congressional subpoenas. you re going to see that, you know, some of the subpoenas we have outstanding and working on for months, you know, aren t going to be effective before the end of this session. donald trump knew that. his allies knew that. they knew they could delay and essentially delay justice enough to deny it. we need reforms that will strengthen and speed congressional accountability as well as many other reforms. congressman schiff, it is simone sanders townsend. the ethics committee referrals that were detailed today in the summary. what is going to happen with those ethics committee referrals in less than 16 days, republicans will be in the majority in the house of representatives effectively in charge of the ethnics committee and have to wonder if they of nose republicans will hold kevin mccarthy or jim jordan or others named accountable?
rinvoq. make it your mission. learn how abbvie could help you save. i think the fact that a special prosecutor has been appointed, they have been in contact with the committee, making requests, receiving information. i m convinced now that our committee has released information. they will take the information that we have shared with them and proceed with the investigation. i have no doubt that once the investigation proceeds and is concluded, if the evidence as as we presented it, i m convinced the justice department will charge former president trump. chairman of the january 6th investigation, congressman benny thompson, i m convinced the justice department will charge former president trump. joining us now is former fbi
our hearings warrants a criminal referral of former president donald j trump. john eastman and others. the dangerous assault on american constitutional and democracy that took place on january six, 2021, consists of hundreds of individual criminal offenses. most such crimes are already being prosecuted by the department of justice. we propose to the committee advancing referrals where the gravity of the specific offense, the severity of its actual harm, and the sensuality of the offender to the overall design of the unlawful scheme to overthrow the election compel us to speak. ours is not a system of justice where footsoldiers go to jail in the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass. ours is not a system of justice where footsoldiers go to jail, and the ringleaders get a free pass. and thesettle in.
should subpoena in congress. the investigators referred congressman scott perry and congressman jim jordan, and congressman andy biggs, and house republican leader kevin mccarthy, to the ethics committee for their having refused to comply with lawful subpoenas from the investigation. that should be a fun point of reference for those republicans taking over congress in january, and turn congress into a subpoena fountain for members of the biden administration. if they want to, the biden white house will be able to turn around and say, really? we have to comply with your subpoenas about president biden s grandsons dogs veterinarians landlords tiktok post? you, yourself, congressman, or under ethics committee investigation for blowing off congressional subpoenas about an attack on the u. s. capitol? i mean, we will see how that all pans out. the committee did make for ethics committee recommendations on that front 44, relatively, senior members of congress on the republican side. investig
their slates of electors. and of course, the fake electors themselves, who come from the states. we know that willis, the fulton county d.a., is examining what is going on with the fake electors in georgia. but you need to wonder, where is the willis of wisconsin? of michigan? of arizona? and i think that they have outlined a plot that is so directly affecting the states. we know that the special counsel has subpoenaed records from all state level officials in a seven states, i believe it seven, where there were fake electors. but i came out of this wondering, where are the rest of the state level investigations? fraud is a state crime in addition to a federal crime. and so, state level prosecutors could bring those cases. it is also where the elections are won or lost, at the state level. watching, this i mean, we think it surpassed every single question when this committee was created what we thought this would be but i think it is also important to remember who