Marjorie Taylor Greene Apparently Can't "Recall" Anything That Happened in The Last Three Years
Bess Levin Vanity Fair
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene prepares to testify after a challenge filed by voters who say she shouldn't be allowed to seek reelection because she helped facilitate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. (photo: Getty Images) Marjorie Taylor Greene Apparently Can't "Recall" Anything That Happened in The Last Three Years
Bess Levin Vanity Fair
The congresswoman simply couldn’t remember anything about her alleged role in the January 6 insurrection—or before that—while being questioned under oath on Friday.
Anyway, Greene was ordered to testify at a hearing in Atlanta on Friday because some voters from her district think she should be disqualified from running for reelection due to allegedly helping facilitate the January 6 insurrection, and wouldn’t you know it, the congresswoman’s under-oath testimony apparently coincided with her coming down with an acute case of selective amnesia in relation to anything that happened in the last three years.
For instance, asked if she spoke to anyone about January 6 demonstrations prior to being sworn into Congress or after, if she spoke to anyone in the government about the planned protests, if she spoke to Arizona reps. Andy Biggs or Paul Gosar about them, if she spoke to anyone at the White House about them, or if she had been told by anyone that there might be violence in Washington on January 6, Greene responded, “I don’t remember”—to every single question.
A lot of “I do not remember” responses in a row pic.twitter.com/NU8F17AYCl
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 22, 2022
If she, like others, advocated for Donald Trump to use martial law to stop Joe Biden from becoming president? Naturally, Greene could not remember.
Question: Did you advocate to President Trump to impose martial law as a way to remain in power?
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 22, 2022
Greene: I do not recall
Question: So you’re not denying you did it?
Greene: I don’t remember pic.twitter.com/T2vNh6Jftt
Videos that might make her look bad being conveniently removed from Facebook? Obviously, the congresswoman couldn’t “recall” how that happened.
Marge has no memory of deleting incriminating videos from her Facebook page and has no idea who might have done that. pic.twitter.com/ksdUJF5rsi
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 22, 2022
Claiming Pelosi was guilty of treason and thus should be executed? Starts with “I don’t,” ends with “remember.”
Attorney: "Did you say referring to Speaker Pelosi ‘it’s a crime punishable by death is what treason is. Nancy Pelosi is guilty of treason. Did you say those words.”
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) April 22, 2022
Greene: "According to this CNN article I did. I don’t remember…”
pic.twitter.com/ohyfmLCZUv
Declaring, the day before January 6, “this is our 1776 moment”? We’ll give you two guesses as to whether Greene remembered anything about that, but you’ll only need one!
Marge Greene has no memory of saying, “this is our 1776 moment” in a Newsmax interview on J5, and no memory of talking to Lauren Boebert about that. pic.twitter.com/JwDqq43Low
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 22, 2022
Greene is the first Republican member of Congress to publicly testify under oath about the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Incidentally, while Greene may escape this whole thing with her congressional seat intact—because the legal theory her opponents are using is pretty much untested in modern history (a similar case against Madison Cawthorn was thrown out by a judge in North Carolina and is now undergoing appeal) and will likely ultimately land on a Republican’s desk, plus there’s the whole thing about Republicans routinely getting away with everything—she and her colleagues should probably know that her alleged inability to remember anything about anything doesn’t mean she can’t be nailed for perjury.
Take it from someone who spent 30 years in courtrooms and grand juries: “I don’t remember”, “I don’t recall”, “I don’t know” are NOT perjury proof answers. If they were, we would just have to accept them and we would NEVER be able to indict or convict/hold accountable anyone. https://t.co/arlwCPobvh
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) December 4, 2020