Crooks and Liars?
“IF HIS "BIGGEST PERSONAL SHOCK" WAS THE EXTENSIVE INVOLVEMENT OF VIRGINIA THOMAS IN SUPPORTING THE INSURRECTION, HE WASN'T PAYING CLOSE ENOUGH ATTENTION.”
“He was in the House in 2013 when Thomas started Groundswell, a conservative group with?plans for a 30-front war?seeking to fundamentally transform the nation and fight progressivism.”
"Thomas' group pressured then-House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and then-House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, a Southern California Republican, to continue the Benghazi committee's investigation and pursuit of Hillary Clinton long past any useful purpose to try to discredit her in time for the 2016 election. The group threatened to stop financial support for anyone who didn't go along with her demands."
“The tape has been?posted?at Crooks and Liars, a progressive web site, and it captured the first 20 minutes of Groundswell’s May 8 meeting. (The site does not say how the recording was obtained.) The meeting opened with a prayer (“Father, we thank you for the opportunity to gather here as free Americans”), and a roll call was taken. Among those present were former GOP Rep. Allen West, Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy, Jerry Boykin of the Family Research Council, Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch, Stephen Bannon of?Breitbart News, and Ginni Thomas. Catherine Engelbrecht, a founder of True the Vote, led the meeting, and the first order of business was a report on the Benghazi controversy from Boykin and Gaffney>”