rhodes from four days after the attack saying his only regret is that the oath keepers should have brought, rifles, end quote on january 6th. rhodes did say publicly that he had people armed on standby to help keep trump in power. we have men already stationed outside d.c. as a nuclear option in case the attempt to remove the president illegally, we will step in and stop it. we re inside d.c. we ll also be outside d.c. armed prepared to go in. the oath keepers leader is expected to take the stand himself at some point during this trial. his lawyer told jurors earlier that the story the government is trying to tell is, quote, completely wrong. so, what does rhodes es stranged wife think? tasha adams married stewart rhodes 25 years ago, and she joins me now.
federal agents moved in on some of trump s allies in recent days, searching the home of jeffrey clark, a former justice department official who almost became acting attorney general and seizing the phone of lawyer john eastman, two central figures in the plot to help keep trump in power. both had a bright spotlight shined on them in the congressional hearings. so, will the two investigations come together in the days and weeks to come? and what will justice for the attack on the capitol on january 6th look like in the end? let s take it around the table to cnn political commentator and attorney bakar ri sellers, new york times editorial writer, and former federal prosecutor, shan wu. i m going to start with you, shan. does the doj seem a bit behind the eight-ball here? compared to what the committee has been pumping out regularly. they re definitely behind the game right now. that s probably why they are feeling frustrated at not getting these transcripts buchlt there s good reas
committee is expressing frustration with the pace of criminal indictments and the dodoj opting not to house subpoenas. i am frustrated, for instance, that mark meadows and dan scavino have refused to come in and talk to congress. the justice department has failed to indict them for that. all it does is send a message you just have to resist the select committee and you may be able to resist all penalty. that s been a frustration. federal agents moved in on some of trump s allies in recent days, searching the home of jeffrey clark, a former justice department official who almost became acting attorney general and seizing the phone of lawyer john eastman, two central figures in the plot to help keep trump in power. both had a bright spotlight shined on them in the congressional hearings. so, will the two investigations come together in the days and weeks to come? and what will justice for the
keep trump in power because of his power over them, because he owns them. they know he s not going anywhere anytime soon. they re not going to cross trump when he still commands a vast network of right-wing propagandists, people like lou dobbs, the same dobbs who was famously fired by trump state tv, fox, a day after he have the network were sued by smartmatic for spreading lies. we re trying to get to the truth. i was demanding investigations throughout. there were so many irregularities, so many anomalies as they re called, so many bizarre instances where it looked like someone was committing fraud because otherwise, why would they put cardboard over windows to keep prying eyes away? they accumulate thousands of votes, and they just dump em. it s such a phony deal. this whole thing with the ballots, you know, with the mail-in ballots.