were coming in to make a citizens arrest. hearing number four, the attack on the capitol. mika, we ve been talking about it this week, it s been a theme of violence in american politics. one side promoting violence, that is, of course, the trump wing of the republican party, where there s a consequence starting in 2015 where donald trump in 2016 was saying beat up protesters. i remember the time when they used to go out an a stretcher. right. if you beat them up, i ll pay for your defense. praising a member of a republican member of congress. for being up a reporter for asking a question about health care policy. talking about violence, having violent imagery. this leads to one threat after another threat after another threat. to ultimately an attempt to overturn the election. the hearing was marked by testimony of threats of violence and in some cases actual violence. and against elected officials who refused to help donald trump overturn the 2020 election. and aga
he s the opposite. yeah. that s who republicans used to or still think they are. and they re not. and this man was truly a profile in courage. we also heard from georgia elections workers, a mother and a daughter, who had their names dragged through the mud by then president trump and his lawyer rudy giuliani all to advance the big lie. you ll hear the moment when trump and giuliani targeted them by name. and then the women s testimony yesterday. taped earlier in the day that ruby freeman and shaye moss and another gentleman passing around usb ports and a week ago, they re walking around georgia lying. they should have been questioned
steele a, alleging coordination as russia was trying to help get donald trump into the white house. the allegations in that dossier have been debated and litigated and demagogued ever since. now two years after the release of the mueller report and after being relentlessly attacked and dragged through the mud by president trump and his allies, christopher steele himself is finally speaking speaking for himself in an interview with george stephanopoulos. steele s putting himself out there. if anything he says the mueller report reinforces it. robert mueller said could not establish firm evidence of the criminal conspiracy. mueller was working to beyond
political spy named richard steele as russia was trying to help get donald trump into the white house. the allegations in that dossier have been debated and litigated and dem and litigated and investigated and demagogued ever since. still being vekted by bill barr special counsel john durham. two years after the release of the mueller report, after being relentlessly attacked and dragged through the mud by president trump and allies, christopher steel himself is finally speaking for himself in an extensive interview with abc news s george stephanopoulos. it will drive critics insane he did it. steel is putting himself out there on camera and asserting none of what he reported in the dossier has been disproven and he says he stands by it. if anything, he says the mueller report reinforces it.
president and those around him, and we need to remind him and the viewers, rudy giuliani was never an employee of the state department or this government. why he was doing government or the president s business in ukraine is beyond me, but it does seem like people like yovanovitch and volker were still promoting u.s. policy, noting this was the president s right-hand man, needed to work with him in any capacity they could. stand by. there s more information we re getting now. i want to bring in sara murray. you have been doing a lot of reporting on this. what are you learning now? well, as you point out, this is someone that worked at the state department a long time, whose reputation is dragged through the mud by the president. even though the president acts like he has no idea what s going on, the wall street journal is reporting he is the one that wanted her out.