Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2024) | This week, U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) along with U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock launched an inquiry with USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to provide a detailed explanation for alleged fraud at the Marietta Post Office last year.

According to the Marietta Daily Journal, alleged crimes committed at the post office include check-washing, document fraud, forgery, and mail theft.

“We write to express concern regarding the recent string of incidents committed at the Marietta Post Office, located at 257 Lawrence St NE, Marietta, GA, 30060,” the lawmakers wrote. “In December 2023, the Marietta Daily Journal reported that a series of crimes occurred at this post office, including mail theft, forgery, document fraud, and check-washing. Reports of missing tax returns and pension checks are troubling, as many of our Georgia constituents rely on these checks for living expenses.”

Rep. Loudermilk and Sens. Ossoff and Warnock are demanding answers to the following questions from Postmaster General DeJoy:

• What update can you provide regarding the aforementioned incidents at the Marietta Post Office? 
• What information can you provide about the full extent of the alleged crimes committed? 
• Is the Office of the Inspector General currently conducting an investigation into these alleged incidents? If so, how long is this investigation expected to last? 
• How is USPS currently communicating with victims about their concerns?  
• What resources are being made available to victims of these crimes? 
• What steps, if any, are being taken towards restitution for the victims? 

Rep. Loudermilk is working diligently to ensure all Georgians have secure access to their mail without disruption.

“Reports of alleged mail theft at the Marietta Post Office and mail delays throughout the state are deeply concerning and warrant more transparency from USPS to those affected. My office is working diligently to ensure these matters are quickly resolved,” said Rep. Loudermilk. 

Click here to read the letter to Postmaster General DeJoy.

Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2024) | This week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11), Chairman of the House Administration Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee, released a transcribed interview the January 6 Select Committee conducted with President Trump's valet, whose job required him to be in close proximity to the President on January 6, 2021. 

Following the New York Times's reporting, Rep. Loudermilk released the following statement:

"This transcribed interview was conducted by the January 6 Select Committee with a White House employee – whose job required him to be with the President at all times when he is at the White House," said Rep. Loudermilk. "The Select Committee interviewed this nonpartisan employee before they pushed Cassidy Hutchinson's sensationalized story.

"This first-hand account of President Trump's actions while at the White House on January 6 provides the American people with important, relevant information about the events of that day. I care about getting the truth out there, instead of only releasing parts that support a partisan narrative like the Select Committee did. My goal is complete transparency so Americans can decide the truth about January 6 for themselves."

Read the full redacted transcribed interview here.

Background:

The January 6 Select Committee claims they didn’t release this testimony because of an agreement the Select Committee had with the White House—however, that is misleading. All documents should have been turned over at the start of the 118th Congress to the Oversight Subcommittee. The Select Committee referenced parts of unreleased White House Transcribed interviews in their final report, but only where it supported their narrative. This particular witness transcript was cited numerous times, but the full context and story were never released.

Highlights:

Valet contradicts Hutchinson's testimony that President Trump agreed with chants to "Hang Mike Pence".

Pg. 42/Pg.43, Lines 19-25/Lines 1-9
Q: We understand that during the events at the Capitol, there were a number of chants, one of which was, "hang Mike Pence." Do you remember any comments that the President or anybody around him made with respect to those chants, "hang Mike Pence"?
A: No. I remember that happening, but I don't remember any comments from the President or anybody on staff.
Q: This is one of those places where I'm going to ask you if you remember something specifically, only to see if it refreshes your recollection. But we do have information indicating that the President said something like, and excuse my language, but, Maybe he should be f*****g hung, maybe he deserves it. Do you remember hearing the President expressing any sentiment like that in the afternoon of the 6th? 
A: I don't, sir. No, sir.
Q: And so it could have happened, you just don't recall it, or do you actually know for a fact it didn't happen, in your memory?
A: I don't recall. Again, I don't know if it happened or not.

Valet testified President Trump had no pre-determined plan to go to the Capitol.

