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speakers include bennie thompson and derek johnson. this is 15 minutes. >> today you will hear from the president and ceo, jeric johnson. -- derek johnson, congressman bennie thompson and representative of the second congressional district. the general counsel for the naacp and the partner and cool count -- cocounsel at -- as well. we will have opening remarks from each one of those participants and then at the end, at the conclusion, we will open the floor to any questions that you may have for our panelists. at this time i will turn it over to president johnson, the floor is yours. pres. johnson: thank you. i want to thank members of the press that joined us today. the naacp decided to engage in this matter after witnessing the horrific scenes. we understand the much -- most of the domestic terrorism is witnessed -- rooted in white supremacists -- white supremacism. african-americans have witnessed acts of violence for many decades. in fact, much of the domestic violence that we have seen over the years has taken place and has been r
speakers include bennie thompson and derek johnson. this is 15 minutes. >> today you will hear from the president and ceo, jeric johnson. -- derek johnson, congressman bennie thompson and representative of the second congressional district. the general counsel for the naacp and the partner and cool count -- cocounsel at -- as well. we will have opening remarks from each one of those participants and then at the end, at the conclusion, we will open the floor to any questions that you may...
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democrats control the house in the chair is bennie thompson. she's not officially the ranking member of the committee, but democrats are going to let her give an opening statement after the chair gives his opening statement. what do you you -- what do you think about that? caller: i'm not afraid of what she has to say. i do not agree with her and i never agreed with her father, but she's a patriot who believes in the constitution and i like the way she handles her self onto the press and i believe she is a woman of integrity and i want to hear what she has say. host: ok. danny is a republican from arizona. good morning to you, danny. go ahead. caller: how are you? host: doing well. your thoughts this morning? caller: yes, ma'am, the so-called select committee is a sham, for one thing. and i want to know if it will come out, who was the person that killed that young lady at the capitol that day. thank you. host: ok, shelley, louisiana, republican line. caller: good morning. the way i feel about this is they have two republicans on their committe
democrats control the house in the chair is bennie thompson. she's not officially the ranking member of the committee, but democrats are going to let her give an opening statement after the chair gives his opening statement. what do you you -- what do you think about that? caller: i'm not afraid of what she has to say. i do not agree with her and i never agreed with her father, but she's a patriot who believes in the constitution and i like the way she handles her self onto the press and i...
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benny thompson wants to presume guilty rather than and is sent as requires. undoubtedly records that included attorney-client privilege communications. they are just shredding the entire constitution and claiming it is us that doesn't support the constitution paired it's rather extraordinary. but tucker, i guess we shouldn't be surprised. this group that wants to advance a soviet communist style agenda, we shouldn't be surprised that they are using soviet style and tactics to do it. >> tucker: where is the white army here? where are the people -- obviously we can't comply with this, you can't allow -- the country does not belong to dick cheney's daughter, it belongs to americans purdue cannot allow them to eliminate our civil liberties. but our congressional republicans defend a new? they're about to win a big election. who is saying no, we're not going along with this? >> hopefully there will be some congressional republicans, but this is one of the problems with this committee. the resolution for the committee said 5 of 13 had to be appointed after constitu
benny thompson wants to presume guilty rather than and is sent as requires. undoubtedly records that included attorney-client privilege communications. they are just shredding the entire constitution and claiming it is us that doesn't support the constitution paired it's rather extraordinary. but tucker, i guess we shouldn't be surprised. this group that wants to advance a soviet communist style agenda, we shouldn't be surprised that they are using soviet style and tactics to do it. >>...
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it is interesting in part because benny thompson, he's a victim. he was at the capitol on january 6th as were other members of congress so they're saying former president trump interfered with their ability to do their duty. and so i think exactly what jessica just said, the question is will there be depositions. there are a lot of questions about what he did after the riot started. so after individuals had sieged the capitol. so i think this potentially could be a way that a lot of additional information and evidence gets brought to light. >> it is very interesting because often the question of standing comes into play when a member of congress brings a lawsuit and this is a very different situation as you lay out. talk to me about what this means in the short-term and long-term for trump and giuliani? what does it mean if they're going to be subject to deposition? what does it mean if they could be subject to discovery? >> reporter: so i think the first question and legal defense will be donald trump will walk in and say and i was acting in my of
it is interesting in part because benny thompson, he's a victim. he was at the capitol on january 6th as were other members of congress so they're saying former president trump interfered with their ability to do their duty. and so i think exactly what jessica just said, the question is will there be depositions. there are a lot of questions about what he did after the riot started. so after individuals had sieged the capitol. so i think this potentially could be a way that a lot of additional...
