he s now in overdrive. i don t think there s a faster gear. and we went through this in mar-a-lago, but the definition of the target letter is so close, you can bet it s gone through the leadership of the department. in terms of speed, the big question will be, and glenn s comments refer to it, he can do a small, medium, and large basic case and the pivotal question will be will he actually go after trump for the january 6th conduct itself. it s true that it would be very fraught legally. on the other hand, the department has already gone that way with the marauders themselves and gone that way with charging the president. but in any event, i think we can see expectations something to do with the false electors and probably something to do with the fund-raising itself.
donald trump in his first term were lifelong republicans. miller was appointed by a republican president. jim comey was appointed to senior positions in the justice department by a republican, as was rod rosen stein. the people that he calls deep state are largely republicans who had jobs that required them to investigate crimes. every time a rock was turned over and it was trump underneath it, it looked been committed. what are your concerns about the republican rhetoric beyond trump, about the fbi and the department of justice and the rule of law in america? i m deeply concerned about the long-lasting damage that kevin mccarthy and others are doing right at this moment. mccarthy was out there today, again, basically taking aim at the justice department and the whole justice system because he s doing trump s bidding yet again. and the judiciary committee, where we had chris wray come
sound that we dug up today of trump s closest advisers and allies in congress who clearly, as the insurrection is happening, know that the insurrectionists themselves are at the direct and complete command and control of donald trump. we start with chris christie and a few others. the pat caused this protest to occur. he s the only one who can make it stop. mr. president, you have got to stop this. you are the only person who can call this off. call it off. the election is over. call it off. i was very clear with the president when i called him. this has to stop and he s got to go to the american public and tell them to stop this. so, harry lipman, as we because trump has already been indicted we know a little bit about what a trump indictment crafted by jack smith and his team looks like in that
brought before the committee. i want to say it fast before i freeze again. this was brought before the committee and i will share my praise of the efforts for putting a lot of this into the public domain as a journalist. but the question is what additional connective tissue has smith been able to develop in terms of connecting this to individual interactions with trump, which will be critical in the prosecution? so there s the stuff we know that s been out in public already, and the cassidy, hutchinson thing i think i was at the department the day she testified. i can tell you, it had a real impact on people. i don t think they realized the extent to which this information was available. but the question is what has smith developed that links trump even more to this particular plot and demonstrates his state of mind? that will be a critical we.
efforts to put together slates of so-called fake electors to cast ballots in support of trump when the electoral college tallies were certified. so much of what we as a public know about the trump-directed coup plot is thanks to the work of the january 6th select committee. they laid out clear evidence of a multipronged and complex plan to overturn the 2020 election, culmin culminating, of course, in the attack on the u.s. capitol on january 6th. none of it was possible without the man as vice chair liz cheney, said, summoned the mob, assembled them, and lit the flame of this attack. that panel referred the ex-president to the justice department on four criminal charges. watch. the first criminal statute we invoke for referral is what