DAYS SINCE THE JANUARY 6th
ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.
THERE STILL HAS BEEN ZERO
COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THAT
DAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, CAPITOL POLICE SAID
BRIAN SICKNICK WAS INJURED WHILE
PHYSICALLY ENGAGING WITH
PROTESTERS.
THAT IS WHAT THEY SAID THE DAY
AFTER THE ATTACK.
IT’S HOW WE REPORTED AND MANY
DID DAY AFTER DAY FOR OVER THREE
MONTHS.
UNTIL THE WASHINGTON, D.C.
MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED THIS WEEK
THAT OFFICER SICKNICK DIED OF
NATURAL CAUSES.
ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER, HE SUFFERED TWO
STROKES AND SHOWED NO EVIDENCE
OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL
INJURIES.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DID NOTE
ALL THAT TRANSPIRED PLAYED A
ROLE IN HIS CONDITION.
WE KNOW NOT FROM THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER BUT FROM SOME "NEW YORK
TIMES" REPORTING THAT SICKNICK
WAS SPRAYED WITH BEAR SPRAY BY
THE ATTACKERS ON JANUARY 6th.
THAT’S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT
I’M FINING FRUSTRATING ABOUT
JANUARY 6th.
ALMOST EVERYTHING WE HAVE
LEARNED ABOUT THE EVENTS THOSE
DAYS HAS COME FROM THE SOURCES
OFF THE RECORD OR COURT FILINGS
OR JOURNALISTS SCRAPING THROUGH
VIDEO OR LEAKED INFORMATION.
YESTERDAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A
HEARING ABOUT THE ATTACK, A
CONGRESSWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
REVEALED NEW DETAILS ABOUT A
MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT TO CAPITOL
POLICE OFFICERS THE MORNING OF
THE 6th.
>> AN OFFICER SAID IN ONE OF THE
REVIEWS ON THE MORNING OF
JANUARY 6th, A RADIO BROADCAST
WAS SENT TO ALL OUTSIDE UNITS,
ATTENTION, ALL UNITS ON THE
FIELD WERE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY
PRO-TRUMP IN THE CROWD, WE’RE
ONLY LOOKING FOR ANY
ANTI-PRO-TRUMP WHO WANTS TO
START A FIGHT.
>> CAPITOL PLEASE PUSHED BACK ON
THAT SAYING THAT THIS WAS ONE OF
MANY DIFFERENT BACK AND FORTHS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
A CONGRESSMAN SAID THE DETAIL
CAME FROM AN INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION.
WE LEARNED OF THIS FROM A
HEARING.
CAPITOL POLICE PUSH BACK.
WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF IT?
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE GOT
SEASON THE 13-PAGE REVIEW.
IT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
WE DO NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL TIC
TOC OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.
NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, THE COUNTRY
CAME UNDER ATTACK.
WE FORMED A COMMISSION TO FULLY
INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED.
THE 9/11 COMMISSION PRODUCED A
REPORT.
A PUBLIC, COMPREHENSIVE
ACCOUNTING WHAT HAVE HAPPENED.
THAT IS THE KIND OF
INVESTIGATION AND WORK PRODUCT
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6th.
AND TO MOVE FORWARD.
CONGRESSMAN HAKEEM JEFFREYS IS
THE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CAUCUS AND HE JOINS ME NOW.
CONGRESSMAN, WHERE DOES THIS
COMMISSION STAND RIGHT NOW?
>> WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO TRY
TO ARRIVE AT COMMON GROUND WITH
THE REPUBLICANS SO WE CAN FORM A
BIPARTISAN COMMISSION THAT CAN
COMPREHENSIVELY STUDY THE EVENTS
OF JANUARY 6th AND THE EVENTS
LEADING UP TO JANUARY 6th,
INCLUDING THE RADICALIZATION
THAT PERHAPS LED TO THE MOB
STORMING THE CAPITOL THAT DAY
AND THEN PREPARE AARTICULATED, T
WAS DONE IN CONNECTION TO 9/11
AND REPORT TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
THE SPEAKER MADE CLEAR IT’S
IMPORTANT TO BE BIPARTISAN.
THAT, OF COURSE, REQUIRES AN
AGREEMENT IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.
TO TRY TO REACH THAT AGREEMENT,
SHE’S INDICATED THAT WE ARE
WILLING FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE
EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS AND FOR THE
CHAIR, WHICH WOULD BE A
DEMOCRATIC APPOINTMENT AND THE
VICE CHAIR PRESUMABLY A
REPUBLICAN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE
THE ABILITY TO ISSUE SUBPOENAED
AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY THE CHAIR
HAVING UNILATERAL AUTHORITY.
