President Trump Says Members Of J6 Congressional Committee Should Be In Prison

President Trump, in a recent interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker, shared that he believes members of the January 6th Congressional Committee should be in prison.

Trump, while discussing the J6 Committee, stated, “Honestly, they should go to jail.”

Welker responded, “So you think Liz Cheney should go to jail?”

Trump responded, “I think everybody.”

Watch here:

President Trump says that Liz Cheney, Benny Thompson and everybody that was on the J6 Committee should go to jail 👀

“For what they did, honestly, they should go to jail.”

I can smell the panic from here and it’s amazing. pic.twitter.com/dtAQN2tjDn

— TheStormHasArrived (@TheStormRedux) December 8, 2024

Here’s a transcript of the conversation:

KRISTEN WELKER: We’re going to —

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: For what they did –

KRISTEN WELKER: Yeah –

PRESIDENT TRUMP: – honestly, they should go to jail.

KRISTEN WELKER: So you think Liz Cheney should go to jail?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: For what they did –

KRISTEN WELKER: Everyone on the committee you think –

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think everybody –

KRISTEN WELKER: – should go to jail?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: – on the — anybody that voted in favor –

KRISTEN WELKER: Are you going to direct your FBI director –

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: No.

KRISTEN WELKER: – and your attorney general to send them to jail?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: No, not at all. I think that they’ll have to look at that, but I’m not going to — I’m going to focus on drill, baby, drill.

BREAKING: President Trump tells NBC he is “most likely” to pardon J6ers on day one and warned that some members of the J6 House committee “should go to jail.” pic.twitter.com/yOQ7PH3k4x

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 8, 2024

Here’s what Mediaite reported:

President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News anchor Kristen Welker that Liz Cheney and his other opponents on the January 6 committee should all “go to jail” — but claimed he won’t push for it in the same breath he was pushing for it.

As President Joe Biden and many others have noted, Trump also made “retribution” a central theme of his campaign — and unyielding loyalty the central theme of his transition.

Trump sat for an exclusive interview that aired on Sunday morning’s edition of NBC’s Meet the Press, during which Trump lashed out at the members of the committee that investigated the January 6 riot and the circumstances surrounding it. Trump has nominated staunch loyalists Pam Bondi and Kash Patel to lead the Department of Justice and the FBI, respectively.

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After Trump repeatedly said they should “all go to jail,” Welker asked him “Are you going to direct” his Justice Department to move against his opponents, and even as he denied he would Trump said “they’ll have to” look into it.