a party attempts to mainstream extremism. when it comes to bannon, he is portraying himself as a martyr for a cause and defending those who stormed the capitol. they want to portray as brave patriots when they were actually rioters and trying to subvert the election results. the twice impeached former election is winking and nodding because they embrace and amplify the lie of the 2020 election. it is not only irresponsible, but a threat to democracy since the former president is the one who is still pulling the springs in the gop. he is also implicitly inviting more fringe ideology through the front door of the party. that spells trouble for all of us. when it comes to the insurrection investigation, it will take the january 6th committee and the department of justice to demonstrate we do actually live in the country where the law matters and
about the election results. meanwhile, the department of justice, the current one, weighing potential criminal charges against the ex-presidential aide turned right-wing podcaster steve bannon over his refual to coop cooperate over the subpoena. every democrat in the house voted in favor of this. nine republicans joined with democrats which is indicative of how divided this country s political parties are over things they should come to consensus on. the capitol was attacked by violent mob supporters of a failed president. we all witnessed it. democrats want to get to the bottom of how this was allowed to happen. most people want to brush it under the rug from the other party. this dismissal doesn t make sense to rational people until you think of the gop s real audience.
is the acting attorney general. the overturning depended more on jeffrey clark? that is right. according to testimony of another doj official. jeff rosen. jeffrey clark said that trump told him rosen was going to be fired and clark was going to take over as acting attorney general. this was in the context of clark moving forward trump s efforts to overturn the election. it is extremely important to know what clark knows and level of detail he has about the election overturned effort. the other thing interesting about clark is most of the lawyers around trump in his final days who were pushing this effort to reverse the election outcome were not government employees. rudy giuliani could not get a job in the trump administration. john eastman did not have a trump administration job. this is the end of the trump
this week, you saw merrick garland in the committee answering questions around january 6th and all kinds of things having to do with the rule of law. i see merrick garland someone who gets it. he is a measured man. he is a jurist. he knows the department of justice must act swiftly and with urgency on the matter of january 6th. after all, this is not just an investigation of what was passed, it is an investigation of what is continuing. we need to have the information that mr. bannon and all of the people surrounding the president those weeks and the day of and during the insurrection. i m delighted mr. clark is absolutely adhering to the rule of law. he was in the justice department. it will be very important and i really think that it s refreshing. we shouldn t have been in the
infrastructure deal. the squabbling is less than you thought. they are continuing to support the big lie and throughout the rule of law or lawful subpoenas. we re governing. our select committee for january 6th moved quickly to markup and take a vote on the resolution to hold steve bannon in contempt of congress. it has now been referred to the justice department. i believe they will act swiftly. republicans threaten default, flaunt the rule of law. democrats moving forward legislation help for working families and to help our planet. i want to ask because you and you are a lawyer.