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"The hypocrisy of folks in my party that spent years chanting
‘lock her up’ about Hillary Clinton because of some deleted
emails or quote unquote wiping a server are now out there
defending a man who very clearly did not take the national
security of the United States to heart," Kinzinger said during
an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press."
On Friday, the Department of Justice released a redacted version
of an affidavit that helped it win court approval for an Aug. 8
FBI search of Trump's Florida estate. The affidavit disclosed
that law enforcement was investigating possible criminal
activity, including obstruction of justice, after classified
documents were found there and others already were returned to
Washington.
Trump says he has done nothing wrong and is the victim of a
political attack.
Trump and many other Republicans for years castigated his 2016
campaign rival former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
for having used a private email server for some official public
communications, some of which contained classified information.
Trump has regularly led political rallies with supporters
chanting "Lock her up."
Kinzinger and Representative Liz Cheney are the two Republicans
on the nine-member House special committee investigating the
deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and Trump's
activities surrounding that day.
Kinzinger, who opted not to seek re-election, said that either
in upcoming hearings or in a formal committee report, there will
be "more depth" revealed on Trump's behavior during the riot. He
added, "One of the more intriguing things is going to be some of
the financing ... a vast majority of this money was raised under
'stop the steal' with no intention of doing anything to stop the
so-called steal."
Trump falsely claims that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential
election through massive fraud, an assertion that has been
rejected by several court rulings, the former president's own
Justice Department and even Republican-led investigations at the
state level.
(Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Scott Malone and Lisa
Shumaker)
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