documents that he claims are protected by attorney/client privilege. joining me capitol hill correspondent, allie vitaly, host of the talking feds podcast harry lipman and professor at the university of alabama law school, joyce vance. good to see all of you. joyce, for everybody who witnessed what happened on january 6th and thought this isn t legal, does that development that we re hearing get us anywhere in terms of actually seeing criminal charges? so, what this brief suggests is that the committee ultimately will make a referral to the justice department on these charges. there s a conspiracy to defraud united states charge and an obstruction of justice charge. and it s important, chris, to note that this brief is a serious legal endeavor. the lawyers who filed it are not the cracken lawyers. this includes former white house lawyers, former u.s. attorneys,
call one eight hundred, eight million the january 6th house select committee is accusing former president trump and lawyer john eastman of being part of a, quote, criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. the allegation is part of a court filing by the committee in an attempt to access eastman s emails. eastman is refusing to turn some over, claiming attorney/client privilege. also judd deere appeared before the committee. lawmakers believe he has firsthand knowledge of trump s behavior before, during and after the riot. we ll discuss with host of the
remained in contact with other members of the proud boys during the siege. the new york times also reported on a document found that contained a detailed plan to surveil and storm government buildings around the capital on january 6th. that s according to people familiar with document titled 1776 returns. while they said it describes the goal of occupying six house and senate office buildings as well as the supreme court, the plan is earear similar. it s unclear who drafted the plan and whether it guided the actions of the proud boys on the day of the siege but the document could help explain why prosecutors chose to charge tarrio with conspiracy even though he wasn t at the capitol during the attack. join me is host of the talking feds podcast. this is scary. because this is now beyond what we saw the horrors we saw unfold
harry litman, former deputy assistant attorney general who now hosts the talking feds podcast and olivia troye who served as counterterrorism advisor to former vice president pence. welcome back to you both. olivia, let me start with you. i want to set the big picture here. it s been fewer than ten months since these members were hiding behind chairs and crouching in the gallery and running the safe rooms from people who wanted to hurt them, who wanted to attack them physically and the democracy and now there s nearly unanimity to undermine the committee to find out who sent them. right, well, it s their whole effort to obscure the truth about what happened that day, because they don t want it out in public and they know a bannon testimony would be pretty damning to the entire situation, i would say, and you know, i ve no doubt that bannon will continue to unwaveringly be loyal to trump and he is going to force this hand until the end.
administration for filing the suit. the biden administration is weaponizing the department of justice to serve their own partisan goals. they are coming for you next. they re coming for your state, your ball game, your election laws, your business, and your way of life. joining me now from la jolla, california, former u.s. attorney harry litman host of the talking feds podcast. in the context of all the voting restrictions that republicans have passed or are passing across the country, this case could obviously have national implications so how does the dodge make its case here and what are the odds it will succeed? yes, you know, in fact it s not that easy a case for it to make. it used to be able to go under a different provision of the voting rights act that the supreme court struck down about eight years ago, so this