THE MAJOR AREA OF DISAGREEMENT
RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE ON THE
SCOPE, CHRIS.
BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS TO SOME
DEGREE ARE IN FANTASYLAND AS IT
RELATES TO THEIR WISH LIST AS TO
WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE COMMISSION
SHOULD BE.
>> I WANT TO READ JUST TO
REITERATE THIS IDEA.
THIS IS A FAIRLY STANDARD SETUP
FOR THESE THINGS, EVENLY SPLIT,
CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, SOME
AGREEMENT FOR SUBPOENAED, PELOSI
AGREED TO MAKE IT EVENLY SPLIT
BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS TO CHANGE THE WAY
SUBPOENAED WOULD BE ISSUED.
TELL ME WHAT THE SCOPE DEBATE
IS.
>> OUR VIEW IS THAT THE
COMMISSION SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON
THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6th, THE
VIOLENT ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL,
THE INCITEMENT OF AN
INSURRECTION, THE PURPOSEERPETRA
OF THE BIG LIE AND THE ROLE IT
PLAYED IN THE RADICALIZATION
THAT WE SAW MANIFEST ITSELF BY
THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL.
THAT’S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THE EVENTS OF 9/11 WERE THE
SCOPE OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION.
NOT A HOST OF OTHER
CONSPIRATORIAL VIEWS OR
POLITICAL FANTASIES THAT SOME
MAY HAVE HAD AT THE TIME.
RIGHT NOW, LEADER McCARTHY HAS
INDICATED THAT HE WANTS THE
SCOPE OF THIS COMMISSION TO
INCLUDE THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
PROTEST THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE
SUMMER OF 2020.
HE WANTS IT TO INCLUDE ANTIFA
AND THE FACT THAT --
>> WAIT.
WHOA.
HE WANTS THE JANUARY 6th
COMMISSION TO INCLUDE BLACK
LIVES MATTER?
>> THAT’S CORRECT.
IN FACT, CHRIS, IF YOU CAN
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SAID THAT AT
HIS PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY.
IT’S NOT POLITICAL HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS HIS NEGOTIATING
POSITION.
IT’S AN EMBARRASSMENT AND A
JOKE.
IT’S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE’RE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO
FIND COMMON GROUND.
HOPEFULLY, SOME REASONABLE FOLKS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE
WILL STEP IN.
AND IT WILL BECOME CLEAR THAT
KEVIN McCARTHY’S POSITION IS
UNTENABLE.
>> I HAVE TO SAY, I UNDERSTAND
THIS PARTISAN WRANGLING AND THE
RIDICULOUS BAD FAITH OF McCARTHY
THERE.
I HAVE FOUND THE LEVEL OF
TRANSPARENCY INADEQUATE AND
MADDENING.
WE FOUND OUT ABOUT A PERSON WHO
DIED FROM A LOCAL NEWS PACKAGE
THAT HAPPENED FROM A SIBLING WHO
REPORTED IT.
WE FIND OUT ABOUT THIS PERSON
WHO IS INVOLVED WHO WAS A TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL BECAUSE
CAUGHT ON VIDEO OR THERE’S A
COURT FILING.
ALL OF IT COMES OUT IN DIFFERENT
STREEPS. S
STREAMS.
NO ONE IS OUT THERE THE NEXT DAY
DOING THE BRIEFING YOU SEE AFTER
HUGE MASS CASUALTY EVENTS.
IT HAS BEEN CRAZY TO ME HOW
TERRIBLE THE COMMUNICATION OF
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS THING
THAT WE WITNESSED HAS BEEN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS REALLY A ONCE IN A
CENTURY HOPEFULLY TYPE OF EVENT
THAT WE WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN.
CHRIS, I CAN PROMISE YOU THIS.
WE ARE GOING TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED.
HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL BE THROUGH
A 9/11 STYLE COMMISSION.
WE HAVE MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE
AND SENATE.
WE HAVE SUBPOENA POWER.
WE CAN CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION IF
NECESSARY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A
COOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATION, A
COOPERATIVE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE AND HOPEFULLY, THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE
ACCUMULATED WILL BEGIN TO BE PUT
FORTH INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN
A COHERENT FASHION AS WELL.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE IDEA OF
A COMMISSION BECAUSE WE THINK
IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR
AMERICA TO FULLY UNDERSTAND AND
RECEIVE THE TRUTH OF WHAT
OCCURRED.
WE JUST HAVE TO OVERCOME THIS