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congressman bennie thompson, help me out with this. we just got word that there is a decision on the situation involving president trump's exercise of privilege. trump will lose this round. federal judge tanya chutkin has ruled the u.s. house select committee should have access to records from his presidency about january 6th. here's a quote from the holding. the court holds that the public interest lies in permeitting, nt enjoining the combined will of the legislative and executive branches to study the events that led to and occurred on january 6th and to consider legislation to prevent such events from ever occurring again. a 39-page opinion. that's the crux. the national archives is set to begin turning key trump white house records over to theous on friday. how big of a decision is this for you? what do you believe is to be gained from these documents? >> well, it's a big deal. we have a lot of information we have requested. we're now, based on a judge's decision, that donald trump brought the lawsuit. we fought him in court. we h
congressman bennie thompson, help me out with this. we just got word that there is a decision on the situation involving president trump's exercise of privilege. trump will lose this round. federal judge tanya chutkin has ruled the u.s. house select committee should have access to records from his presidency about january 6th. here's a quote from the holding. the court holds that the public interest lies in permeitting, nt enjoining the combined will of the legislative and executive branches to...
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you heard committee chair benny thompson said nothing is off limits. do you think he'd go as far as to call donald trump to testify? >> i think he would. i served on the house committee back in 2010 with benny thompson. i thought he was very fair. he works very closely with john cat koe, who's the ranking republican. i do think benny thompson will go where the facts lead him. they're going to ask hard questions. anything is on the table right now. i wouldn't be surprised if members of congress could be asked to testify before this select committee in the event they had any role with some of the insurrectionists. i hope they didn't, but it's a real possibility. i think benny thompson will pull the trigger if he has to. >> opinions seem to be so baked in on what happened on january 6th for so many americans. is there anyway these hearings can break through that? >> we certainly hope so. this committee will have added credibility if the democrats defer to cheney and kinzinger who can set a proper tone for these proceedings and make these as nonpartisan as
you heard committee chair benny thompson said nothing is off limits. do you think he'd go as far as to call donald trump to testify? >> i think he would. i served on the house committee back in 2010 with benny thompson. i thought he was very fair. he works very closely with john cat koe, who's the ranking republican. i do think benny thompson will go where the facts lead him. they're going to ask hard questions. anything is on the table right now. i wouldn't be surprised if members of...
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chairman, bennie thompson. always great to have you on the show. joining me is congresswoman robin kelly of illinois. she chairs the congress black caucus's health subcommittee. congresswoman, let me get right to it with you. the latest racial breakdown of fully vaccinated people show that while whites are overrepresented compared to their share of the population, everyone else is still lacking behind, with black and hispanic folk trailing the most. is this the best time, based on that, for the new cdc guidelines on masking? >> you know, i think that we just have to double town on making sure that black and brown folks get their vaccinations. last week the congress black caucus had our gotv, get out the vaccines, to try to get more people to get vaccines. it's a little concerning to me. i was out and i'm still wearing my mask, quite frankly. i would encourage people, if they're going to be in an environment with a lot of people, to definitely still wear their masks. but we have to do better and convince people that they have to get their vaccines.
chairman, bennie thompson. always great to have you on the show. joining me is congresswoman robin kelly of illinois. she chairs the congress black caucus's health subcommittee. congresswoman, let me get right to it with you. the latest racial breakdown of fully vaccinated people show that while whites are overrepresented compared to their share of the population, everyone else is still lacking behind, with black and hispanic folk trailing the most. is this the best time, based on that, for the...
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now it's pleasure to yield as i announce the chairmanship of this committee, chairman bennie thompson of mississippi. a person who has fought such a long time to call to the attention of the american people the issue of domestic terrorism. we are very proud of his service and his leadership on that committee and very honored that he has agreed to serve as the chair of the select committee. mr. thompson. mr. thompson: thank you very much, madam speaker and i thank you for your steadfast commitment to getting to the truth behind the january 6 domestic terrorist attack on the capitol. next week will mark six months since the world watched in horror as americans violently stormed the citadel of our democracy to stop congress from carrying out its constitutional duty. with the presidential election. over the last six months, at every turn you have been laser focused on doing whatever it takes to get to the bottom and deliver the truth to the american people. you met with republicans more than halfway in an effort to stand up in a bipartisan independent commission. the reason i say that is
now it's pleasure to yield as i announce the chairmanship of this committee, chairman bennie thompson of mississippi. a person who has fought such a long time to call to the attention of the american people the issue of domestic terrorism. we are very proud of his service and his leadership on that committee and very honored that he has agreed to serve as the chair of the select committee. mr. thompson. mr. thompson: thank you very much, madam speaker and i thank you for your steadfast...
