YOU CAN WATCH THAT SPECIAL
COVERAGE RIGHT HERE ON "MSNBC
REPORTS" AFTER SPEAKER PELOSI
AIMED ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN ADAM
KINZINGER TO THE COMMITTEE.
HE JOINS LIZ CHENEY AZ THE ONLY
MEMBERS OF THE GOP ON THAT
PANEL, RIGHT NOW BUT AGAIN THE
SPEAKER IS HINTING SHE MAY ADD
MORE.
WITH ME IS ONE OF THE DEMOCRATS
OF THAT JANUARY 6th SELECT
COMMITTEE, CONGRESSMAN ADAM
SCHIFF, A DEMOCRAT FROM
CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU FOR BEING BACK ON THE
SHOW.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
>> LET ME START THERE WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR MORE MEMBERS OF
THE GOP TO BE ADDED.
WILL SHE AND SHOULD SHE ADD MORE
REPUBLICANS TO YOUR COMMITTEE?
WHATS YOUR VIEW?
>> WELL, IM LEAVING THAT
DECISION TO THE SPEAKER BUT THE
SPEAKER DID APPROVE OF THREE OF
McCARTHYS APPOINTEES, AND I
THINK IT WOULD STILL BE
APPROPRIATE TO SEEK THEM BUT
McCARTHY IS REFUSING TO DO SO,
BUT I THINK FRANKLY THE
COMPOSITION OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE IS SHAPING UP VERY
WELL.
I THINK BOTH LIZ CHENEY AND ADAM
KINZINGER ARE SERIOUS WILLABOUT
GETTING TO THE TRUTH OF JANUARY
6th.
WE ALL SHARE THE SAME MISSION WE
WANT TO BRING OUT THE FACTS AND
WHAT LED TO THE DEADLY ATTACK.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE NEEDED
TO DO TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY
GOING FORWARD SO ITS WELL
COMPOSED ALREADY BUT IF THERE
ARE OTHER REPUBLICANS THAT ARE
SERIOUS ABOUT THE MISSION, WE
SHOULD BE OPEN TO THAT
POSSIBILITY AS WELL.
>> WOULD YOU BE SATISFIED IF THE
COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE
WERE THE NINE MEMBERS THAT WE
HAVE SHOWED HERE ON THE SCREEN
HERE, AND ONLY THOSE NINE
MEMBERS, IS THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU?
>> IT IS, AND I THINK WE CAN
CONDUCT A VERY SERIOUS
INVESTIGATION WITH THE PEOPLE
THE SPEAKER ALREADY NAMED BUT
IM OPEN TO THE ADDITION OF
OTHERS THAT WOULD COMPLIMENT OUR
WORK AND GET GOOD INFORMATION
OUT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THATS NOT KEVIN McCARTHYS
MISSION.
HES NEVER WANTED A COMMISSION
TO GO FORWARD.
HE DOESNT WANT THE COMMITTEE TO
GO FORWARD.
HES DONE I THINK EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO TRY TO SUBVERT THE
WORK AND WHY?
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP DOESNT
WANT IT TO HAPPEN, BUT ITS TOO
IMPORTANT.
THIS WAS A BRUTAL ASSAULT.
THE FIRST EFFORT TO INTERFERE
WITH A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF
POWER IN OUR HISTORY, AND WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO
EVERYTHING TO PREVENT IT FROM
HAPPENING AGAIN.
>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
IDEA OF BIPARTISANSHIP ON THIS
COMMISSION.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY NEEDS TO
HAVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS AS DEMOCRATS AND
OTHERS WHO POINT OUT, WHY SEAT
REPUBLICANS WHO DONT BELIEVE
THE INSURRECTION WAS AN
INSURRECTION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
TED CRUZ SAYS ITS A SHAM, PAT
TOOMEY SAYS ITS POLITICALLY
ADVANTAGEOUS FOR DEMOCRATS TO
KEEP THIS ISSUE FRONT AND CENTER
AND KEVIN McCARTHY WHO YOU
REFERENCED A MOMENT AGO IS
ACCUSING SPEAKER PELOSI OF
STRUCTURING THE COMMITTEE TO
SATISFY HER POLITICAL OBJECTIVES
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
>> THE REPUBLICANS ARE TALKING
OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF THEIR
MOUTH.
