(APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: HEY EVERYBODY,
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN.
AS A CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR, YOU TAUGHT CONSTITUTIONAL LAW FOR A
LONG TIME.
WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO HARD TO HOLD THIS ONE OBVIOUSLY
GUILTY MAN ACCOUNTABLE GIVEN THAT ARE YOU ALSO AN
IMPEACHMENT-- LEADER OF THE SECOND IMPEACHMENT.
DID THE FOUNDERS SHANK IT IN HOW THEY SET UP THE CHECKS AND
BALANCES.
OR ARE THE OTHER BRANCHES SHANKING IT RIGHT NOW OUT OF
FEEFER?
>> NO I THINK HE'S GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.
I MEAN ES REAL ESTATE FROM THIS CITY.
HE'S FROM NEW YORK.
AND HE'S BEEN A CONMAN AND AN OPERATOR FOR A LONG TIME.
AND HE OPERATES LIKE THE BEST OF THE CRIME BOSSES WHICH IS HE
ALWAYS INSULATES HIMSELF WITH SEVERAL LAYERS OF LAWYER AND
MONEY AND FLUNKIES BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THAT WHICH HE ORDERS
TO BE DONE.
SO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT SO MANY THINGS, TRUMP UNIVERSE AND
YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL THE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS
AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
IT IS AMAZING, HE IS LIKE HUGH DIN HE-- HOUDINI THE WAY HE GETS
OUT OF IT.
BUT I THINK HE MET HIS MATCH WITH BENNY THOMPSON, LIZ CHENEY
AND THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE.
(APPLAUSE) MANY PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED WITH
THE SPEED AT WHICH MER RICK GARLAND IS BRINGING CHARGES,
EVEN BASED UPON THE CRIMINAL REFERRALS GIVEN BY THE JANUARY
6th COMMITTEE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MERRICK GARLAND SAY NOTHING PERSON IS
ABOVE THE LAW.
WE DON'T MAKE OUR INVESTIGATIONS PUBLIC AND WE HAVE TO GET THIS
RIGHT.
HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THAT.
>> I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT.
I SHOULD START BY SAYING MERRICK GARLAND IS MY CONSTITUENT AND I
DON'T BROWBEAT MY CONSTITUENTS.
SO YOU KNOW.
>> EVERY VOTE COUNTS.
>> EVERY VOTE COUNTS INDEED, THIS IS THE SEASON TO REMEMBER
THAT.
LOOK, THEY HAVE MORE THAN 850 CASES ALREADY FOR ASSAULTING
FEDERAL OFFICERS, FOR DESTROYING FEDERAL PROPERTY.
FOR REFUSING TO LEAVE, FOR SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE
GOVERNMENT.
I KNOW EVERYBODY IS IMPATIENT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE IT GO
ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.
BUT THIS ST HOW ORGANIZATIONED CRIME INVESTIGATIONS WORK.
YOU START AT THE BOTTOM WITH THE LITTLE FISH AND YOU KEEP
FLIPPING PEOPLE UNTIL YOU GETS UP TO THE STOP.
AND IF YOU ARE WITH DR. KING, YOU KNOW, THE ARC OF THE MORAL
UNIVERSE IS LONG BUT IT BENDS TOWARDS JUSTICE AND DONALD TRUMP
SHOULD REMEMBER THAT.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: I WANT IT A LITTLE BEND YER I WANT IT A LITTLE BEND
YER IF IT IS OKAY WITH ME ASKING YOU ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL LIFE AND
YOUR FAMILY, YOU EXPERIENCED, YOUR WHOLE FARYDGES YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY EXPERIENCED DEEP SUFFERING IN THE WINTER AFTER
THE ELECTION, AND BEFORE JANUARY 6th.
THE LOSS OF YOUR SON TOM.
AND A WEEK LATER THE INSURRECTION.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAID THAT WHICH HURTS CONSTRUCTS AND I'M
WONDERING HOW YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND THE SEEMING
SUFFERING THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE GONE THROUGH HAS
INSTRUCTED THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE?
>> WELL, TOMMY RASKIN WAS A MAGICAL YOUNG MAN.
HE WAS A PLAYWRIGHT, HE WAS A COMIC.
HE WAS A STUDENT AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL.
HE IS A GREAT POET, HE WAS A PASSIONATE VEGAN WHO CONVERTED
MORE PEOPLE TO NOT EATING MEAT THAN ANYBODY I EVER MET IN MY
LIFE.
AND HE WANTED A LOT MORE FROM DEMOCRACY.
NOT A LOT LESS FROM DEMOCRACY.
AND SO YOU KNOW, WHEN SPEAKER PELOSI ASKED ME TO LEAD THE
IMPEACHMENT TEAM OVER IN THE SENATE, SHE KIND OF THREW ME A
LFELINE AS I SEE IT.
BECAUSE I WASN'T EATING AND I WASN'T SLEEPING AND I DIDN'T
KNOW WHETHER I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING OF VALUE EVER AGAIN
IN MY CAREER.
BUT SHE BASICALLY SAID WE NEED YOU.
AND WE NEED YOU TO HELP US RALLY.
AND I HAD TOMMY IN MY HEART, THE WHOLE TIME AND I STILL DO UNTIL
WE GET THROUGH IT.
PRAWS PLAWS.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY DEATH CAB FOR
CUTIE.