>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH ONE OF THE
4R50EDERS ON THE JANUARY 6th IMAGINE PANEL, CONGRESSMAN JAMIE
RASKIN.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING WE HEARD ON THE LAST HEARING IS,
I KNOW MYSELF AND MANY PEOPLE I HAVE SPOKEN TO WHO WATCHED IT
WERE AFFECTED, EMOTIONALLY AFFECTED BY LEARNING THAT THE
SECRET SERVICE WANTED TO CONTACT, WAS TRYING TO CONTACT
THEIR FAMILIES TO SAY GOOD-BYE BECAUSE THEY FEARED FOR THEIR
OWN LIVES.
YOU GUYS HAD THIS INFORMATION LONG BEFORE WE DO, WHAT WAS THE
AFFECT OR WERE YOU AFFECTED THE WAY WE WERE BY HEARING THAT
INFORMATION.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY, NONE OF US WERE SURPRISED BECAUSE THE EXACT
STAIM THING WAS GOING ON ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.
EVERYBODY WAS CALLING THEIR SPOUSES, THEIR KIDS, THEIR
PARENTS SO SAY GOOD-BYE.
ALL OF US HAD ASSUMED IF ONE PERSON HAD SHOW GOTTEN TO THE
CAPITOL AND HAD ELUDED THE SECURITY THAT WE HAVE WITHOUT A
BACKGROUND SCREENING, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH METAL DETECTORS,
THAT PERSON WOULD BE SMOT ON-SITE, BUT INSTEAD WE HAD
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DESCEND UPON THE CAPITOL AND MOST PEOPLE WERE
CONVINCED SOMEBODY WITH TAKE OUT AN AR-15.
AND WE HAD DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES UP IN THE GALLERY WHO CRAWLED
OVER TO THE REPUBLICAN SIDE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD
BE SAFER OVER THERE.
THAT NIGHT, IF A GUNMAN SHOWED UP PEOPLE WERE TAKING OFF THE
PINS WE HAVE STO GET US IN THE BUILDING SO WE WOULDN'T BE
RECOGNIZED.
WHEN WE HEARD THAT THE SECRET SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WERE
CALLING THEIR FAMILIES, ALL OF US DID BECAUSE THE SAME THING
WAS HAPPENING.
HI MY DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW WITH ME THAT NIGHT.
AND IT WAS AN OBJECTIVELY TERRIFYING SITUATION.
>> Stephen: WHEN DID Y'ALL FIND THE FOOTAGE OF JOSH HUH
LeTAMPERING WITH THE FOREST CREATURE OF THE-- .
>> THERE IS LOTS MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
>> Stephen: I THINK AMERICA IS CRYING FOR A SEQUEL THERE.
>> YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT GETS ME AND THE REASON THAT I
FELT-- THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE EGGING-- 7-- STORMING THE
U.S. CAPITOL.
AND (APPLAUSE)
THEN LATER DENYING THE WHOLE THING, MINIMIZING, DONALD TRUMP
HAS GIVEN THEM-- ORDERS WHEN HE SAID OH, YOU KNOW, HIS CROWD
GREETED THE POLICE OFFICERS WITH HUGS AND KISSES WHICH IS
PRESUMABLY HOW 150 OF THEM ENDED UP WOUNDED, INJURED IN THE
HOSPITAL WITH BROKEN ARMS, LEGS, CONFUSION-- CON TEUTION,
CONCUSSIONS, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, AND NOW POST TRAUMATIC
STRESS SYNDROME.
I MEAN THIS IS REAL LIFE AND FOR DONALD TRUMP IT'S A BIG JOKE.
>> Stephen: NOW THE SECRET SERVICE CANNOT FIND THEIR TEXT
TO EACH OTHER AND THEY SENT ONE TEXT, WHICH ALMOST SEEMS LIKE
[BLEEP] YOU.
IF YOU WILL PARDON THE EXPRESSION.
IT IS INSULTING TO SEND ONE TEXT.
>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT ONE TEXT IN A DAY.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> THE SECRET SERVICE SAID OH YEAH, BIG MISTAKE, OOPSY DAISY,
WE CAN'T FIND THEM.
DO YOU BUY THEIR EXPLANATION AT ALL.
>> IS IT FOR SALE?
I DON'T-- I DON'T REALLY BUY THAT FOR ONE MINUTE.
BUT ONE THING, ISN'T IT A LITTLE ODD THAT ALL OF THE TEXTS WOULD
VANISH FOR JANUARY 6th AND JANUARY 5th.
OF ALL THE DAYS, WHAT AN ODD COINCIDENCE THAT IS.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A PREPLANNED MIGRATION OF THE
PHONES THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON THE SAME DAY AS THE FIRST
VIOLENT INSURRECTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY?
SO I AM A LITTLE DUBIOUS OF THAT.
SO COUNT ME A SKEPTIC OF THAT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT EVERYBODY WHO HAS TRIED TO HIDE
A FACT AND HIDE THE TRUTH FROM THIS COMMITTEE HAS GOTTEN HIS OR
HER COMEUPPANCE BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE COMING FORWARD
TO TELL THE TRUTH ALL THE TIME.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: AT THE END OF THE HEARING REPRESENTATIVE CHENEY
SAID THE DAMN IS BREAKING, GIVE US A SENSE OF THE AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION YOU ARE GETTING.
IS THIS A FLOOD, THE HOOVER DAM BUSTED OPEN OR A TRICKLE SORT OF
LIKE A-- .
>> WELL, WE TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF WITNESSES.
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF WITNESSES.
WE HAVE UNHADS OF THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS.
THIS IS NOT ONLY THE FIRST VIOLENT INSURRECTION INCITED AND
ORGANIZED BY A PRESIDENT T IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS PRETTY
MUCH-- INSTANTANEOUSLY BY EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE WE HAVE
REMARKABLE DOCUMENTATION OF EXACTLY WHAT HATCHED.
THIS ISN'T EXACTLY LIKE ANING A THAT CHRIS TREE MYSTERY, WE KNOW
WHO DONE IT, FROM THE BEGINNING.
BUT THE REASON IT HAS BEEN SO GRIPPING FOR PEOPLE IS TO
ACTUALLY SEE SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY THING UNFOLD AS A
PLAN TO OVERTHROW THE WORLD'S FIRST MODERN DEM OCTOBER
SEEVMENT AND THE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE IT, DONALD TRUMP
WILL BE ON HIS OWN AT THE END OF THIS.
THE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH MORE CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN, EVERYBODY.