had a few minutes with the report. andrew, let me get your first reactions to anything that has leapt out at you, if anything. recognizing that you ve only had a few minutes, i m gonna give you more time to read, this but this is just your first headline reaction to it. yeah no i see dan and i are doing the same thing. we are trying to do two things at the same time. this is a monumental, or as you said, it is over 800 pages and there are four appendices that look fascinating, addressing such minor issues as the preparation of law enforcement to meet the challenges of january 6th and whether there was foreign interference in the 2020 election there were these appendices, and they re trying to take the entire report. and then the table of contents is really, to me, attracts what i think is the genius of the january six committee. which is really focusing on all of the different ways that the former president tried to stay in office. as opposed to just thinking about january
pieces of evidence. it goes through all of those different types of things. i m particularly interested in the state election components. because one, it s an area where donald trump is particularly vulnerable. it s an area where if there were republican president who was elected post a first term. of a presidential pardon by republican president they will have an effect on a state legislation. scheme that is charged with insurrection. and i m really interested to see how much beyond georgia which we know a lot about. how much further there. i don t know the answer to that yet. but it seems like there is some good material there. all right well, each of you please feel free to read while he is speaking. goldman, your quick reaction to
january six committee. which is really focusing on all of the different ways that the former president tried to stay in office. as opposed to just thinking about january 6th as a singular event. and whether the president helped incite people to go to the capitol on that day. as if it was completely divorced from the context in history. and so each of the chapters which looks incredibly detailed in terms of footnotes and various pieces of evidence. it goes through all of those different types of things. i m particularly interested in the state election components. because one, it s an area where donald trump is particularly vulnerable. it s an area where if there were republican president who was elected post a first term.
0 at the justice department s ability to compel their testimony. it is highly sensitive to go after information from a sitting member of congress. but they re not being targeted because their members of congress. they re being targeted because of the conduct, the conversations with donald trump on january 6th. so, i don t see how you investigate this case without talking to them. and maybe their witnesses, maybe their defendants. we ll see how that shakes out. charlie, before we. go just a big picture question. the degree to which generally six committee exceeded expectations and the degree to which there added in terms of the information landscape around january 6th. how much they actually changed? for broader swap the american public. let s hear assessment there. i think they did a good job. they surprise a lot of people who thought they already know this stuff. the video was on tv for all to see. the media reconstruction the events that day. so trump was openly urging those peop