that violence against the former vice president. tonight, committee members olaf comments on the growing danger. and harry litman on the difficulties of prosecuting. and sandra garza on trump s culpability in the death of her partner. officer brian sicknick, all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. one of the two republican members of the january six committee just offered a stark, personal warning about the threat of political violence in this country. a topic he knows a thing or two about. this threat that came in was mailed to my house. we got it a couple of days ago. it threatens to execute me, as well as my wife and five month old child. i have never seen or had anything like that. there are people, there is violence in the future. i m going to tell, you until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we cannot expect any differently. that is adam kinzinger, illinois. he has been in congress for more than a decade. the vast majority of
chris hayes. one of the two republican members of the january six committee just offered a stark, personal warning about the threat of political violence in this country. a topic he knows a thing or two about. this threat that came in was mailed to my house. we got it a couple of days ago. it threatens to execute me, as well as my wife and five month old child. i have never seen or had anything like that. there are people, there is violence in the future. i m going to tell, you until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we cannot expect any differently. that is adam kinzinger, illinois. he has been in congress for more than a decade. the vast majority of that time he has acted and voted like a conservative republican, which is what he is. he voted in line with donald trump s position, 90% of the time. but after the attempted coup on january six, kings inner was one of ten republicans who voted to impeach trump. and since then he has been essentially ex communicated
get him killed. house select committee member, congresswoman zoe lofgren of california, here is what she said over the weekend. when he sent out the tweet, attacking the vice president, he already knew that the violence was underway. the only conclusion you can reach is that he attempted to accelerate that violence against the former vice president. so we are in a very rough time in america right now. trump sent a message to the angry mob, chanting, hang mike pence, after he knew they had stormed the capitol. pence lacked political and the country quote, demands the truth. one of the most haunting questions of that era remains, what if of the crowd, which was at one point, just 40 feet away from the vice president, had found him? congresswoman zoe lofgren, a democrat of california, member of the january six committee, joins me now. i was struck by the formulation there, congresswoman, because i found it to be an inescapable
with those of the former president in connection with the 6th. today jordan who was questioned by committee chairman jim mcgovern and who has given conflicting accounts on this, concept recall how many times he spoke to the former president that day. i talked to him that day. i have been clear about that. i don t recall the number of times. but it s not about me. i know you want to make it about that. joining us now, house select committee member and house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff. democrat of california author of midnight in washington: how we almost lost our democracy and still could. congressman schiff, what does it say to you these republican members of congress are basically saying it s okay to ignore a congressional subpoena? even if you don t think steve bannon did anything, even if you don t think this whole thing should go forward, this is a lawful congressional subpoena. members of congress for them to not even back up congressional power is extraordi
chairman. with that, i yield back. well, he did more than just that, actually. turning the floor over to republican congressman jim jordan and matt gaetz. as cnn was first to report, the select committee has asked their phone records be preserved along with those of the former president in connection with the 6th. today, jordan who was questioned by committee chairman and has given conflicting accounts on this, couldn t recall how many times he spoke to the former president that day. i talked to him that day. i have been clear about that. i don t recall the number of times but it s not about me. i know you want to make it about that. joining us mou now, house select committee member, adam schiff. democrat of california author of midnight in washington and how we almost lost our democracy and still could. congressman schiff, what does it say to you these republican members of congress are basically saying it s okay to ignore a congressional subpoena? even even if you don t think