ll see you at the end of tomorrow we have got breaking news to get to tonight. the washington post just out with his brand-new reporting. justice department investigating trump s actions in january six criminal probe. we ll get the details from carole lettig one of the reporters who broke that story an expert legal guidance on what it all means. but first, let s remember how we got here. today washington for only the second time a federal judge sentence a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see. why in screenshots take it from officers body cams in january six, the sky is seen swinging a pull out of police officers so hard it snaps into on the officers riot shield. so the new guy finds another pull and start swinging that one at officers. the officer he hit with the first poll, the one he hit so hard that it stepped into, that was capito
broke that story and expert guidance on what that means. first, let s remember how we got here. today in washington for only the second time a federal judge sentenced a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. at 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see why. in screen shots taken from officer body cams on january 6th, this guy is seen swinging t pole at a police officer so hard it snaps in two on the officer s riot shield. so then the guy goes and finds another pole and starts swinging that one at officers. the officer he hit with the first pole the one he hit so hard, the pole snapped in two, that was capitol police sergeant, ganel. he gave emotional testimony about the horror of that day to the januarye 6th investigation last year. and today he testified at that rioter s sentencing hearing saying he suffered physical and mental injuries from the attack that forced him to leave t
but fresh talks tomorrow between the rmt union and rail bosses. and later in the programme we ll find out more about this live feed of a owl s nest in yorkshire has gone viral around the world. tonight with the context, scotland editor at the spectator alex massie, and democratic stragist mary anne marsh. welcome to the programme. we start in washington, dc. the us committee investigating the january 6 capitol riot has just wrapped up its fourth public hearing. it was focused on the presidential pressure donald trump put states under to overturn the election results. central to this are two battleground states arizona and georgia. joe biden won both by a razorthin margin, and president trump pushed and pushed for those in charge of the counts to overturn the results, claiming the election was fraudulent. much of today s hearing was lead by democrat congressman adam schiff. here is part of his opening statement. anyone who got in the way of donald trump s continued hold on
richard haass. and nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. also with us, the founder of the conservative website, charlie. liz cheney, one of two republicans serving on the committee, went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee s work. here s how she responded to a question about why capitol police weren t better prepared for the attack. it s an entire focus of the investigation. you will see in our report. you ll likely see in upcoming hearings, so it is certainly something we re going to be focused on. but what we aren t going to do, brett, is blame the capitol police, blame those in law enforcement for donald trump s armed mob that he sent to the capitol. kevin mccarthy decided not to participate in the committee, that, somehow, the house of representatives cannot investigate the single worst attack on the capitol since the war in 1812. cheney discussed the committee s interest in interviewing ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas.
Pushing for a speedy trial,s others are asking to move venue to federal court, in washington d. C. And then thursday, Fulton Countys district attorney, fani willis, faces jim jordans deadline to submit documents about her case to congress. As weve reported, she is now the target in the investigation by their public and lead house judiciary committee. And then on friday, the dea will finally release the Special Grand Jury report. And, while georgia is just one of four pending trials for trump, his campaign for president carries on. That has many people on both sides of the aisle wondering if the 14th amendment can, and should, be used to bar trump from running. Here is what former impeachment manager adam schiff said about that, earlier today. Well you know, the 14th amendment, and Section Three is pretty clear. If you engage in action of insurrection or rebellion against the government, or you give aid and comfort to those who do, you are disqualified from running. It doesnt require fo