on to the national stage a little more than a year ago and flirtation before and since with one of this country s two mainstream political parties. first, though, all we learned since last night, which is a lot. some of which, helps further bury false notions about the insurrection that we have all the been literally hearing since day one. for starters, remember the initial refrain subsequently amplified that these weren t really trump supporters but were antifa? in fact, a lot of former president s supporters still seem to make that argument. well, according to page 22 of the indictment, rhodes responded on on his signal chat channel to a claim that antifa broached the capitol according to the indictment, rhodes replied nope, i m right here, these are patriots. keep that in mind as you think back to how many times over the last year, you heard lawmakers try to whitewash the insurrection with variations on the theme that the people who stormed the capitol weren t really the
first when stewart rhodes, the head of the oath keepers and another defendant, edward vallejo pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy. now, you know these men are two of the 11 suspects accused of plotting to basically try to use force to top congress from carrying out the job of certifying the presidential election. you know, the thing we all assume will happen after a free and fair election. and that same thing that s part of a peaceful transition of power. the kind of thing that stops us from being addict tatership when someone says, you know what, no, i would rather stay right here. the reason the charges are so serious, well, because the stakes are too high not to be and believe me, i know from experience that charges alone won t convince a jury. proving your burden is no cakewalk. why? well, for the same reason i just said, the stakes are too high and it remains to be seen frankly of whether the government can meet its burden of proof on these charges, but i tell you
we played for you this sound last night. here it is again, manu raju asking about his flip flop about the january 67th committee that wants to question him. regarding the creation of an outside commission, you also oppose the select committee. that s not true. go ahead and ask your question. reporter: you said, sure, you d be able to testify. what was the date of that? reporter: that was last year. now you re saying you won t voluntarily cooperate. why should thepublic not conclude that that you re hiding something? great question. i hope everything gets corrected at cnn. one of the reasons they want to talk to the congressman is they want to know his state of mind at the time, talk to people who were talking to the former president has the capitol was being assaulted. here s part of the q & a yesterday. you a unique window into that day. you were one of the few people who spoke to him that day. doesn t the american public have a right to know what the preside
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