case can necessarily then be used and shared for a criminal investigation. that is of course is the worry. again, if they refused to testify in a civil situation, then the refusal of it later goes to trial and there is the jury can be used against them. the trump family is in a hard spot, but those letitia james with these two asked the civil investigation and criminal investigation that are being investigated in parallel. philip rucker the anniversary sixth of the attack on the capital, steve bannon is going to be hosting a special edition of his podcast called the war room. you will have two of trump s most zealous reporters their representative matt gates of florida, and marjorie taylor greene who has just been banned from social media. what do you expect to happen on january 6th from trump and his ? you know, ali, i expect that january 6th will be the most
extensive expert by trump and his acolytes to whitewash history. to reimagine for millions of trump supporters what exactly happened on january 6th. to apply the patriots to the people who history will regard as insurrectionists rioting violently at the capitol i think we will hear from the former president himself donald trump who is preparing to hold a news conference on january 6th at mar-a-lago, his private club in florida. but there, will be a surround sound campaign including the bannon podcast as you just pointed out, including people who will be appearing all day long i imagine on fox news channel oan other pro trump right-wing media outlets to try and reframe how the american people view what happened on january 6th in a way that is more favorable to trump and his supporters. keep in mind, ali, that public
what happened on january 6th. so as much as this committee investigation is about joe accountability, it is also a messaging battle. especially as we know from attacking the credibility of the committee and its findings. so this is a messaging battle to debunk the trump s false claims about the election and the idea that the narrative around january six is on going control of that narrative especially if republicans should take control of the house in november. melissa, you had heard on december 13th list cheney used a very specific series of legal terms, you and i talked about this before the new year, talking about trump s or action or inaction, deliberately, not being a lawyer i don t remember the exact term, but deliberately objected an official proceeding of
that if and when republicans reclaim that majority, in january of 2023, presumptive house speaker kevin mccarthy would almost disband the commission or the finger, make it so that the inquiry slows down trump or people around him or for that matter fellow republican members of congress accountable for their actions in the run up to and including the day of january 6th. courtney, let s talk a little bit about the other matter of a lot of americans and that is these exploding covid numbers. we are going to talk a bit more about doctor nahid mightily about the significance of greater hospitalizations despite the fact that we have so many people getting covid right now. what is the white house thinking about right now about how to deal with covid? yeah, well, biden and harris are actually due to meet with the covid response team
polling opinion surveys continue to show that a majority of republican voters in america consider the election of 2022 have been rigged and stolen, and joe biden president by illegitimate president. i think we will hear those arguments, even though they are not true, even though there is no evidence to support them, i think we will hear arguments from trump and his supporters on the sixth. so, courtney, this is interesting because as philippe talked about this reframing, members of the committee and others, are actually talking about getting more seriously. you had the reference to the hundred and 87 minutes that donald trump within the white house, and liz cheney has talked about whether or not he may be responsible through action, or an action. let s listen to what claire mccaskill the former senator had to say earlier today about the committee. it is frightening when you really read the constitution and realize that their plan could have worked if the