held responsible as any other american would you know, claire, there s an accountability piece for trump and his supporters in the senate and the house and in states all over this country, and i want to read more from the ajc reporting. trump has called for mass demonstrations in response to overreach from prosecutors and triggered concerns about violent unrest not unlike the january 6, 2020 insurrection he promoted. i don t know when we became a country that was too broken to call for calm to let the system work its course, but these prosecutors, alvin bragg before her and fani willis now, have had to take extraordinary steps to protect themselves, their grand juries, their staffs and their citizens that is you can draw a direct line between the steps they ve had to take and donald trump s rhetoric
we survived a civil war and we will survive this, as well what frustrates me as much as anything, chuck, is that we re talking about it again here we the january 6th commission wrap up its work and mostly people not caring or paying attention it was very partisan, to say the least, and here we were moving forward and we should be talking about the southern border and china and the challenge it possesses and talking about inflation and a budget that drives up deficits forever and those are winning arguments for republicans, not re-litigating january 6, 2020 or 2021. you re a regular guest on fox news you ve seen all the internal investigations has it given you pause about how they conduct themselves with you? i don t confuse my job at fox news least of all the entertainers at prime timeon with b i don t confuse tucker carlson
of the 2020 presidential election by obstructing the county of electoral votes of certain states. this is important because the california state bar specifically cites that eastman speech, that we just showed you, the one he gave on the ellipse on january 6, specific charged allege that he made false and misleading statements regarding purported election fraud including statements on january 6, 2020 at a rally in washington, d.c. that contributed to provoking a crowd to assault and breach the capitol, to intimidate then vice president pence and prevent the electoral count from proceeding. they say the goal is for eastman too be disbarred. we ll keep watching up. up next, the blockbuster new york times report. the chaos that ensued from the special counsel during the trump years. john durham s investigation of the russia investigators. we ll tell you all about it after a very short break. don t go anywhere.
rhodes and leader of the florida chapter of the far-right group kelly meggs found guilty with the january 6, 2020 attack on the capitol. the seditious charge carries maximum of 20 years in prison. rhodes attorney said they plan to appeal the conviction. the notice serious case to grow out of the justice department s sprawling investigation into the u.s. capitol insurrection. the trial lasted eight weeks with the jury deliberating for three days. three other members of the group were found not guilty on seditious conspiracy. that charge, and they include jessica watkins, harrison and caldwell. all five found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting for their actions on january 6th. a sentencing date has not been set yet. federal prosecutors allege the