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thompson led the floor debate along with his co-chair, liz cheney. cheney called out her republican colleagues and specifically kevin mccarthy during her remarks. >> my colleagues in the republican party, the republican members of this body, have to understand, have to recognize that there's a moment when politics must stop if we want to defend and protect our institutions. a violent assault on the capitol to stop a constitutional process
thompson led the floor debate along with his co-chair, liz cheney. cheney called out her republican colleagues and specifically kevin mccarthy during her remarks. >> my colleagues in the republican party, the republican members of this body, have to understand, have to recognize that there's a moment when politics must stop if we want to defend and protect our institutions. a violent assault on the capitol to stop a constitutional process
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at this time i will turn it over to congressman bennie thompson for any remarks on the recent federal lawsuit. the floor his ears, sir. rep. thompson: thank you i appreciate the partnership with the naacp in this effort. as you know i was one of those members of congress who was in the gallery at the time of the electoral votes were being counted. i was performing what i viewed as my congressional duties. and after all of this i was asked to vote on approval. in the interim, obviously, this insurrection occurred. i did not know what was going on. it was clear to me that, as a spectatora behind me was. security was running-- was happening. security was running. the vice president was shuffled out of the area. the speaker, minority leader, the majority leader, the majority whip, everybody had a security detail was escorted out of the facility. and members of congress who didn't had to remain in the gallery to don gas masks and basically what we thought was to fend for ourselves because we really did not know what was going on. so, it was the effort around trying to find out what is goin
at this time i will turn it over to congressman bennie thompson for any remarks on the recent federal lawsuit. the floor his ears, sir. rep. thompson: thank you i appreciate the partnership with the naacp in this effort. as you know i was one of those members of congress who was in the gallery at the time of the electoral votes were being counted. i was performing what i viewed as my congressional duties. and after all of this i was asked to vote on approval. in the interim, obviously, this...
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today that committee's chairman, congressman bennie thompson who you see here, he's also head of the homeland security committee. today he sent out sprawling demands for documents and communications to all these different agencies, demands that are impressive in their scope. for example, from the national archives, they are demanding trump white house records and communications basically anything and everything that happened on january 6th, the day of the capitol attack. congresswoman liz cheney, one of the two republicans on this committee, had previewed that the committee should try to obtain records from the white house about every communication, every movement of any principal in the white house on the day of january 6th. they are indeed doing that. but they're also demanding records not just from january 6th but for days, weeks, and in some cases months leading up to it about, quote, planning by the white house and others for legal or other strategies to delay, halt or otherwise impede the electoral count. that's, for example, where the -- sidney powell and rudy giuliani communi
today that committee's chairman, congressman bennie thompson who you see here, he's also head of the homeland security committee. today he sent out sprawling demands for documents and communications to all these different agencies, demands that are impressive in their scope. for example, from the national archives, they are demanding trump white house records and communications basically anything and everything that happened on january 6th, the day of the capitol attack. congresswoman liz...
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i want to get out of here so you talk to bennie thompson and liz cheney. go. >> thank you. tonight mark meadows became the second white house chief of staff in history to be accused of a crime. before mark meadows, the first and only white house chief of staff accused of a crime was also a republican. in 1974 president nixon's criminal chief of staff bob haldeman, was charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury. he was convicted and sentenced to federal prison. mark meadows was a years old during the first criminal prosecution of a white house chief of staff. so mark meadows learned nothing from the example of bob haldeman. and so tonight a second republican white house chief of staff stands accused of a crime. >> mark meadows has committed a crime, in this case a premeditated one. he thought carefully about his actions and actively chose to stonewall, which you can clearly see in his back and forth with the select committee. >> the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol agreed tonight that mark meadows committed the crime
i want to get out of here so you talk to bennie thompson and liz cheney. go. >> thank you. tonight mark meadows became the second white house chief of staff in history to be accused of a crime. before mark meadows, the first and only white house chief of staff accused of a crime was also a republican. in 1974 president nixon's criminal chief of staff bob haldeman, was charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury. he was convicted and sentenced to federal prison. mark...
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your chairman bennie thompson says more subpoenas are coming. the committee has already heard from what, more than 150 people so far. who do you still need to hear from? >> well, actually, we've heard from close to 200 witnesses. we have received close to 25,000 documents. more than 200 tips from our -- received through our tip line. and the chairman is right. there will be more subpoenas. i have vowed not to identify who we're going to subpoena until those subpoenas are issued but we want to foond out all the information about what led up to the riot. the insurrection on the 6th so that we can determine what steps, whether it's legislative or administrative to prevent this from ever happening again. >> without mentioning names, and i certainly understand your reluctance to mention names before subpoenas are actually issued, could you at least give us an indication where these subpoenas, these individuals, where they are, what they were doing? are they from the white house? were they working elsewhere? >> we've had people from the trump administ
your chairman bennie thompson says more subpoenas are coming. the committee has already heard from what, more than 150 people so far. who do you still need to hear from? >> well, actually, we've heard from close to 200 witnesses. we have received close to 25,000 documents. more than 200 tips from our -- received through our tip line. and the chairman is right. there will be more subpoenas. i have vowed not to identify who we're going to subpoena until those subpoenas are issued but we...
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what benny thompson, broke its most important news yet on live television. beginning with the chairman's announcement of upcoming televised hearings. what >> we are making self-progress. and before too long, we will be out in the open. we will have public hearings. we will tell the story to the american people. but we won't do it -- we will do it when we can tell the story all at once from start to finish. not leaving anyone guessing. and not allowing it to fade into the memories of last week's news. this story is too important. sticks are too high. we have to do this job right. >> chairman thompson, then gave republican vice chair, liz cheney, the opportunity to reveal a series of text messages to mark meadows on january six from donald trump junior who was desperately trying to get his father to do something about the attack on the capitol. well >> as the violence continued, one of the president son, texted mr. meadows. quote, he's got to condemn this sit asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough. donald trump jr. texted. meadows responded, quote, i am
what benny thompson, broke its most important news yet on live television. beginning with the chairman's announcement of upcoming televised hearings. what >> we are making self-progress. and before too long, we will be out in the open. we will have public hearings. we will tell the story to the american people. but we won't do it -- we will do it when we can tell the story all at once from start to finish. not leaving anyone guessing. and not allowing it to fade into the memories of last...
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in chairman bennie thompson. they came to gathering up bipartisan way. >> let me follow up on that point. you mentioned, spent? , republican of new york who worked on this bipartisan agreement. the looming question is whether or not the republican leader in the house, kevin mccarthy, will go along with his plan. what are you hearing from your gop collects. >> it is split. last week was on a good week for the republican congress -- conference, because the whole cheney thing makes this worse. they are sort of purging anyone who shows any independence and that is not a good look for the party. politics is about addition, not subtraction. attic republicans make a mistake when they start pushing people out instead of bringing people and. however, i will say is a former hard-core conservative congressman, it is an leader mccarthy's best interest to do this. it really is. go ahead. independently look at this. document this. no form of the changes. then you do not have to be so much on the defense of all the time. part o
in chairman bennie thompson. they came to gathering up bipartisan way. >> let me follow up on that point. you mentioned, spent? , republican of new york who worked on this bipartisan agreement. the looming question is whether or not the republican leader in the house, kevin mccarthy, will go along with his plan. what are you hearing from your gop collects. >> it is split. last week was on a good week for the republican congress -- conference, because the whole cheney thing makes...
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congressman bennie thompson h bringing the special meeting into session tonight. >> let me start by saying that it gives me no joy that i have been forced to call this meeting.e i think my colleagues feel the same way. c expectation of this committee is that all witnesses will cooperate with our at investigation. witnesses who have been subpoenaed, have a legal obligation to do so. and when you think about what we are investigating, a violent attack on the seat of our democracy, perpetrated by fellow citizens on our constitution, a, attempt to stop the certification of an election, at it's shocking to me, shocking that anyone would not do anything in their power to assist our investigation. while we don't know all the facts, we do know that there was a powerful push to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. americans have been and continue to be lied to about that. we know that ultimately there was a violent attack that interfered with the peaceful transfer of power from one president to another. o we know that lies about the outcome of that election haven't gone away. and n
congressman bennie thompson h bringing the special meeting into session tonight. >> let me start by saying that it gives me no joy that i have been forced to call this meeting.e i think my colleagues feel the same way. c expectation of this committee is that all witnesses will cooperate with our at investigation. witnesses who have been subpoenaed, have a legal obligation to do so. and when you think about what we are investigating, a violent attack on the seat of our democracy,...
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i know bennie thompson. they are not going to roll over bennie thompson. he is a real patriot. he's from mississippi. he has made the kind of commitment to keep this country together. he's not going to allow anybody, whoever thinking whatever their privileges may be, to run over this commission, bennie is a bigger and better man than that. that's why nancy pelosi put him there. she knows bennie thompson as well. >> congressman jim clyburn, thank you for joining us. have a good rest of your day. >> thank you. >>> josh, good to see you once again. talk me through -- as i was just speaking with the congressman about the president's upcoming speech on tuesday, could featsably dictate what happens in the midterm elections, considering where they go on voting rights. talk me through what we know so far about what the president expects to put out there. >> we know president biden is expecting to give a speech on what will be on protecting the, quote, sacred constitutional right to vote. that iconic symbol of american liberty and independence as the backdrop to make the case that ameri
i know bennie thompson. they are not going to roll over bennie thompson. he is a real patriot. he's from mississippi. he has made the kind of commitment to keep this country together. he's not going to allow anybody, whoever thinking whatever their privileges may be, to run over this commission, bennie is a bigger and better man than that. that's why nancy pelosi put him there. she knows bennie thompson as well. >> congressman jim clyburn, thank you for joining us. have a good rest of...
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congresswoman sheila jackson lee, congressional black caucus parliamentarian, congressman bennie thompson, chair homeland security. welcome and thank you for being here virtually. the witnesses will be recognized for five minutes each to give an oral presentation of their testament. i asked that you respect the witnesses time by ending your oral testimony timely. without objection the witnesses written statements will be made a part of the record. at this time i recognize the distinguished gentleman from south carolina, majority whip, former congressional black caucus chairman and our later, congressman james clyburn for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chair. i hope i unmuted myself successful. thanks for your significant leadership and thanks for calling this hearing today. it is very, very important to our starting a a new congressa new presidency on what my good friend al sharpton recalled, a good foot. since last wednesday's events i have reflected on dr. martin luther king jr.'s last book, where do we go from here? chaos or community. that profound book written in 1967 co
congresswoman sheila jackson lee, congressional black caucus parliamentarian, congressman bennie thompson, chair homeland security. welcome and thank you for being here virtually. the witnesses will be recognized for five minutes each to give an oral presentation of their testament. i asked that you respect the witnesses time by ending your oral testimony timely. without objection the witnesses written statements will be made a part of the record. at this time i recognize the distinguished...
