willing to fall in line. whitewashing the attack on the capitol. using the rnc ridiculous and dangerous characterization of legitimate political discourse. and trying to dismantle trust in the 1/6 committee. florida senator did it today. on cbs. i think it s a complete partisan scam. anyone who committed a crime on january 6 should be prosecuted. and if convicted put in jail. i do not believe that we need a congressional committee to harass americans that weren t even in washington on january 6. were not in favor of what happened. have condemned what happened. they want to smear them anyway. the fact remains the committee is non-partisan. republican representatives sit on panel. and seven democrats. it is not an attack o arrest, prosecute and convict ordinary citizens if they are found to have taken part in the attack on american democracy. if you think january 6 was an isolated act as he does, you are miss the farrest for the trees. the plot to over turn the election ext
interviewed hundreds of witnesses and issued dozens of subpoenas as it moves closer to former president donald trump s inner circle, seeking the cooperation and the testimony of people like trump s daughter and former white house senior advisor, ivanka trump, who has yet to even respond to the committee s request to speak with her. there s also trump s chief of staff in the west wing on january the 6th, mark meadows. how about conservative fire brand, congressman jim jordan. they want to know what jordan spoke about in his communications with trump on january the 6th. the committee also believes jordan has information about strategy meetings to overturn the election results. so that s that. and yet there s one name, one name already charged for his alleged role in the capitol insurrection that you may not have heard about yet. this man right here is ryan nichols of tyler, texas. unlike many january 6th defendants who have been out on bail, nichols has been behind bars since h
100,000. i m alicia menendez. i will see you back here next weekend, 6:00 p.m. eastern, for more american voices. but for now i hand it over to medhi hasan. thanks so much. tonight, the republican national committee declares a violent insurrection on the capitol, calling it legitimate public discourse. i ll ask congressman jamie raskino for his response to this fascist rhetoric. and why the u.s. won t stop the humanitarian crisis and war in her country. and from the supreme court to columbus, jim is here to talk about his run for the ohio statehouse. good evening. i m medhi hasan. the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol has