The violence at the capitol on january 6th, 2021 was just the most visible part of Donald Trumps attempt to hold on to power. Tonight, we talk to those who witnessed the whole plot unfurl and tried to stop it. The lines this election was stolen from you, from me, from the country. If you ask how Many Republican congressmen believe donald trump was reelected, i would say maybe a couple. But 60 of our base does. Conspiracy theories that could have been mickey mouse. This is the craziest thing ive ever seen. And people just bought it. Lawsuits. They tried to not have your votes count. They did not want your vote to count. Potentially illegal Pressure Campaigns. I just want to find 11,780 votes. What he was asking for wasnt supported by the facts. Wasnt supported by the constitution. Extraordinary scheming. Lets talk about this. Just Breath Taking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. And all too many in the Republican Party we belie
republican and one of the most extreme foreign policy hawks in the party. before entering politics, the first time she came on my radar screen, she s probably best known for her policy to keep america safe. that levied some pretty disgusting attacks against obama era department of justice officials who had, in private practice before they join the government, defended guantánamo bay detainees. cheney formally launched her political career by trying to carpetbag a wyoming senate seat, despite being born in wisconsin and despite having much of her adult life being spent in virginia. as the intercept reports, cheney launched a campaign to represent wyoming with a facebook post geotagged, mclean, virginia, her real home. she was challenging incumbent wyoming senator mike enzi, a staunch conservative from the right. but he was she was never able to shake the carpetbagger label. or provide a coherent reason for why she was a better choice than nze other than i am a cheney and i wa
office as well as many other individuals who saw opportunity in joining in on the big lie. are you willing to do what it takes to fight for america? start taking down names let s have trial by combat. but as he preferred it the marquis speaker was the president himself. meanwhile, inside the chambers of congress, the certification paused. i would object to further reading. with objections from republican senators and house members. i rise to support the objection. i rise to support the objection. earlier that day, vice president pence had put out a statement saying he was not going to follow trump s instructions. which upset the president, as he
kushner who testified for over six hours, his daughter ivanka who testified for eight hours. his own personal, lawyer rudy giuliani, testified for nine hours. the committee has conducted over five depositions and interviews. although, there has been this tiny portion of people who refused to cooperate. and even a smaller one refused subpoenas. now, two of, them trump advisor, trump navarro have been in criminally didn t. batted two, others including trump s chief of staff, have not. and, then there s a group of republican congressman who have been subpoenaed and refused to cooperate. but no public action has been taken at this point. we do not know their fate. among them is republican congressman moe brooks of alabama. , now brook spoke to the crowd, at the ellipse on the morning of january six wearing body armor. today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking us. now, our ancestors sacrificed
it s the kicking butt and taking names thing is the one i m seeing the most from people. i didn t watch the speech, that s a number of members said that to me, the use that term. and louise said didn t you say something a couple of days out that something like that, yes. it s incendiary. i m, you ve got maxine waters and all that stuff too. i know the dems are in a very strong position right now, we ve got to start paying attention. brooks apparently said, today s the day american patriots start taking down names, and kicking bleep. which is i think a step further than the rhetorical take.