>> Opposition is nearly
unanimous from house Republicans
that have attacked the work as a
legitimate and politically
motivated.
Lisa spoke earlier with a member
of the Republican leadership for
his reaction.
>> Jim banks was Kevin
Mccarthy's leader.
House speaker Nancy Pelosi
blocked his appointment.
They also chaired the Republican
study committee.
And representative banks joins
me now.
How do you see the hearing last
night and the work that the
committee is doing?
>> Last night was no different
from what we have seen before.
It was a political exercise that
was focused more on the
Democrats obsession with Donald%
Trump than anything at all about
capital security or
investigating the events that
led up to January 6 so we can
prevent something like that from
ever happening again.
I was disappointed there were
not pacific westerns and issues
raised last night as there has
been throughout all of the
activities that addresses the
concerns of rank and file
capitol police officers who tell
me that they weren't prepared
for what happened because of a
break and how intelligence was
gathered and disseminated.
They weren't equipped to because
they had outdated, faulty, and
expired equipment.
And they weren't trained for a
riot at the capitol.
Those of the types of answers
that if I were the ranking
member, that's what we would've
focused on.
>> I know you're leading a
separate investigation and we
look forward to what you want to
look at and the security
concerns.
I want you to answer the main
thrust of what the January 6
committee is saying here.
They are charging president
trump was central to what they
call a multistep conspiracy to
overturn the election results
and in causing January 6 itself.
Does president trump there any
responsibility?
>> Last night, what you saw, was
a series of selectively edited
interviews he had they recorded
all of these interviews but did
not present the American people
with any evidence that actually
shows Donald Trump directed the
attack on the capital.
They didn't present it because
they don't have it.
I can't get over that and the
president's speech that day, he
told his supporters to go down
to the capital and patriotically
and peacefully make your voice
heard.
There has never been evidence
brought forward that shows he
did anything other than that.
He did not directly attack or
tell people to attack the
capital or break into the
capital.
There is no evidence he did
that.
>> I do hear your words that he
did not direct an attack on the
capital.
He did not say please go break
into the U.S. Capitol.
We are a place where we can have
room for nuance and we are
careful with wording.
Does he bear any responsibility?
>> I can't get past the lines in
his speech where he told his
supporters to go down to the
capital and peacefully and
patriotically make your voice
heard.
What I love about Washington,
D.C., is a place where you can
go protest and make your voice
heard.
Exercise your constitutional
rights.
A lot of people came to
Washington, D.C., who came to
support a president.
I have those same concerns.
Because of covid leading up to
election day, people were upset.
They came to Washington to
register that.
That is very American for people
to do that.
There were people that broke
into the capital and were
violent and they should be
prosecuted.
The FBI has arrested hundreds of
them as they should.
They should be held to a very
high standard.
>> Liz Cheney said last night to
those defending president trump
that there will be a day when
president trump is gone, but
your dishonor will remain.
She believes this is a real
danger to the country.
How do you reflect on the
longer-term implications higher
than your duty to your party.
>> He will be the arbiter of
whether I keep -- the select
committee has already been
caught.
They doctored and alter text
from Jim Jordan.
It was very theatrical the way
that the committee hearing was
conducted last night.
They selectively edited pieces
and parts of the interview and
that is dishonorable.
It is dishonorable that this
wasn't a bipartisan effort to
get the facts and findings.
There have been 100,000 pages of
evidence and they only
selectively offered the American
people a very small part of it.
And to me, that ultimately is
very dishonorable.
>> Do you agree there was no
significant fraud in the 2020
election?
>> I base my vote to object on
how states conducted the
election without the approval of
their state legislatures.
I believe it deserved greater
scrutiny and debate.
I have never once talked about a
stolen election.
It was about the way that states
, using covid as an excuse, went
to all mail-in ballots.
With how ballots were collected
on election day without the
approval of the state
legislature.
>> You are not seeing the