mike Pence could do.
Here is the full message that was forwarded to Meadows. Note the one presented by Schiff’s brevity and insertion of punctuation to put a point on what they want people to focus on.
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