that s right. actually there s an interview with one of the detained defendants i believe that aired last night from his jail cell in d.c. talking about how trump had called them to come to the capitol and he didn t understand why trump wasn t speaking out for him, an individual who was caught on camera attacking law enforcement officers that day. and thought that that s why he was there, to basically stand up for what donald trump had said. you hear this in case after case after case. people saying over and over again that they were told that the election was stolen and this was what they saw as the logical reaction to that. they were told there was this massive crime being committed and this is how they responded. the legal question is a really tough one because we have the first amendment in this country. so that sort of has there s a path that sort of is blocked off to a certain extent about pursuing trump for inciting a riot effectively. go back to brandenberg versus ohio to l
doubt about who held that dagger at the throat of american democracy. january 6th was a disgrace. american citizens attacked their own government. they used terrorism to try to stop us, specific piece of domestic business they did not like. fellow americans beat and bloodied our own police. they stormed the center floor. they tried to hunt down the speaker of the house. they built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. they did this because they had been fed wild, falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth. because he was angry he lost an election. former president trump s actions
january 6th so we can make sure that it never happens again. marco rubio is certainly not going to get in this fight. he does not have the courage. i talked about him today to true patriots are not cowards. they have the courage to stand up for what they know is right. florida can do better than marco rubio. congresswoman val demings thank you very much for joining us tonight. we appreciate it. thank you. coming up, as i ve shown you no one has publicly laid out the case against donald trump and the terrorism, that s what he called it, the terrorism at the capitol better than mitch mcconnell did one year ago. what is the state of the criminal case against donald trump tonight? (naj) at fisher investments, our clients know we have their backs.
vladimir putin about what might irritate them if you want to irritate them, what might make them feel more comfortable, what might make them for very uncomfortable if that s your strategy. and this seemed to have some passages in there that were absolutely true and important for america to hear. but the white house and the president had to know would go straight into donald trump s heart. yeah. i thought it was masterfully done. and exactly, as you say, along the lines of a cyop if you will. it was designed in those parts. it was designed to make it clear to everybody listening to that speech what the reality of the 2020 election was, that donald lost badly and joe biden is the legitimate president but also to make it clear to donald that
leading off our discussion tonight, bob woodward two time pulitzer prize winning author and associate editor aft washington post where he worked since 1971 and robert costa, the co-authors of the book peril. thank you both very much for joining us tonight on what is a sad and historic night in this country. bob woodward, as we gather more detail to the very detailed account you already have in peril, what strikes you as the most important thing for people to know about what the president was doing on january 6th? well, there s more in the book about trump threatening pence. i want to be very accurate and quote accurately. he said, you can t do this. in other words, certify biden as