>>> AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW
SITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MAY
BE POSSIBLY IMPLICATED IN THE
PLANNING OF JANUARY 6, THOSE
MEMBERS ARE STILL IN CONGRESS
RIGHT NOW.
MANY ARE STILL OUT THERE
PROPAGATING A LIE THE ELECTION
WAS STOLEN.
OTHERS ARE ON THE FLOOR OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
STARTING FIGHTS.
LIKE LAST WEEK WHEN ACCORDING TO
JAMIE RASKIN, MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE SCREAMED AT LIZ CHENEY
FOLLOWING THE FLOOR VOTE TO HOLD
STEVE BANNON IN CONTEMPT.
THEREâ€™S A LINGERING QUESTION
HERE, WHICH IS WHAT ARE WE DOING
HERE?
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT
THIS?
YESTERDAY, AOC SAID THAT --
THERE IS A RESOLUTION IN
CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE AND
EXPEL MEMBERS WHO HELPED INCITE
THE INSURRECTION.
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE, HE JOINS ME NOW.
ITâ€™S GOOD TO HAVE YOU,
CONGRESSMAN.
THE, I THINK THEREâ€™S A KEY DISTINCTION, CONGRESSWOMAN USES
DISTINCTION, CONGRESSWOMAN USES
PLANNING IN THAT TWEET.
CORIâ€™S BUSH BUSHâ€™S RESOLUTION SA
INCITEMENT.
HAS IT BEEN CLEARED BY MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS?
>> ITâ€™S GREAT TO BE ON YOUR SHOW
AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A FINE POINT
AND I THINK THAT THATâ€™S WHY ITâ€™S
SO IMPORTANT TO CONDUCT THE
INVESTIGATION THAT CORI BUSH AND
SO MANY OTHER COLLEAGUES CALLED
FOR EARLY THIS YEAR.
I APPRECIATE THE REPORTING DONE
BY ROLLING STONE.
OBVIOUSLY THERE NEEDS TO BE
FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND OF
COURSE THIS WAS THE ENTIRE POINT
OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE, WHICH
WE HAD HOPED WOULD BE DONE ON A
BIPARTISAN BASIS EARLIER THIS
YEAR, BUT WE COULDNâ€™T GET ENOUGH
SUPPORT FROM OUR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES IN THE UNITED STATES
SENATE TO DO A SIMPLE BIPARTISAN
INVESTIGATION OF WHAT HAPPENED
ON JANUARY 6th.
THATâ€™S WHY YOUâ€™RE SEEING
DEMOCRATS LEAD THE WAY.
ISSUE SUBPOENAS THAT ARE
UNCOVERING DAY BY DAY THE KIND
OF INFORMATION THAT WE ARE
SEEING REPORTED IN ROLLING
STONE.
>> BUT EXPULSION FROM CONGRESS,
THE 14th AMEND EMTMENT ALLOWS FO
BECAUSE THEY WERE DEALING WITH
THE IDEA OF TRAITORS TO THE
COUNTRY, INSURRECTIONISTS
SERVING IN CONGRESS.
THATâ€™S CONTEMPLATED IN THE 14th
AMENDMENT.
YOU KNOW, ITâ€™S OBVIOUSLY AN
INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC STEP.
ITâ€™S BEEN CONTESTED BEFORE THE
SUPREME COURT.
TAKE ME THROUGH YOUR THINKING
ABOUT WHAT THAT THRESHOLD SHOULD
BE.
>> WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT VERY
SERIOUSLY.
LETâ€™S BE CLEAR, JANUARY 6th WAS
AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO STOP THE
CERTIFICATION OF THAT FREE AND
FAIR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LAST
NOVEMBER.
AND OF COURSE, IT WAS AN EVENT,
A VIOLENT INSURRECTION THAT
NEARLY TOOK MY LIFE AND THE
LIVES OF SO MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES AND OF COURSE STAFF
PERSONS AT THE CAPITOL,
INCLUDING THE CAPITOL POLICE.
SO WEâ€™VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
I REALIZE THAT ITâ€™S BEEN A FEW
MONTHS SINCE IT HAPPENED BUT IT
IS NO LESS SERIOUS TODAY THAN IT
WAS ON JANUARY 6th ITSELF.
AND WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THROUGH
THIS INVESTIGATION BY THE SELECT
COMMITTEE AND INCREASINGLY
THROUGH PUBLIC REPORTING ON THAT
INVESTIGATION IS THAT THE FOLKS
WHO TRIED TO KILL US ON JANUARY
6th CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO
DOING SO, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO
CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO
OVERTHROWING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
EX
IT HAS TO BE ON THE TABLE.
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCES THAT CONGRESS CAN
BE ENGAGED IN AND IT IS
APPROPRIATE IN SUCH AN INSTANCE.
>> WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE OF
CAPITOL HILL RIGHT NOW ON THIS
QUESTION?
Iâ€™VE BEEN INTERVIEWING MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS.
IT WAS SO RAW AFTER JANUARY 6th.
THERE WAS THE FRANKNESS OVER THE
METAL DETECTORS ON THE FLOOR AND
THERE WAS THESE WORLD WRESTLING
INCIDENTS BY THE CAUCUS CON
CONFRONTING MEMBERS.
WHAT IS THIS LIKE NOW?
>> THE FACT IS, CHRIS, ITâ€™S BEEN
A TENSE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
DURATION OF THIS YEAR.
MANY OF US, AS YOUR EARLIER
GUESTS NOTED, HAVE BEEN
SUSPICIOUS OF OUR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES WHO WE KNOW FROM
THEIR PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND
GENERAL BEHAVIOR WERE AT A
MINIMUM SUPPORT OF WHAT HAPPENED
ON JANUARY 6th.
THE QUESTION IS, IN WHAT WAYS
DID THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT?
DID THEY INDEED PLAN OR HELP
PLAN THAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION?
AND SO I THINK THATâ€™S WHY YOUâ€™RE
SEEING A LOT OF FOLKS SAY WE
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS
REPORTING BY ROLLING STONE
TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE.
AND ITâ€™S WHY THE SELECT
COMMITTEE HAS TO CONTINUE TO DO
ITS IMPORTANT WORK.
WEâ€™VE GOT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THIS TO ENSURE THAT IT NEVER
HAPPENS AGAIN.
IF WE DONâ€™T HAVE A DEMOCRACY