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and you hear the chairman, bennie thompson, has brought the committee to order. let's listen. >> the select committee is meeting this evening to consider a report on a resolution recommending that the house of representative find jeffrey clark in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena dually issued by the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. without objection, the chair's authorized to declare the committee in recess at any time. i'll now recognize myself for an opening statement. i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. that's a part of the oath my colleagues and i took at the beginning of this congress and in years past. when we were sworn in as representatives in part of this oath, all of our staff members take, every person who serves this country in uniform, civil servants, and appointees across our government. and it's part of the oath jeffrey clark swore the last time he was an assistant attorney general at the united states department of justice, of all places, to
and you hear the chairman, bennie thompson, has brought the committee to order. let's listen. >> the select committee is meeting this evening to consider a report on a resolution recommending that the house of representative find jeffrey clark in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena dually issued by the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. without objection, the chair's authorized to declare the committee in recess at...
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i'm joined by the democrat chairman of the house homeland security committee, bennie thompson. congressman, walk me through who is it -- it's a ten person commission, five appointed by republicans, five by democrats. who is eligible to be on the commission and who is not? >> i will make it easy. no sitting member of congress is eligible to participate on the commission. we want to look at law enforcement, civil rights, other individuals who might have an interest in what went on on january 6th. specifically, no member of congress can sit. >> and subpoena power, it is what happens when there's a deadlock on a subpoena, if it's 5-5 or the chairman and vice chairman can't agree? >> it's a shared responsibility. it's a bipartisan commission. i'm anticipating very little challenges with respect to getting access to information. i personally supported the formation of the commission. and i think every other chairperson or agency here in this administration would be amenable to providing whatever information that we deem necessary the commission might need. >> you guys have come to th
i'm joined by the democrat chairman of the house homeland security committee, bennie thompson. congressman, walk me through who is it -- it's a ten person commission, five appointed by republicans, five by democrats. who is eligible to be on the commission and who is not? >> i will make it easy. no sitting member of congress is eligible to participate on the commission. we want to look at law enforcement, civil rights, other individuals who might have an interest in what went on on...
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joining us now live, is the chairman of the january 6th elect committee, congressman benny thompson of the great state of mississippi. mister chairman it's kind of you to make time for us. tonight thank you very much for being here. >> thank you for having me rachel. >> let me just ask, i've tried to sort of put in a nutshell, the grand scope, the large scope of these requests that you and your committee have made, today, is there anything i am misunderstanding about? it or anything i'm sort of misconstruing in terms of its importance? >> no, question you're right on point rachel. as you know, house bill 5:03 charged this committee to get to the facts and the circumstances behind january six, that means we need to find out, what caused it. those individuals who participated in it, and then create a model, to protect this democracy so nothing like this will ever happen again. we have a new mission committee, of a patriots on it. to make sure that we do just that, so the letter you have referred to, it is exhausting. it goes into great detail, the detail that we will need to do our job.
joining us now live, is the chairman of the january 6th elect committee, congressman benny thompson of the great state of mississippi. mister chairman it's kind of you to make time for us. tonight thank you very much for being here. >> thank you for having me rachel. >> let me just ask, i've tried to sort of put in a nutshell, the grand scope, the large scope of these requests that you and your committee have made, today, is there anything i am misunderstanding about? it or anything...
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i salute our chairman, benny thompson, and mr. katko, the ranking member. even though it was something that was bipartisan and yielded on many points to republicans in order to get bipartisanship, the leader of the republican party whipped and voted against the commission. we had the votes. 35 members on the republican side voted with us to send it to the senate. it was very hopeful we could pass it there. we had seven republican votes but not 10. we needed 10 to get up to 60. hopefully one day that will still -- that opportunity will still present itself. but because it was not possible in this time frame, last month we passed our legislation for a select committee. the select committee is bipartisan and it has a quorum and it will do the job it sets out to do and that is to investigate the causes and -- of what happened on january 6, to find out how it was organized, who paid for it, who messaged to get those people here for the assault on the capitol. as you well know over 100 people were injured, some died. it was a horrible, horrible thing. i'll never
i salute our chairman, benny thompson, and mr. katko, the ranking member. even though it was something that was bipartisan and yielded on many points to republicans in order to get bipartisanship, the leader of the republican party whipped and voted against the commission. we had the votes. 35 members on the republican side voted with us to send it to the senate. it was very hopeful we could pass it there. we had seven republican votes but not 10. we needed 10 to get up to 60. hopefully one day...
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congressman bennie thompson, welcome and thank you for being here virtually. the witnesses will be recognized for five minutes each to give an oral presentation of their testimony. i ask that you respect the witness's time by ending your oral testimony timely, without objections. at this time, i recognize the distinguished gentleman from south carolina, former congressional black caucus chairman and every leader, congressman james clyburn for five minutes. congressman james clyburn: thank you, i hope i have on muted myself successfully. thank you for calling this here today, it is very important to starting our new congress, a new presidency. i will be with electing on dr. martin that the king junior's last book, -- martin luther king jr.'s last book, where do we go from here? that was written in 1957. it could have been written just as easily today. for those of us who were activists in the 1960's, much of what we saw was behind us. in fact, dr. king wrote in his 1964 work " why we can't wait" that he was hopeful that the election of president johnson would i
congressman bennie thompson, welcome and thank you for being here virtually. the witnesses will be recognized for five minutes each to give an oral presentation of their testimony. i ask that you respect the witness's time by ending your oral testimony timely, without objections. at this time, i recognize the distinguished gentleman from south carolina, former congressional black caucus chairman and every leader, congressman james clyburn for five minutes. congressman james clyburn: thank you,...
