Capitol attack hearings: if Republicans did nothing wrong, why were pardons sought?

The email from Alabama's Mo Brooks potentially reveals what conduct by lawmakers he feared might be criminal

When the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack revealed the evidence that showed Republican members of Congress sought preemptive presidential pardons after January 6, one of the most striking requests came from Congressman Mo Brooks.

The request from Brooks to the Trump White House came in an 11 January 2021 email - obtained by the Guardian - that asked for all-purpose, preemptive pardons for lawmakers involved in objecting to the certification of Joe Biden's election win.