office, now including massachusetts and illinois. and 13 states have already considered and dismissed challenges to his candidacy. these challenges are all related to trump s role in the january 6th capitol attack. and the supreme court will now weigh in on whether trump can appeal his disqualification in colorado. joining me now, charles coleman, former brooklyn, new york, prosecutor. vil rights attorney. nbc news and msnbc legal analyst and host of the charles coleman podcast. all right, my friend, let s get into this. because the supreme court has sent a lightning fast timeline for trump s ballot appeal. what, if anything, do you read into that? what, if a alex, i think the e court understands the urgency of the situation in that they have to bring some level of clarity to this 14th amendment issue. they re the only ones who can do. it may also understand that, as these primaries continue to take place in primary season, it s imperative that they sort of sort this out so we don t e
attack on the capitol on january 6th. there is no evidence of that, here s what one trump supporter told nbc news when he was asked about the third anniversary of the attack. i knew it was infiltrated, i watched the whole rally he s doing there, and i seen the whole thing and all of a sudden, all of the chaos, it was all planned. planned by pelosi and the rest of the crooks. what is your reaction to that? my reaction is i wish you could wear five minutes in my shoes of what i was experiencing that day, the violence unleashed on our government and our government officials on that day. people want to believe what they want to believe because they care about this person, our former president, some of the
district. california congresswoman norma torres was one of many lawmakers trapped in the house chamber as the violence unfolded. and she captured some of those terrifying moments on video. watch this. get down! get down! oh, my god, they re going to fire on them. in california, congresswoman norma torres joins us now. we saw that snippet of video you took in the january 6th capitol attack. it sounded terrifying. you could feel that fear. what is top of mind for you as we approach this three-year mark now? well, it is nice to be with you today to discuss once again this horrific incident that unfolded at the u.s. capitol. when an armed coup decided to come in and try to overthrow the government. and, you know, for our general
so far we have charged over 1250 individuals and obtained over 890 convictions in connection with january 6th attack. our work continues. as i said before, the justice department will hold all january 6 perpetrators at any level accountable under the law, whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. in the ongoing january 6th investigations, and prosecutions led by u.s. attorney for the district of columbia matt gra s and special counsel jack smith, the justice department is abiding by the long-standing norms that ensure our independence and the integrity of our investigations. we are following the facts and the law, wherever they lead. we are enforcing the law without fear or favor. we are honoring our obligation
to protect the civil rights and civil liberties of everyone in our country. we are upholding the rule of law. and we are protecting the american people. that, i d like to turn over the meeting to deputy attorney general lisa monaco, to share any words you may have. thank you very much. merrick garland addressing a range of different issues at this press conference, beginning of a new year, talking about increased threats to public officials and then ending his comments talking about the third anniversary of january 6th, calling it an unprecedented attack on the cornerstone of this country s democracy and addressing some of the efforts that the justice department has taken to hold those accountable from that january 6th attack, calling it one of the largest most complex and resource intensive investigations in doj history. and vowing to follow the facts and law wherever they lead to hold those who are responsible accountable. meantime, overseas, we are