concerned that affidavits included in the lawsuit were submitted in bad faith, suggesting she s likely to sanction them for their role in propagating the big lie. and yet the lunacy continues. the disgraced ex-president is openly endorsing the horror that transpired on january 6th. in a fox news interview, trump described the mob who attended his fateful rally that morning as great people, saying there was love in the air. of course this was the same mob who stormed the capitol in an attempt to overthrow the legitimate winner of the 2020 election and to hang mike pence. it s the same mob that attacked police in violence scenes like this one in which an insurrectionist can be seen using a flag pole as a weapon. it s among the new videos released by a judge today in the case of defendant michael perkins and here s a bit more.
it s unclear if he will appoint any republicans to this panel at all. boris, christi? a lot to look out for. daniella diaz, thank you very much. joining us to discuss the january 6th committee and more, erroll lewis. always a pleasure to see you bright and early on saturday morning. thanks for joining us. the ball s now in kevin mccarthy s court. he has to appoint republicans for the select committee. he may not. which republicans do you think he ll try to appoint? reporter: good morning. the ball is in his k0court. i think he s going to try to take the ball and fling it over the fence. that s alongside the big lie of donald trump having won an election he lost. you have this subsidiary lie, that the january 6th insurrection either didn t happen, department matter or certainly should not be
seems to me since i didn t hear from her, maybe she s closer to her than us. i don t know. reporter: most of the house republicans are stressing they have no interest in this. even the 10 house republicans who voted to impeach donald trump earlier this year saying that he ip cite the the insurrection, most don t wab to be a part of this. congressman liz cheney and adam kinsinger, two strong trump critics. two people have said they are interested in joining this panel, probably not houthi. two conservative fire brands, marjorie taylor green and matt gaetz. pelosi has final say over who joins the panel and it s unclear whether she will want these two trump allies to serve on this panel. bottom line is it s unclear how mccarthy is going to handle this. he s expressing no hints.
they are. they re not on the side of democracy. they re not on the side of the american people. and they are not meeting this moment where everything is on the line. we are at this point in our country s history where we are fighting for racial, economic, and climate justice. and the route to all of that goes through protecting that right to vote. protecting our democracy. and just five months ago on january six, we saw the insurgents stormed the capitol, fueled by the big lie of donald trump. and then we watched as our colleagues across the aisle perpetuated that big lie. and now they are exploiting that and saying that we don t want to compete. we want to cheat. and we will do anything to keep power. they keep telling us who they are and we have to believe
democracy. they are not on the side of the american people. and they are not meeting this moment, where everything is on the line. we are at this point in our country s history where we are fighting for racial, economic, and climate justice. and the route to all of that goes through protecting that right to vote, protecting our democracy. and just five months ago, on january 6th, we saw the insurgents storm the capitol, fueled by the big lie of donald trump. and then we watched as our colleagues across the aisle perpetuated that big lie. and now they are exploiting that and saying that we don t want to compete. we want to cheat. and we will do anything to keep power. they keep telling us who they are, and we have to believe