RIGHT THERE, THAT GENTLEMAN RIGHT THERE YOU RECOGNIZE FROM
THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE. IT'S CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A SMALL BUT POWERFUL GROUP OF THE
REPUBLICANS WANT, AND KEVIN McCARTHY SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO
IS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE.
SO THAT'S IN SOME WAYS AN INVESTIGATION OF YOU.
YOU'RE ON OF THE PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE JANUARY 6
COMMITTEE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU
ALL DID, BY THE WAY.
OF A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE BEING USEFUL.
IF THEY SUBPOENAED YOU AND THEY ASKED YOU TO SHOW UP, WOULD YOU
DO IT? >> WELL, I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE, BUT I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF CONGRESS TO SUBPOENA,
EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN IGNORED
OUR SUBPOENA, I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF CONGRESS FOR OVERSIGHT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE TO OWN THAT.
BUT, LOOK, I'M HAPPY, I AM PROUD OF THE WORK THE COMMITTEE DID.
I'M HAPPY TO PUT THAT OUT. WE PUT ALL OF IT OUT FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SEE, AND YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE WHAT
INVESTIGATING TRUTH LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO
ACTUALLY TELL THE TRUTH AND RECOVER FROM A BAD MOMENT IN
DEMOCRACY, I WALK IN THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT STORY WE
CAN TELL AGAIN, CAN WHICH IS THERE ARE A LOT OF MEN AND WOMEN
THAT HELD THE LINE ON JANUARY 6, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ROT AND
LIES THAT LED TO THAT DAY. DEMOCRACIES AREN'T DEFINED BY
BAD DAYS. THEY'RE DEFINED BY HOW WE COME
BACK FROM THOSE BAD DAYS.
MISSED THE NUT OF YOUR ANSWER. THEY SUBPOENA, "YOU DO SHOW UP?
>> YEAH, THERE'S ALWAYS NUANCES. LIKE, I WANT IT TO BE A LEGAL
SUBPOENA. >> Stephen: YOU SUBPOENAED
THEM. YOU SUBPOENAED KEVIN
McCARTHY-- >> AND THEY DIDN'T BOTHER TO
SHOW UP. >> Stephen: AND MEADOWS.
>> RIGHT. >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LEGAL AND NONLEGAL SUBPOENA?
>> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW.
ONE'S LEGAL. I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, BUT
I KNOW THIS: I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.
THEY DID, OBVIOUSLY. >> Stephen: NOW MIGHT BE A
GOOD TIME TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN
YOUR HOME. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT JUST--
JUST-- PROBABLY DON'T, BUT I'D CHECK--
>> DO A QUICK SWEEP. >> Stephen: I'D CHECK MY
GARAGE JUST TO BE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
>> THAT'S REALLY GOOD. >> Stephen: LAST MONTH, THE
JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE HELD THEIR FINAL HEARING, AND WHAT IS THE
ONE PIECE OF THAT REPORT THAT YOU THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE
AWAY FROM? BECAUSE WE LEARNED SO MUCH OVER
THE COURSE OF THOSE SIX MONTHS. AND, AGAIN, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL
FOR RESTORING FAITH NAY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE THAT
ISN'T JUST A CIRCUS. BUT WE LEARNED SO MUCH, IF YOU
COULD CLEAR EVERYTHING AWAY AND JUST LEAVE US WITH ONE THING
WHAT WOULD IT BE? >> IF I COULD LEAVE WITH ONE
THING ON THAT, IT'S LESS ABOUT THE DAY OF JANUARY 6.
IT'S THE FACT THAT THERE WERE DECISIONS MADE PRIOR IN THE OVAL
OFFICE, IN THE POLITICAL CIRCLES-- EVERYWHERE-- THAT LED
TO A MOMENT WHEN HALF OF THE COUNTRY, IN ESSENCE, WAS
CONVINCED THAT AN ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
BY THE WAY, DEMOCRACY, SELF-GOVERNANCE CANNOT SURVIVE
IF YOU CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT THEIR VOTE DOESN'T COUNT BECAUSE
THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL UNREPRESENTED.
THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON THE IDEA OF BEING REPRESENTED.
SO THE ONE THING I WOULD LEAVE PEOPLE WITH IS THIS IS NOT A
MOMENT IN HISTORY. THIS IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE THAT WE
AS A COUNTRY HAVE TO TAKE HOLD OF, TELL THE TRUTH, FIGHT BY THE
RULES, AND THEN WE CAN SELF-GOVERN FOR THE REST OF THE
EXISTENCE WE HAVE HERE IN AMERICA.
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DID YOU GUYS GO OUT FOR DRINK? IT WAS LIKE JOB WELL DONE.
YOU AND LIZ CHENEY ARE OUT OF THERE.
AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE ALL WAITING FOR THEIR SUBPOENAS,
TOO. BUT YOU DID YOUR JOB IN AN
EXEMPLARY WAY. DID YOU GUYS-- I MEAN, I KNOW
IT'S A DARK SECRETARY-- >> IT WAS A UNIQUE MOMENT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU CELEBRATE IN ANY WAY.
>> IT WAS A UNIQUE MOMENT. WE GO INTO THE ANTE ROOM THE
ROOM WE COME OUT OF AND RETREAT TO.
WE'RE ALL STANDING AROUND AND USUALLY WE KIND OF GO OUR OWN
WAYS, AND THE GROUP WASN'T BREAKING UP.
AND I THINK THERE WAS KIND OF THIS FEELING OF THIS IS IT.
FOR ME, IT WAS MY LAST ACT AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, RIGHT, FOR
ABOUT HALF OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
SO IT WAS-- IT WAS-- IT WAS UNIQUE.
WE SAID SOME REALLY INTERESTING WORDS TO EACH OTHER ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF THIS, WHICH WE OF COURSE MEANT.
AND THEN WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS, AND I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND
HAD TO AIR THAT UP AND DRIVE HOME.
>> Stephen: YOU LITERALLY HAD A FLAT TIRE.
>> I LITERALLY HAD A FLAT TIRE. >> Stephen: THAT'S A METAPHOR
RIGHT THERE. >> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: YOU ALL REFERRED FOUR CHARGES TO THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT, OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT, HISTORIC, AS YOU
SAID. WHAT ARE--
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WHETHER THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY BRINGS THOSE CHARGES?
>> I THINK IT'S PRETTY-- I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE PRETTY GOOD
ODDS. >> Stephen: 2:1.
EVEN MONEY? >> LET'S CALL IT EVEN MONEY.
I THINK EVEN MONEY. NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT INCLUDES THE-- THAT'S
ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND I THINK THERE IS NO DOUBT, PARTICULARLY WHEN HE'S SITTING
IN THE OVAL OFFICE, TELL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE ACTING
ATTORNEY GENERAL, "JUST SAY THE ELECTION WAS THE STOLEN, JUST
SAY IT AND LEAVE THE REST TO ME AND THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN."
THAT IS AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT HE INTEND TO DO.
SO THIS IS A TOUGH THING FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVE,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PROVE INTENT.
THAT RIGHT THERE TO ME IS A VERY, VERY COMPELLING INTENT
AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK HERE, BUT WHEN WE COME
BACK, I WILL ASK THE CONGRESSMAN IF THERE'S STILL A MEANINGFUL
PLACE FOR HIM IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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