A fringe legal theory to overturn the election was discussed by the White House.
The names of 11 House Republicans were revealed by the committee.
They included Reps. Gaetz, Jordan, and Gosar. A woman named Marjorie Taylor Greene.
There was a meeting at the White House involving several Republican members of Congress ahead of the meeting of the Joint Session of Congress to certify the 2020 presidential election, according to the January 6 committee.
The December 21 meeting was part of a plan to "disseminate his false claims and to encourage members of the public to fight the outcome on January 6."
The President, Vice President, and White House Chief of Staff attended the meeting.
The election theories pushed by Trump's personal lawyer John Eastman were discussed at the meeting.
The role of Pence was to count the votes. On Tuesday, the committee aired footage of Pat Cipollone, the White House Counsel, declining to deny that the theory was "nutty."
Cipollone was turned away from the meeting.
The White House visitor logs show that 10 House Republicans were at the meeting.
A congressman from Alabama.
Babin is from Texas.
The congressman from Arizona is named Andy Biggs.
Gaetz is a Republican from Florida.
Gohmert is a Texan.
Gosar is a Republican from Arizona.
Andy Harris is a congressman.
Hice is from Georgia.
Jordan is from Ohio.
Pennsylvania's Rep. ScottPerry.
Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was elected to the House of Representatives.
A number of Republicans sought pardons from Trump in the last days of his administration, according to the committee. The attendees of the December 21, 2020 meeting requested pardons.
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