WE OFFERED A COMMISSION THAT WAS
FIVE DEMOCRATS AND FIVE
REPUBLICANS, IN WHICH NOT A
SINGLE SUBPOENA COULD BE ISSUED
UNLESS AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF
THE OTHER PARTY AGREED TO IT.
THEY TURNED IT DOWN, AND THEY
TURNED IT DOWN IN BAD FAITH.
THEY TURNED IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY
DIDNT WANT THE INVESTIGATION TO
GO FORWARD.
SO NOW THEYRE COMPLAINING
HAVING TURNED DOWN A COMMISSION
OF EQUAL MEMBERS, NOW THERES A
SELECT COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED BY THE SPEAKER.
THE ONLY COMMON TE NOMDENOMINATO
THEY DONT WANT THE TRUTH TO
COME OUT.
THEY WANT TO WHITE WASH HISTORY,
SUGGEST THIS WAS A NORMAL
TOURIST DAY.
THEY DONT WANT TO EXPOSE THE
BIG LIGHT TO FURTHER PUBLIC
SCRUTINY BUT THE REALITY IS, IF
WE DONT REVEAL WHAT HAPPENED ON
THAT DAY AND THE THREAT TO OUR
DEMOCRACY, WHEN PEOPLE DONT
ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF A FREE AND
FAIR ELECTION, BECAUSE THEY
LOSE, BECAUSE THEY LOST, THEY
DONT TRY TO DO BETTER THE NEXT
TIME, THEY TRY TO OVERTURN THE
ELECTION, IF WE DONT EXPOSE THE
DANGER THAT POSES TO OUR
DEMOCRACY, THERES A REAL CHANCE
OF THIS RECURRING.
SO THE MISSION IS THAT IMPORTANT
AND WERE GOING TO GO FORWARD NO
MATTER WHAT KIND OF SNIPING WE
HEAR FROM THE SIDELINES.
>> CONGRESSMAN, WITH YOUR
PERMISSION, ID LIKE TO DO A
FASTER PACE ALMOST LIGHTNING
ROUND IF YOU WILL.
THERE ARE SOME FACTS THAT ID
LIKE TO GET LAID OUT FROM YOU.
FIRST, I WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU
WANT TO HEAR FROM?
WILL YOU CALL MEMBERS OF THE
FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN
FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE?
>> CHAIRMAN BETTY THOMPSON MADE
IT CLEAR WELL FOLLOW THE
EVIDENCE WHEREVER AND TO WHOM IT
LEADS.
ONCE WERE COMPOSED AND GETTING
CLOSE WELL BE DEFINING THE
SCOPE AND THE ORDER AND THE
PRIORITY OF OUR WITNESSES AND I
DONT WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THAT
PROCESS.
>> DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE TO
ISSUE SUBPOENAS?
>> YES, I DO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR
EXAMPLE, WHEN WE REQUEST
DOCUMENTS THAT WE GET ALL OF
THEM, THAT WE DONT HAVE PEOPLE
WITHHOLDING INFORMATION BECAUSE
ITS A VOLUNTARY REQUEST, SO
YES, I FAVOR GOING TO SUBPOENAS
AND GOING THROUGH THEM EARLY AND
WITH WITNESSES, I EXPECT THAT
SOME OF THEM WILL BE RELUCTANT
TO SELF AND NEED TO BE
COMPELLED.
SO THATS CERTAINLY MY
EXPECTATION.
>> TWO MORE FOR YOU.
TIMETABLE, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL
WRAP THIS UP BY THE END OF THE
YEAR?
ARE YOU EVEN PUTTING A TIMETABLE
ON THIS OR COULD IT STRETCH
LONGER, GIVEN WHAT WEVE SEEN IN
PAST SELECT COMMITTEES THAT HAVE
GONE ON IN SOME INSTANCES FOR
YEARS?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY
DIFFICULT TO GET ALL THE WORK
DONE THAT WE NEED TO BY THE END
OF THE YEAR.
THAT WOULD BE JUST A MATTER OF
MONTHS.
SO I DONT THINK THATS VERY
PRACTICAL, BUT WE DO HAVE A
SENSE OF URGENCY.
WE WANT TO GET THIS DONE AS
QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
PART OF IT WILL DEPEND ON HOW