important these referrals. are we know they are not binding. so then what do they really mean? right, so the justice department typically sort of insulates itself from these outside recommendations or requests. this case might be a little unusual. because the committee has played that even important role in servicing evidence, surfacing information. and really making it incumbent upon the doj to move forward in this case. it is likely that in addition to substantive sort of recommendations about the conduct that led to january 6th, and the entirety of the big lie that the committee may also refer people who they believe were involved in obstructing the committee s work. that seems likely that we might seem something along those lines so whether these will be broad and expansive recommendations, or whether they will be very limited and targeted, it seems to be something that the committee is still engaging in back and
referrals at this sunday meeting? that is the plan. yes. joyce, your take on how important these referrals. are we know they are not binding. so then what do they really mean? right, so the justice department typically sort of insulates itself from these outside recommendations or requests. this case might be a little unusual. because the committee has played that even important role in servicing evidence, surfacing information. and really making it incumbent upon the doj to move forward in this case. it is likely that in addition to substantive sort of recommendations about the conduct that led to january 6th, and the entirety of the big lie that the committee may also refer people who they believe were involved in obstructing the committee s work. that seems likely that we might seem something along those lines so whether these will be broad and expansive recommendations, or whether they will be very limited and targeted, it seems to be something that the committee is
deputy attorney general, saying publicly, that some of these matters are under federal investigation by justice department prosecutors, are you taking steps, do you need to take steps, to make sure that both investigations, yourself on the committee and those happening in terms of the criminal law, are insulates from one another, and that neither investigation does any harm to the other? we are very conscious of the fact that there may be other criminal investigations going on. there are other investigations going on. we want to make sure, yes, that we are very careful that what we do doesn t interfere what they re doing. and also where they need v-a need for information, we can help to provide. it we have an obligation in congress, as barbara mcquade was pointing out independent of the justice department ort prosecutors and that is to protect our democracy and our institutions. we couldn t very well simply year and a half and not
there and this is because of when we want to tackle if we think that we can tackle populism with more populism it s her uncle approach and the artists decision now and all the european member states to build fences among us saying in the work is it isn t it better to protect our sterno borders and to create for the countries who want migrants because they need their working forces to create a legal program for migration because actually we save six hundred fifty thousand people from that of insulates told at least we continue in my opinion if you also it s pretty simple get an opinion if we want to tackle and to save people s life actually stuck with illegal migration to traffic and smugglers and those criminals we have to stop illegal crossing borders so the european union i go to a refugee you don t try to also if you go border you think that according to the to the convention for refugees you are a fugitive you have to go and i am a refugee this is my appeal for. asylum seeker i und
and over again. this insulates him in a bubble where they can t tell fact from fiction so they go with what they want, what they feel passionate about rather than the truth of the it s a dangerous thing for our country regardless of the 2016 election. just to that very point, donald trump is up this morning on a tweet storm. he s five or six tweets in. i have them all printed out here. he does emphasize to his supporters, things are getting ridiculous, the failed and crooked but not as crooked hillary clinton was done the most boring storm. has found nothing on russia. we were talking earlier on it s weirdly capitalized. he s constantly capitalizing things like collusion, no collusion. is this part of him just saying, don t look at that long and boring story, look at me. look at me and only list be to me. focus on me. we re here, you and me and we know there s no collusion and that s what this is about. the president and his team