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here's what bennie thompson said in that statement to meld does. "there is no valid legal basis for the continued resistance to the subpoena. they'll view his failure to appear as willful noncompliance, which could result in a referral to the department of justice for criminal charges." that is the issue here in this, whether they will make that move. this comes in the backdrop of meadows being at the center of the executive privilege fight where donald trump is trying to keep many documents, including three handwritten memos by meld does. the federal appeals court will hear arguments on november 30th, so we could resolution at the federal appellate level early next month. of course the former president will appeal that if he loses. >> joining me for more is paul callan and manu raju and john harwood. let's start with the legal. as kara was ending there, paul, meld does blows past this deadline. what do you think this means? >> it's a little odd his attorneys didn't co-nm and make a motion to quash the subpoena initially and then test that in the c
here's what bennie thompson said in that statement to meld does. "there is no valid legal basis for the continued resistance to the subpoena. they'll view his failure to appear as willful noncompliance, which could result in a referral to the department of justice for criminal charges." that is the issue here in this, whether they will make that move. this comes in the backdrop of meadows being at the center of the executive privilege fight where donald trump is trying to keep many...
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took chairman bennie thompson one paragraph to make that clear. the white house counsel's office, this is interesting, this not part of congress, this is counsel's office that advises president biden inside the white house, counsel's office then sent mr. bannon a letter of their own telling mr. bannon that the white house is, quote, not aware of any basis for your refusal to appear for a deposition. either legal or otherwise. bannon has tried to claim that he can refuse the subpoena on the basis of trump asserting executive privilege. the white house reminding mr. bannon today that only the sitting president can assert executive privilege and in this case president biden is not doing so. ahead of tonight's vote, the january 6th committee released a report outlining the ways in which bannon is delinquent in his response to their subpoena and also why it's in the public interest that he reply. it says in part, mr. bannon's testimony and document production are critical to the select committee's investigation. among other topics, the committee seeks
took chairman bennie thompson one paragraph to make that clear. the white house counsel's office, this is interesting, this not part of congress, this is counsel's office that advises president biden inside the white house, counsel's office then sent mr. bannon a letter of their own telling mr. bannon that the white house is, quote, not aware of any basis for your refusal to appear for a deposition. either legal or otherwise. bannon has tried to claim that he can refuse the subpoena on the...
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congressman benny thompson of mississippi. thank you. you have a standing invite to come back as you get underway with the legal proceedings. >> thank you. >>> joining me now, pbs correspondent and an msnbc analyst and nbc news capitol hill correspondent. we heard about the need to held to former president accountable. many republicans feel differently. a morning poll asked republicans about a hypothetical 2024 presidential primary. more than half of them said they would support trump. that is an historically strong position for a defeated incumbent. to efforts like these lawsuits keep trump at the forefront? >> i'm not sure that they keep president trump at the forefront. my sources tell me that we'll be hearing from the former twice impeached president at some point this week. so i think president trump will be trying to use whatever bully pulpit he can find to stay in the news and to stay relevant. what you heard from representative thompson, he wants the former president to be held accountable for sending white supremacists into the
congressman benny thompson of mississippi. thank you. you have a standing invite to come back as you get underway with the legal proceedings. >> thank you. >>> joining me now, pbs correspondent and an msnbc analyst and nbc news capitol hill correspondent. we heard about the need to held to former president accountable. many republicans feel differently. a morning poll asked republicans about a hypothetical 2024 presidential primary. more than half of them said they would support...
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he said this is open ended. >> benny thompson we did this deep dive of who this chairman is going to be. he's really someone who his colleagues say is patient. he'll take the time that this investigation deserves. you also are hearing from him that he's very careful that he does not want this to devolve into a political circus but may be people he wants to hear from. if he's going to subpoena someone, he'll be willing to do that. here is what he told me. >> no one is exempt from the review of our committee. and without saying we will do this to former president trump or some other individual, i will trust professional investigations that will be conducted. i will trust the people who are tasked with the responsibility of a deep dive into the scope and circumstances that got us to january 6th. and if, in fact, they bring to us that information that says you need to do this, there's absolutely no reluctance on my part as chair to issue the subpoena. >> republican colleagues who he may have to hear from because there are questions about who trump talked to that day and of course questio
he said this is open ended. >> benny thompson we did this deep dive of who this chairman is going to be. he's really someone who his colleagues say is patient. he'll take the time that this investigation deserves. you also are hearing from him that he's very careful that he does not want this to devolve into a political circus but may be people he wants to hear from. if he's going to subpoena someone, he'll be willing to do that. here is what he told me. >> no one is exempt from the...
