the capitol building and the lawmakers inside it. one of those officers who served at the capitol january 6th was capitol police officer harry dunn. in july 2021 at the very first public hearing of the january 6th investigation, officer dunn and three of his colleagues appeared before the committee to describe what they suffered at the hands of that pro-trump crowd that turned up trying to storm into congress to overthrow the government. during his testimony officer dunn talked about his ongoing struggles as a result of the attack. he encouraged his fellow officers to seek help for the trauma they all experienced that day. since then officer dunn has been a fixture, an unmistakable fixture in the audience at each of the meetings and listening to their evidence. he says he attends them to remind the committee he s there to hole them accountable to get justice and reveal the truth about what happened so it will never ever happen again. joining us now live i m used to
that is not easy to do. once the justice department has now gone that route with bags and with roads, does that ban tempt them to say, you know what? we can convict on this and very. maybe you do take a second look at seditious conspiracy. it is the one thing that is not there. but it is in the reports. it is a potential. i think it is in the report. you cannot do a conspiracy alone. so, whether it s a conspiracy to nonviolently impede the proceeding, which is a real crime, or to do it violently, this report lays out avenues to go after trump and these people for both of those. the other point you alluded to, which i m sure we will continue to get into, people say oh, the doj will decide, sure. but where was the crime scene? the capital. who was involved as a witness and potential victim? members of congress. depending on which ones you look at. so, the congress and its members have a little bit more of a stake in this than just a random crime. we are establishing the record
invaded the capitol with no prior conspiratorial plan. but what i think they have done really masterfully is to go through using mostly republicans and weighing a william barr, who said it was bs. there was no you lost the election legitimately. and this really methodical plan that stretches back before the election. you know, they ve roger stone in eastman talking about this and laying out this intellectual framework for ignoring the results of the election. and they lay out all of the ways they try to do. it they try to go to the justice department. again, we switch out the current attorney general for somebody who will do it for us. they tried going to the electors. to the states. they said will you overturn your own states election and give us the electors we want? they are going through all of these methods these methodical plans it does make it feel like conspiracy. i will turn it over to the expert, who wrote the forward for one of the versions of the coming report. congra
defraud the united states. number three, conspiracy to make a false statement. and number four, insurrection. and effort to incite, assist, or provide aid and comfort to an insurrection. on those specific charges, detective cool term, that would be super serious. congressman adam schiff sent a message today, that the future depends on taking serious action now. we don t have the soundbite, i will tell you what he said. he said, we believe what is mandated is that andriy trump violated multiple criminal laws. if the justice department concurs with that assessment and the evidence that he should be prosecuted, then excuse me, if they concur with that assessment and the evidence, then he should be prosecuted like any other american. no one to get a pass. i think the day that we start giving passes to presidents or people with power or influence is the day that you could say this is the end of our democracy. joining us now is adam schiff of california, member of the january six investiga