political sticky potential situation if they are putting referrals forward on other members. yeah, i think you raise a really good point with that statute, and that s the element about not being able to hold office again. and the reason why the committee has been examining this is because with trump, they really find him a danger to democracy and don t think he should be eligible to be president ever again. and so they have been discussing this in kind of recent days and i should also mention they have also been discussing seditious conspiracy to give you a sense of how seriously they consider what trump did in the lead-up to january 6th and on january 6th itself, but they re looking at referrals for a number of people, both criminal and civil. criminal referrals for trump, potentially other allies around him, and also civil referrals. people like the house of republicans who defied subpoenas, but i think you raise a good point in that we might even see criminal referrals for house m
it s what i have been saying for the last four years and what i will continue to say until we have a voting rights law that actually protects the voters of america. and that is that voter suppression is baked into the dna of our election system. but so is the persistence that we see from voters who are willing to fight against that very the ignim ate. we see voters who are turning out and pushing forward despite the obstacles and the false equivalence that says that what happened on january 6th and the conversation about voter suppression are of a piece is completely absurd. we know that what happened on january 6th was about denying the voice of the people. but the fight for voter against voter suppression is about lifting up those voices and giving them primacy because in a democracy, your ability to participate should not be impeded, and we should take that as a first principle. and i m proud of the work that we continue to do to keep that
i can rest easy at night knowing that i fulfilled my oath to the office. i know many in this institution cannot do the same. unfortunately, we now live in a world where lies trump truth. where democracy is being challenged by authoritarianism. if we, america s elected leaders, do not search within ourselves for a way out, i fear this great experiment will fall into the ash heap of history. joining me is charles coleman jr., former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. glen kirshner, msnbc legal analyst, and hugo lowell, congressional reporter for the guardian. i m going to start with you, hugo. what can you tell us because there is some reporting that s out there that says that the committee members have made a decision, nbc news has not confirmed that. what are you hearing? yeah, look, we reported today that the select committee is considering several options against trump.