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i am heartened to see bennie thompson, the majority leader, and i, we get along very well. we are on force of where we need to go with cyber. it goes back to think of homeland security's mission as a whole. we are to think, what are the vulnerabilities and how are they different and how are they different than before? like i said, it's basically like having someone fromisis in everyone's home. no doubt we will get it done. >> bennie goes way back. either he was the original first ranking chairman. i remember him in my district in southern california, where in torrance california the police wrapped up a terrorists cell, which had plans and maps. they had done a series of gas station robberies. they had all these plans to attack jewish centers into military recruiting centers and so forth. that was in the analog days. now we are way beyond that. my final question, because i know we have to go, china. you hinted that this morning, the readout of the china meeting we had, in alaska, was pretty rough. the chinese spoke for 15 minutes dragging us through the coals about all of ou
i am heartened to see bennie thompson, the majority leader, and i, we get along very well. we are on force of where we need to go with cyber. it goes back to think of homeland security's mission as a whole. we are to think, what are the vulnerabilities and how are they different and how are they different than before? like i said, it's basically like having someone fromisis in everyone's home. no doubt we will get it done. >> bennie goes way back. either he was the original first ranking...
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i work with bennie thompson. he's a solid thoughtful guy. we may disagree on a few things, but he's a solid thoughtful guy who is going to try to do this right. if it comes off too political, they go for trump first, they beat members head and shoulders up front, it takes away from the seriousness of the committee. >> that's an interesting point. certainly worth consideration. let me get your reaction to what we heard from republican congressman adam kinzinger. he was asked about a move by the freedom caucus, republicans that tried to get his and liz cheney's committee assignments stripped just for saying yes to being on this committee. here he was. >> and if people want to get petty, that's fine. i think that reflects more on people than it does on the situation at hand. this is a historic moment, and this is a democracy-defending moment. no matter the consequence -- me and i know liz will stand to defend democracy. >> you can hear and see the emotion in his voice. what do you make of it? >> there are matters of conscience for members of co
i work with bennie thompson. he's a solid thoughtful guy. we may disagree on a few things, but he's a solid thoughtful guy who is going to try to do this right. if it comes off too political, they go for trump first, they beat members head and shoulders up front, it takes away from the seriousness of the committee. >> that's an interesting point. certainly worth consideration. let me get your reaction to what we heard from republican congressman adam kinzinger. he was asked about a move...
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there is this civil case brought by congressman bennie thompson against the president today. lots of republicans called for something exactly like that to be brought against president trump. those republicans today seem unsure what to do or what to say about that civil case now that it's actually happening. will they support it? they said in theory they supported exactly such a thing. but the issue of justice after trump isn't just the elements of the law that may be coming after trump. it's all these live sparking wires left behind by trump. and frankly, by william barr and jeffrey rosen and his other appointees. the way that this president and this administration messed with justice, the way they messed with the rule of law, all these things that are not at all resolved as president biden now takes over and installs his own appointees in the justice department and beyond, i mean, beyond just president trump himself being in trouble, it's all the ways his administration weaponized the administration of justice for trump's purposes. all of that remains to be unwound, and all
there is this civil case brought by congressman bennie thompson against the president today. lots of republicans called for something exactly like that to be brought against president trump. those republicans today seem unsure what to do or what to say about that civil case now that it's actually happening. will they support it? they said in theory they supported exactly such a thing. but the issue of justice after trump isn't just the elements of the law that may be coming after trump. it's...
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and you will also hear from both the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, and one of the only two republicans on the committee, vice chair liz cheney. both are going to speak live here on prime time and so you are going to see them live. of course, cheney one of only ten republican house members to who voted to impeach trump for his role in inciting the riot on january 6th is on the committee along with republican adam kinzinger. this is a critical moment for the committee. their first public chance to fight back against attempts by the former president and his allies to completely stymie their investigation. the committee hopes in part that this threat against bannon will persuade other witnesses to cooperate and they hope the threat pushes bannon to cooperate as well. now, it's obviously really important to know here that bannon very likely has crucial information about how the insurrection happened, who did what, who knew what when and what role trump played in it all. according to the book "peril," it was bannon who pushed trump to return to washington from mar-a-lago for
and you will also hear from both the chairman of the committee, bennie thompson, and one of the only two republicans on the committee, vice chair liz cheney. both are going to speak live here on prime time and so you are going to see them live. of course, cheney one of only ten republican house members to who voted to impeach trump for his role in inciting the riot on january 6th is on the committee along with republican adam kinzinger. this is a critical moment for the committee. their first...
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open statements from benny thompson and congressman liz cheney, one of just two republicans on the panel. >> there are some in my party who continue to act as though this is about partisan politics. i think it's really sad. >> chairman thompson saying this hearing will set the tone of their investigation, his opening statement set to include video from the riots, some of which has never been seen before publicly. democrats warn it is graphic. it is disturbing and uncensored. >> we're also expected to hear testimony from four police officers, who endured some of the worst of at tack, like a pro-trump mob. these officers were punched and trampled, crushed, sprayed with chemicals, called racial slurs and threatened with their own weapons. >> and the pushback from republicans. kevin mccarthy insisted this is about playing politics but democrats and the gop committee members say this is essential to put a face on what happened january 6th, and to counter disinformation from republicans who have downplayed the riot. >> more accurately described as a mob of misfits. >> the truth is being censor
open statements from benny thompson and congressman liz cheney, one of just two republicans on the panel. >> there are some in my party who continue to act as though this is about partisan politics. i think it's really sad. >> chairman thompson saying this hearing will set the tone of their investigation, his opening statement set to include video from the riots, some of which has never been seen before publicly. democrats warn it is graphic. it is disturbing and uncensored....
