close up shop over the holidays, you are practically inundated with releases a material. there was the committee s final report which clocked in at over 800 pages. then there were just thousands of deposition peaches and transcripts, court documents and exhibits from the committees. hearings dozens of videos. it is hard to believe that there was anything the committee did not release. and yet today, we learned there was something. today the washington post published this draft memo. prepared by a team of committee staffers and focusing on social media and extremism. they were known as teen purple. the team apparently hoped that there 100 plus-page memo would be adapted into a chapter investigations final report. but the committee decided to leave most of it on the cutting room floor. among team purples most damning findings was that in the run up to january 6th, social media platforms like twitter and facebook bent over backwards, that their own rules to, allow donald trump
rush to close up shop for the holidays, we are practically in inundated fleeces a material. there was the committee s final report, the clocked in at over 800 pages, then there were just thousands of pages of deposition transcripts and court documents and exhibits from the committee s hearings, and dozens of videos. it s hard to believe that there was anything the committee did not release. and yet today we learned there was something. today the washington post published this draft memo, prepared by a team of committee staffers focused on social media and extremism. they were known as team purple. the team apparently hoped that there 100 plus-page memo would be adapted into a chapter in the investigation s final report. but the committee decided to leave most of it on the cutting room floor. among team purples most damning findings was in the run up to january six. social media platforms like twitter and facebook bent over backwards, they bench their own rules to allow donald
Gosar, conspiracy theorists who switched his vote at the 11th hour to kevin mccarthy, one who posted an anime video online showing him killing the congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, the one that got him stripped of his committee assignments back in the day? paul gosar also coveted see on the powerful oversight committee. and then there is far-right republican and qanon supporter, congressman lauren boebert, who s pivotal, last-minute phones which allowed commit mccarthy to secure the speakers gavel, who refered to democratic represents to de ville and omar as a member of a quote, jihad squad. lauren boebert, also got to see on the oversight committee with which the gop is planning to go after the biden administration with numerous political needed administrations. kevin mccarthy made a number of concessions to become speaker, we do not know all of them. what seems clear is that hard-liners in his party have been appeased. and that can be catastrophic for both americans and democra
Coveted seat on the powerful oversight committee. and then there is congressman who referred to democratic ilhan omar as a member of the jihad squad. lauren boebert also got a seat on the oversight committee which is the with which the gop is planning to use with which the gop is planning to go after the biden administration with numerous politically motivated investigations. kevin mccarthy made a number of concessions to secure the votes to become speaker. we do not know all of them. what seems clear is that hardliners in his party have been appeased. and that could be catastrophic
Assignments back in the day? paul gosar also coveted see on the powerful oversight committee. and then there is far-right republican and qanon support, congressman lauren boebert, who s pivotal, last-minute phones which allowed commit mccarthy to secure the speakers gavel who prefer to democratic represents to de ville and omar as a member of a quote, jihad squad. lauren boebert, also got to see on the oversight committee, which is the law with which the gop is planning to, with which the gop is planning to go after the biden administration with numerous political needed administrations. kevin mccarthy need a number of concessions to become speaker, we do not know all of them. what seems clear is that hard-liners in his party have been appeased. and that can be catastrophic for both americans and democracy. joining us now is nbc s senior political reporter, sahel