Pg. 34/Pg.35, Lines 21-25/ Lines 1-10
Q: And just to be clear in my question, which is not always the case, do you remember the President ever expressing a desire to go to the Capitol, even if it was before the 6th? So saying, I'd like to go on the 6th, whether it happened in December or early January?  
A: No. I never heard that. Yeah. And there was never like ‑‑ typically, I would hear something like that if we were, like, going down to the Capitol, because it's like a whole ‑‑ again, it's like a whole movement where things have to happen, like a ‑‑ almost like a trip book like you've seen. That's like a whole movement of things that still have to be coordinated, and I didn't hear any of that being organized or him ever mentioning wanting to walk or go down to the Capitol at all.
Q: Were you aware of the Secret Service exploring options for the President to go to the Capitol that day?
A: No. Yeah, I wouldn't imagine Secret Service entertaining that 
Q: Why do you say that?
A: Because that's a lot of people, that's a lot of ‑‑ it's just crazy.

Valet testified President Trump made efforts to talk to Speaker Pelosi and General Millie to deploy the National Guard and secure the Capitol.

Pg. 46, Lines 6-10
Q: Are you aware of any conversations or recommendations that the President needed to call the National Guard on the 6th?
A: What I remember about the National Guard ‑‑ what I remember about the National Guard was him wanting to talk to National ‑‑ or talk to General Milley and Speaker Pelosi about the National Guard.

Pg. 47, Lines 3-4
A: I only remember the National Guard associated with General Milley and Speaker Pelosi.

Pg. 47, Lines 16-17
A: Again, I only remembered those three phone calls, was the ones I actually heard.

Pg. 62, Lines 18-19
Q: Okay. And we understand ‑‑ and, again, I'm conveying this only to see if it helps you in your memory. But we understand that the President raised the idea of having 10,000 National Guard troops in Washington for January the 6th.

In case you missed it, this week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) published an opinion piece in the Washington Times, where he discussed why Americans need the full truth about January 6. 

"The American people deserve the entire truth about what caused the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Three years have passed, yet there are still numerous questions about what happened and why," said Rep. Loudermilk.

Read the full op-ed here.

This week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) sat down with Washington Times Commentary Editor Kelly Sadler for the paper’s Politically Unstable Podcast to discuss U.S. Capitol security failures, the deception of the January 6th Select Committee, and the truth House Republicans are working to uncover.

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This week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) joined Mark Levin on his Fox News evening program Life, Liberty, and Levin to discuss his Oversight Subcommittee's ongoing J6 investigation and how the former Select Committee’s major violations of public trust cannot go unanswered. 

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This week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) joined NEWSMAX's Greg Kelly Reports to discuss last week’s release of the J6 Initial Findings Report, which details the Oversight Subcommittee’s preliminary investigative findings and politicization of the work done by the former J6 Select Committee.

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This week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) joined the Charlie Kirk Show to detail next steps in his Oversight Subcommittee’s J6 investigation following last week’s release of the Initial Findings Report. 

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CBS News:

The people who erected the infamous gallows and noose on the west front of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, began their work in the predawn hours that day, according to newly released videos obtained by CBS News. A report by a GOP-led U.S. House subcommittee said the perpetrators remain unaccounted for by prosecutors.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Georgia Republican who chairs the House subcommittee, told CBS News, "Even though the crossbar of the gallows wasn't placed until about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the base platform was there (for hours). That — it and of itself — is against Capitol Police policy and rules." 

Loudermilk said, "We've reviewed the radio traffic of Capitol Police that day and there is no mention of it."

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Marietta Daily Journal:

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk have launched a bipartisan inquiry into the U.S. Postal Service about continued reports of mail theft out of the post office in Marietta.

In December, the Marietta Daily Journal became inundated with reports of mail theft, forgery and check washing out of the post office on Lawrence Street from readers.

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Daily Mail:

Donald Trump's former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller claims the January 6 committee threatened to 'make his life hell' if he kept claiming his former boss authorized National Guard deployment during the Capitol riot.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, the former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center said he became 'fearful' of aggressive tactics by members of the Democrat-led panel who tried to stop him speaking publicly about a narrative that didn't align with their final report.

Miller's bombshell claims follow a report by Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk that reveals the committee withheld a transcript from an interview with a top White House official where he told Vice Chair Liz Cheney and other staffers that Trump did want to deploy troops.

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