made up his own mind, even people he temporarily supports, because he doesn t realistic by anybody if they counter his opinions. let s face it, he wouldn t even stick by his kids when they counter his opinions as we saw with him ignoring his own son in this care, but i think for fox they are so far committed to this, it s their business plan to back trump in every way so really within 24 hours that evening they are saying he had no control of the situation. it s anti-fa-or the fbi whereas in the text they clearly understood he had control of the situation. that s what that was all about, but they can t tell their people that because it might cost them viewers who would draw them to another conservative media and it s a business plan to make as much possible as possible on what amounts to trump acolytes. now, will they be held accountable is the question? this morning here on cnn select committee member was asked about getting some of these fox hosts under oath. listen. any plans to
lap and they may have no choice other than to take a look when the select committee is done with their work. remember, the doj is still actively pursuing a lot of the capitol riots, and they have already brought 700 cases against those alleged rioters at this point. thanks so much. appreciate the analysis and conversation. know also want to bring in someone who knows the dynamics inside the trump family, cnn contributor and donald trump biographer michael dantonio. michael, let s go back through the texts that donald trump jr. sent to meadows in the throes of this capitol attack. i quote here. he s got to condemn this expletive asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough, and then he adds we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand. michael what, goes through your mind hearing these words from trump jr., not to his own father but to his dad s chief of staff?
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specific criminal statute there, jen. could this probe result in criminal charges based on trump s inaction or others inaction? well, the first question, ana, is will it result in a referral from congress for criminal action? that s the first step, and i think the answer is yes. she really was reading effectively the language from the applicable statute, and if they find that donald trump in fact was responsible for this march to the capitol that ended up obstructing an official proceeding, then they may make that referral to doj. now whether doj actually charges that is another huge question. i haven t yet seen any appetite by merrick garland or the justice department for taking this up. usually if doj was criminally investigating this they would ask congress to stand down so the fact that the select committee has been so active and busy suggests that doj does not want to criminally investigate this, but it may land in their
enough. we also know very importantly that meadows, if he s telling the truth to don jr., was trying to get the president to stop it, to say something, to do something, and he did not which is exactly what the committee is investigating. and jen, all these messages come from people who aren t in the administration, and they were sent to and from meadows personal devices, his personal accounts. he voluntarily gave them to the committee y.wouldn t he sit for questions on all of this? well, that s a great question, ana. i mean, he did the dance for a while saying he would sit for questions. he had a date to come in and then he refused. ultimately i think he was trying to walk a very fine line to being loyal to trump and loyal to himself frankly because he as we now know was right in the middle of all of this so he has exposure, too, so he s trying not to give the select committee information that will ultimately be harmful for him and harmful for trump, but he doesn t want