those law enforcement officers. that s what you re being punished for. you have a point. maybe the people who planned january 6th haven t been charged, but that s not a reason for you to get a lower sentence. two things can be true. robert scott palmer shouldn t get off easily just because trump hasn t been punished, but he also has a point. trump should be punished. at least 700 defendants have been charged so far for their role in the insurrection. more than 130 of those defendants have been charged with assaulting police. three members of the trump mob have received their sentences, including palmer. but trump himself hasn t been punished for inciting the insurrection and neither have members of his administration. yet. that s where the january 6th select committee comes in. the committee has interviewed at
holidays to you and susan. you, too. thank you so much, jonathan. take care. thank you, rachel. a violent attempt to stop the peaceful transfer or transition of power. that s a judge described insurrection at the capitol on january 6th while sentencing a member of the trump mob. the longest sentence so far for any defendant in the capitol investigation. on january 6th palmer hurled a fire extinguisher, a plank and a long pole at police officers. palmer requested a sentence of just 24 months reasoning that was fair because the architects of january 6th haven t been punished. judge tonia dismissed that argument telling the court, quote, it s true that the people who exhorted you and encouraged you and rallied you to go take action and to fight have not been charged. you engaged with combat with
january 6th. the longest sentence so far for any defendant in the capitol investigation. on january 6th palmer hurled a fire extinguisher, a plank and a long pole at police officers. palmer requested a sentence of just 24 months reasoning that was fair because the architects of january 6th haven t been punished. judge tonia dismissed that argument telling the court, quote, it s true that the people who exhorted you and encouraged you and rallied you to go take action and to fight have not been charged. you engaged with combat with those law enforcement officers. that s what you re being punished for. you have a point. maybe the people who planned january 6th haven t been charged, but that s not a reason for you to get a lower sentence. two things can be true.
oh, it s definitely a new point but he s absolutely correct. we re post insurrection with the threat of a potential another insurrection or more violence because the lies that perpetuated that violence on january 6th haven t gone away. and i think that one of the things that president obama is very adept at, he can t always be the one to make it plain and spell it out so clearly, but i will and i wrote a book in 2020 called the end of white politics and spoke about things that obama is identifying about american politics right now. there was a backlash, i call it a whitelash in my book, to his presidency, changing demographic and result of that and 2020 election, republican party has decided to do antidemocratic things, pass voter suppression
and live it every day. and we are in a place that so precarious, that even president barack obama says worry. it is time to worry about this and i make that point not because he isn t perceptive about all these things but worry is the last obama likes to strike. it s not where he wants to go. he is kind of telling us how to look ahead and look for something positive coming so when it s at the point where he saying we really have to worry about the state of democracy in america, that is a new point. it s definitely a new point but he s absolutely correct we are post insurrection with the threat of a potential insurrection, or more violence because the lies that perpetuated that violence on january 6th haven t gone away. one of the things president obama is very adept with, he