protagonist. otherwise you ll be sitting, like you did this week, watching an embarrassment. the moderates have an opportunity this week, they can make a statement. they can bring it down. they have to do that. otherwise, they re going to be sitting in this position of, you know, being in this tyranny of the minority and they ll probably lose in two years. there are many moderate republicans who are teasing they re willing to do just that on this rules package. democrats were never going to vote though that, but the reason we did not see the vote for this rules package, they did not have the votes. they sent a statements root after, republicans did, folks are going home. we ll see you at 5:00 p.m. on monday. juxtaposing with what we saw from democrats, night and day.
him an opportunity to have a lawyer appointed for him, assuming he can t afford one. he s living in a garage, after all. and we may learn a little bit more about the, how the state plans to handle this prosecution and juxtaposing and juggling it with the federal prosecution, totally separate, and he hasn t had a first appearance on the federal charges yet. as i talk to justice department officials why they decided to bring that federal case, even though, you mentioned, facing life in prison on the state charges, they emphasize they see this as an important case, deterrent value and message-sending value. a case politically motivated and his actions placed on vile conspiracy theories corresponding through social media and through american politics and want to send a message this cannot be tolerated. political violence of any kind met with the maximum response that criminal justice system can afford. why the doj brought particularly
members of the secret service that actually had to reach out to members of their family on the day because they feared they may not make it out alive. just one example of the committee showing just how dangerous things were here, and the juxtaposing that against the inaction of donald trump whose aides showed was show sitting in a dining room for a good portion of the time watching the whole thing on television, and being more angry with the fact that his vice president mike pence did not stand in the way of the certifying the election results, and instead of being upset with a violent mob that was attacking the capitol and trying to stand in the way of the peaceful transfer of power. now, while there s that one time was thought to be the end of the committee s public hearings, it made it clear tonight they are not done. they told the american people to be prepared for a series of hearings to take place on september, one of the key areas of focus could be the secret service, the commit
teased out two weeks ago in that special hearing, that she was a part of. what this person could potentially speak to is more of those moments, bolstering her accounting, things like, for example, the former president having thrown a plate on the wall, with ketchup dripping down. that s in a room that cassidy hutchinson said she walked into. and someplace that one of those support staffers could have had access to, because they were in those parts of the white house, that not everybody was able to be in. but what i think that this continues to show, perhaps even more important than who this was, his the way that the committee is trying to attack this final hearing, trying to make this justice position between the three hours in the capital was actively under violent attack, and juxtaposing that with what was going on in the white house, trying to continuously paint this picture of a former president who was not just being urged by his advisers to do more, and not doing it, but someone
accounting, things like, for example, the former president having thrown a plate on the wall, with ketchup dripping down. that s in a room that cassidy hutchinson said she walked into. and some place that one of those support staffers could have had access to, because they were in those parts of the white house, that not everybody was able to be in. but what i think that this continues to show, perhaps even more important than who this was the way that the committee is trying to attack this final hearing, trying to make this justice position between the three hours in the capital was actively under violent attack, and juxtaposing that with what was going on in the white house, trying to continuously paint this picture of a former president who was not just being urged by his advisers to do more, and not doing it, but someone who was angry about what he was seeing on that day, and not being able to potentially hold on to power, when it was clear that they had exhausted almost every op