Rep. Tim Burchett battles CNN's Jim Acosta about Doanld Trump pardoning more than 1,500 January 6 riot defendants. "Why don't you just give an editorial and not have me on?" Burchett told Acosta. "This is why more people are watching the Cartoon Network,

CNN anchor Jim Acosta sparred with Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) about President Donald Trump‘s pardon of over 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants who were charged with crimes stemming from the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

East Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett announced that he will be on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) committee.

Jim Acosta pressed Tim Burchett on whether he supported Trump’s decision to grant clemency to those convicted in connection with the Capitol riots

The representative from Knoxville said fellow member of congress and chair of the committee, Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), informed him of the appointment.

A Wednesday morning interview with a Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) on CNN spiraled into chaos when host Jim Acosta tried to get a straight answer out of him about Donald Trump's blanket Jan. 6 pardons and the cornered far-right lawmakers responded with a fusillade of insults.