know, took an oath to uphold the constitution the third thing i ll say befor i toss it back to you, some of this may feel to news junkie or certain lawyers, don t we know all of this, what s next? but the public accounting think will really matter i know barbara mcquade and i are both huge wayne fans, and reached for one of his ver simple barr s. with understood gotta be explained, but they don understand to let me explain and i do feel in all seriousness, even though i m having fun with the quote, that s how a lot of us feel. it s like we know it was a insurrection we know trump knew he light. we know it he was cavalier about putting people in danger his own quote unquote people we know all that what s gonna be explained, but if you get to the higher legal bar of explaining it to the do a criminal process or jury, yes, it does need to be explained i think this report and a very real way advances that process barr, on the gonna ask for
i was just signing my name here, just in case it turns out th other way. if that s the case, then why d you need to be so secret why do you need to hide it in fact it s quite the opposite, isn t it if you think there s som irregularity in the count, you make that known. and you say, i m gonna cast my provisional ballot i wanna make sure everybod knows it so that we can be o record that this slate o electors is being sent ove from georgia, or whatever stat it is. so, i think you are absolutely right to describe that a consciousness of guilt the only reason to conceal tha activity is if you think there s something wrong with it can i jump in on that, alex please, please. you make such a good point, alex you signed and a good way like a prosecutor, because you ar bearing down on it and here s the thing the report today has mor examples of that, the so-calle provisional defense that barbara mentions, good work fo someone who was deceived, right? it was tricky, who was misled. the tru
the committee also reasserts and that there should be legal accountability for some of the actions described in the report, which was clear when the committee make crimina referrals on four separate charges, recommending that the justice department prosecute former president trump if there is one thing that comes through clearly in thi report, and that reflects th way the january 6t investigationhas quite obviously changed the way a lo of us understand the events of that day, it is that there was nothing spontaneous about th attack on the capitol that day millions of dollars were spent to transport trump supporter to washington, d.c. that day the fake electors scheme b which vice president mike penc would ostensibly be able t hand the election to donal trump, that was meticulously planned, with illegal an logistical coordination, involving dozens of people across multiple states president trump was deeply involved in that effort, personally calling the chair o the republican nationa
the afternoon of january six as opposed to being at the white house? no, i don t. so, you don t remember whether you are at home or at the whit house in the afternoon o january 6th, 2021. again, that day was very blurry. that is a footnote from th newly released final report of the january 6th committee. it comes in a section about th number of trump allies and employees who were less than forthcoming with the committee some of them refused to supply comply with subpoenas. some of them invoked executive privilege. others claimed not to remember nearly anything from one of th most memorable days in recen american history given how many of th committees interviews or jus like that, people taking the fifth, people not will recall-ing stuff, people being unable to remember whether the were at the white house or i their own homes on january 6th that report the committee ha managed to put together is truly remarkable, for its dept and its breath, and the amount
congress that began with a critical lens had a narrower scope. now, through their investigation, and you follo the facts, as we re told they ve uncovered all of that, and waiting through the report today, i ve read it now once with my team i think they have added to the details. we ve got it there on th screen many of those different plot that are laid out. i think they re doing a very effective job and showing swee in scope of that i don t know people were involved but number two, and i mentione this earlier and the coverage, and i wonder what you an barber thing point number two, the highes bar, who should be indicted. and they told us, this wee donald trump and coconspirators, with a full report now hav access to today have many othe names, newt gingrich, fo example, being put on blast in a way that i don t think has been fully explicate id, and that doesn t mean that they sa they have the goods to indic him. indeed, they stopped short o that, in fairness. they do stay he s along fo