Former Speaker of the House and Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich said in a segment on the network on Monday that Americans were too smart to fall for the messages created by the January 6 committee and their “Hollywood producers” as the panel meets again. Advance for further hearing this month.
The only adviser Gingrich was referring to is falsely or intentionally misleading Fox News viewers, who is not actually a Hollywood producer, but a former long-time broadcast journalist.
The topic was discussed when show host Brian Kilmeade asked Gingrich if the committee had reached out to him for possible testimony as a former adviser to Donald Trump during his presidency.
“Well, my lawyers are doing all that work. I’m not directly involved with the committee,” Gingrich said. “But I will say, there has never been a more blatant abuse of the Justice Department at the close of the election. You know, the ground rule used to be that within 60 days they stopped it all right so as not to try to influence the election.
“Instead, you have a deliberate targeting process going on to intimidate Republican donors, Republican candidates, even Republican lawyers,” Gingrich continued. “We didn’t – it’s as close to a police state strategy as we’ve ever seen in this country. And, of course, it’s totally, I think, unfair, it’s not really a Congressional committee. It’s Stalinist.” Tradition has a show trial.”
Gingrich then breaks down the latest developments on the committee, which took leave in July and is set to regroup this month.
“They’re clearly sitting down with their Hollywood producer this week,” Gingrich said of James Goldston, actually a longtime broadcast network TV executive. “Think about it, they’re sitting down with their Hollywood producer to make plans for the next two months. It’s an absurdity, and Americans should be insulted that these people think they can fall for this kind of stuff.” fools enough.”
Goldston, a former ABC News president, was brought in by the committee to draw from his news-gathering and storytelling skills and to inject a touch of drama into the TV presentation of the committee’s hearings, an effort that was made after each broadcast. was more clear. Goldston resigned from his role at ABC News in March 2021 after 17 years with the network, including seven as chairman.
Fox News did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment on Gingrich’s comments.
The hearing was broadcast live in primetime and daytime and included amusing testimony, as well as pre-made pieces, exclusive images and surveillance footage from the US Capitol riots, and clips from the statements.
Watch the video from the Fox News segment at the top of this post.