A former Trump chief of staff has emerged as an unlikely defender of the January 6 committee

Mick Mulvaney is no one’s idea of a Donald Trump hater.

The former South Carolina Republican congressman held the job of acting chief of staff to then-President Trump for more than a year. He also served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget and as a special envoy to Northern Ireland.

He resigned that last post following the riot at the US Capitol. “I called [Secretary of State] Mike Pompeo last night to let him know I was resigning from that,” said Mulvaney at the time. “I can’t do it. I can’t stay.”

And then, well, not much. Mulvaney was,