Mastriano Attorney Details Jan. 6 Committee Meeting
Pennsylvania Sen. Doug Mastriano was scheduled to meet Tuesday with the Jan. 6 Select Committee, but just two people showed up to grill him: one staffer, senior investigative counsel Dan George who did all the talking for the committee; and Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat who smiled but never turned on his microphone, according to Mastriano’s attorney Timothy Parlatore.
Mastriano, who is the GOP candidate for Pennsylvania governor, attended with Parlatore.
It was a video call at 10 a.m. that the committee called a deposition, although Parlatore had previously argued in a letter that the committee does not have the legal authority to conduct a deposition, which is why his clients, including Mastriano, had all offered to participate in voluntary interviews.
Political Intentions
In an Aug. 5 letter, Parlatore told the committee Mastriano has nothing to hide and would appear for a deposition under certain conditions, including the committee getting a ranking minority member designation from the Republican Steering Committee, and if he could record the hearing to prevent tricky editing that might manipulate the true conversation.
“Given the committee’s demonstrated propensity for releasing edited clips of interviews without the requisite context to support a false partisan narrative,” Parlatore wrote, “I am concerned that there is a risk that your committee will do the same to Senator Mastriano.
“Members of your party like Sean Patrick Maloney, Democratic Campaign Chair, have openly admitted that the goal of the hearings you are conducting is intended to paint the Republican party as irresponsible and power hungry ahead of the midterms.
“For this reason, my client has legitimate concerns that your committee may attempt to influence the outcome of the Pennsylvania state elections through the dissemination of disinformation.”
The committee refused to allow a recording by Mastriano’s team.
Mastriano attended the Jan. 6, 2021,
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