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welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. and tonight we re less than a month, 27 days, away from one of the weirdest and least predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what s happening now and ending on election day, november 8th, is not typical. it s not. as of now it s not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. no. it s more like a sharknado. now, typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins, feeling good because things are bad. with high inflation and fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power right now, that s democrats responsible and accountable. because phrases are up almost everywhere you look. life is more expensive. by which of course i mean life cereal, wheat and processed wheat products up more than 20% year-to-year. and as humpty hump might say, straight butter baby, by which butter is up 30% august to augu ....
Friend. you as well. and thanks to you for joining us this hour. he s one of the most memorable officials from the january 6th attack, something you could not forget. the moment when rioters chase capitol police officer eugene goodman up a stairwell looking for lawmakers. the video was a key piece of evidence against the man at the top of that stairwell, the guy who is leading the, pack the guy wearing that qanon t-shirt. his name is doug jensen. two days after the attack, doug jensen told the fbi that he went to the capitol because he believed in a number of qanon conspiracy theories about the election. but he also said he was there because president trump asked him to be there. from his fbi interview, he said, the reason i went was because trump said he had info for us at this rally. and i honestly thought i was going there to be told i thought it was showtime. he later added, i made sure i ....
The supreme court has set a really high bar when it comes to political speech. it allows people to say things that are really fiery. it allows politicians to talk about fighting against their rivals. the standard in brandenburg versus ohio is that the government cannot make it a crime unless the person intends to incite eminent lawless action and such action is likely based on their comments. so, because of that defense, i worry about the strength of such a charge. but if you look at just the face of the charge, it absolutely fits what donald trump did on january 6th. none of this is set in stone. the committee is going to be mate meeting over the weekend to make a final decision. it sounds like, from your analysis, this is probably the most controversial of the three that have sort of been put out there, if you will. let s talk about the other two. because they re both mentioned in the memo that you wrote, the prosecutorial memo earlier this year. obstruction of an official proceedi ....
It sounds like, from your analysis, this is probably the most controversial of the three that have sort of been put out there, if you will. let s talk about the other two. because they re both mentioned in the memo that you wrote, the prosecutorial memo earlier this year. obstruction of an official proceeding, the thing that s doug jensen, our qanon friend, was convicted of today. this seems, more on its face, how complex do you think this will be if the doj starts moving forward on an indictment. i think this one is really easy, alex. it is obstructing an official proceeding with a corrupt intent. there s an official proceeding going on on january 6th. there s a joint session of congress convening for the purpose of certifying the electors. the last step between the election and joe biden as president and donald trump tries to obstruct that. it is not even necessary to prove that he unleashed the mob or he conspired with the oath ....
Was pretty close to the front of that crowd. the reason i made sure i was at the front was because i wanted that queue to be on tv. i wanted to queue to get the attention. i basically intended on being the poster boy of qanon. and it really worked out. i am, like, you know my job as a digital soldier is to be the news. my job as a digital soldier is to be the news. another person who considers himself a digital soldier is this man. former national security adviser michael flynn. michael flynn actually trademarked the phrase digital soldier. he sells digital soldier merchandise online. he also took kind of an oath with his family, invoking the qanon slogan, where we got one, we go all, and later posted that video online using the qanon hashtag. friends and family later said it was just a family motto. i mean, hey, to each his own. doug jensen told the fbi that he believed in qanon so much that he thought mike pence was going to be arrested on january ....