capitol since the war of 1812. meanwhile, the committee is debating whether or not to rerve the former president trump to the justice department for criminal prosecution. last hour we spoke with a member of the committee, congressman adam kinzinger who seemed open to that idea. i can t do the doj s job. as a nonlawyer, there is all kinds of threshold questions. but my belief is this. we never want to get to a position in a country where we prosecute last administrations because that is what failed republicans, failed democracies do. but if a failed coup and an obvious coup attempt and a president that didn t just choose not to act, but willfully watched to see where the mob would go for three hours on january 6, if he is not held accountable through law, i actually fear that that is a far worse president far worse precedent, to make the determination, if they can and should indictment. if we just wash this under the rug and say for the sake of the country, let s put thi
to former president trump s role in the capitol riot even noting a key editorial from the right-wing new york post which shares the same owner as fox slamming trump as unworthy to become president again. cheney also pushed back on a talking point that some republicans have been using to shift the focus on the law enforcement response to the riot. questioning house minority leader kevin mccarthy and placing the blame squarely on trump s role that day. it is an entire focus of the investigation, will you see in our report, you will likely see in upcoming hearings and so it is certainly something that we re very focused on. but what we aren t going to do, brett, is blame the capitol police, blame those in law enforcement for donald trump s armed mob that he sent to the capitol. kevin mccarthy decided not to participate in the committee that somehow the house of representatives cannot investigate the single worse attack on the united states