happens. chairman of the january 6th investigation, mississippi congressman benny thompson speaking exclusively with our own simone sanders townsend. tonight simone sanders is going to join us. in just a moment to talk about that interview she just did with congressman thompson. stay with us. with us my a1c stayed here, it needed to be here. ray s a1c is down with rybelsus®. i m down with rybelsus®. my a1c is down with rybelsus®. in a clinical study, once-daily rybelsus® significantly lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill.
of a public aspect to prosecution, and the january 6th committee operates into front. getting the public to understand, and in many ways, come up with evidence. i can tell you, it changes the way that i think about january 6th, and in many ways just calling it that is a misnomer, because their point is that that s just the combination of a large conspiracy that happened. and so that really goes to the point where if you think you can ask where merrick garland is, after he s no longer the attorney general, where they should ve been early on, what did the committee really change their trajectory? i think you would say the latter. earlier this weekend, simone townsend sat down with the chair of the january 6th investigation, benny thompson. the mississippi congressman who helmed this conflict.
committee, congressman benny thompson of mississippi. thank you so much for being here today. the first hearing of the january 6th committee, you had this to say as part of your opening statement. i will read it. he said that i m from a part of the country where people justify the actions of slavery. the ku klux klan and lynching, i m reminded of that dark history as i hear voices today trying to justify the actions on january 6th, 2021. after 18 long months of hearings, of public scrutiny, has this taken a personal toll on you? it s been difficult. i ve spent 1 million nights away from home, i ve spent a lot of the time just trying to figure out the greatest democracy in the world, why would people want to storm the capital because they lost an election? as part of a democracy, you
chairman of the january 6th committee. congressman benny thompson of mississippi. mister chairman, thank you so much for being here today. in the first hearing of the january 6th committee, you had this to say as part of your opening statement and i m going to read it. you said, i am from a part of the country where people justified the actions of slavery. the ku klux klan and lynching. i am reminded of that dark history. i hear voices today try to justify the actions on january 6th 2021. after 18 long months of hearings, of public scrutiny. has this taken a personal toll on you? it s been difficult. i ve spent many nights away from home. i have spent a lot of time just trying to figure out why in the greatest democracy of the world,