on the anniversary. more than 750 across country have been arrested connected to the capitol right on the including 225 who have been charged with resisting, assaulting or impedes police officers and that s released by the u.s. attorney s office in d.c. yesterday. among those arrested are leaders of the far right group the proud boys. their lawyers recently tried to dismiss the indictments against them and a federal judge denied that request. insurrectionists faced the consequences of their actions and as that somber anniversary approaches. january 6th remains a traumatizing day for many of the people who were working at the capitol that day. for some, like capitol police sergeant goknell, finding closure is more complicated when you are tasked when protecting the same people who may have put you in harm s way a year ago. here s what he said in an npr
lacking, but also matter. daytime tv is important. we saw the rise of right-wing talk radio. rise of the number of the programs. it is important that the view push back by bringing a logical and reasonable conservative to the table. it is hard to do with two conservatives out there today. ones that say, nothing is wrong. everything is fine. i m okay with trump back in office in 2024. the other side saying the republican party left me. i didn t leave the republican party. i belong to the latter camp. i have a lot of thoughts. the problem is the latter camp grows smaller by the day. look at donald trump s re-election campaign which failed. he lost. he got more votes than 2016. you say, well, the view should stop looking and you are right
slim majority in the house and senate come november. while elections are always a big deal, this year is particularly consequential. the fate of democracy in america is hanging on these elections. i kid you not. think about how many red states tried to overturn legitimate election results because the failed former president told him to. they are working on the next insurrection already. the associated press reports several denied the run for office could have a key role in the election of 2024. in michigan, the republicans are restocking numbers of the boards that could block approval of the election. in wisconsin and pennsylvania, the gop legislation is backing reviews of the 2020 election modelled on the deeply flawed election in arizona. this is fuelling anger of the 2020 results for years to come. if republicans win back the house and senate, there is a strong chance the american
other places. what would garland look at if he were going to look at that behavior? it would probably be the career prosecutors in the u.s. attorney s office in d.c., and they would look at some conspiracy charge. if you look at the memo that jeff rosen when he was the deputy attorney general issued over the summer during the racial justice protests when there was some rioting and unrest, he issued a memo saying sedition can be charged in cases where you see the massive disruption to government functions like courthouses. and so the justice department really emphasized the use of sedition and broadened its use in ways with that memo. so that is one direction that the justice department, especially career prosecutors in the u.s. attorney s office, could go if they wanted to go. to your point, it would be merrick garland who would need to sign off on such a radical thing. it s uncertain what he would do. he s a pretty apolitical guy. i think that there are questions
little bit and expand on what sahil was just saying there. legally speaking, once the vote takes place and assuming it s going to pass as it s expected to, what happens next? what is the u.s. attorney s office in d.c. going to consider? and from your legal perspective, from your expertise, is this the most efficient way to do it? because as you probably saw in my last hour, i was talking to congressman ted lieu who said, no, the congress has inherent contempt powers. they should exercise it because this could drag out and be delayed. so, first of all, i mean, i want to say, just even before we get to the justice department for what they ll do, the vote right now is hugely significant. i mean, do you know how hard it is, if you re a former member of congress, to be voted on for contempt? i mean, it s kind of like failing a class at stanford. you ve really got to try. but meadows did and the last time this happened was 1832. now, what s going to happen, presuming this vote goes through