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here is what benny thompson said yesterday. speaker pelosi has met republican leadership more than halfway to investigate that facts, the circumstances of generally six. today the speaker by exercising her authority took decisive action to bring us closer to answers that the american public seeks on democracy. it has been more than six months since the attack. we owe it to our democracy to stay the course and not be distracted. comments on social media. this one says, mccarthy put jordan and banks on the committee knowing lucy would not entertain a clown show instead of finding out what happened did we know it is a trap so mccarthy could say this not fair. this one says, if policy is organizing the investigation, issue the one who will be direct -- redacting everything before the american people can see it? similar to bill barr filtering the truth. this has nothing to do is who broke into the capitol. it is another example of creating a crisis in order not to waste it. just, tennessee, republican line. caller: i would like to m
here is what benny thompson said yesterday. speaker pelosi has met republican leadership more than halfway to investigate that facts, the circumstances of generally six. today the speaker by exercising her authority took decisive action to bring us closer to answers that the american public seeks on democracy. it has been more than six months since the attack. we owe it to our democracy to stay the course and not be distracted. comments on social media. this one says, mccarthy put jordan and...
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. >> reporter: select committee chair bennie thompson says they will use all the tools at their disposal to hold the people behind the insurrection responsible. bannon says he is following dire trump's directive not to testify. next thursday is the deadline for documents to be submitted by two stop the steal rally organizers. on thursday and friday, the committee has scheduled depositions of three different people who planned and executed the event. thompson making it clear, no one, including the former president, is above the reach of their investigation. >> i would say this at this point. nobody is off-limits to a subpoena from this committee. >> reporter: and the committee is hoping their aggressive stance with bannon will send a message to other potential witnesses that they are not messing around. >> we have the power, basically equivalent to the court, to get to these answers and we are danged determined to do that. >> reporter: that officer's attorney responded to cnn with a statement saying they plan to do everything they can to fight the charges. he's also getting some support f
. >> reporter: select committee chair bennie thompson says they will use all the tools at their disposal to hold the people behind the insurrection responsible. bannon says he is following dire trump's directive not to testify. next thursday is the deadline for documents to be submitted by two stop the steal rally organizers. on thursday and friday, the committee has scheduled depositions of three different people who planned and executed the event. thompson making it clear, no one,...
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i know bennie thompson, the chairman of the subcommittee, attempted to do the same thing. he has a handshake, if you will, that the other committees will not give us as much of a hard time as they have in the past. we will see how it goes. right now we are getting stuff done. we are trying to solve jurisdictional problems. we are still one of the more prolific bill producers. we're doing ok. >> good luck to you. i do think there is bipartisan support for doing this, certainly in the committee. the problem is chairs and ranking members of other committees put in the time against the jurisdiction and are jealously guarding it. rep. katko: turf is turf. >> it is hard not just for members, especially good members like you who want to get stuff done. but it is also hard for the homeland department which has to testify, as they used to say, before 88 subcommittees. i hope that number has gone down. that is a terrifying number. it means people who need to get their jobs done are testifying on the hill. not that oversight does not matter, but this is a bad situation. as your grand
i know bennie thompson, the chairman of the subcommittee, attempted to do the same thing. he has a handshake, if you will, that the other committees will not give us as much of a hard time as they have in the past. we will see how it goes. right now we are getting stuff done. we are trying to solve jurisdictional problems. we are still one of the more prolific bill producers. we're doing ok. >> good luck to you. i do think there is bipartisan support for doing this, certainly in the...
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now mississippi democratic congressman benny thompson filed the suit in his personal capacity. the naacp is representing thompson in court. congressman, good to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk strategy then we'll talk merits. why this way? >> it an option available to us and clearly, the actions of january 6th we should be able to shut down completely if we're successful in our lawsuit and hold those individuals accountable, i think from a punitive stand point, we'll put them out of business. we can't allow the rioters' activities just because people disagree with the outcome of an election. people should not have over run the capitol to stop the confirmation of the election, that's just not who we are. so my lawsuit takes on the ku klux klan act of 1871, and we bring that forward to this day to get us some remedy. >> right, you don't take on the act. you're actually motivating the act. i get the grievance but it about the method and the law, you know this, but for the audience, benny thompson and his private capacity as a citizen has a right to sue. what is
now mississippi democratic congressman benny thompson filed the suit in his personal capacity. the naacp is representing thompson in court. congressman, good to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk strategy then we'll talk merits. why this way? >> it an option available to us and clearly, the actions of january 6th we should be able to shut down completely if we're successful in our lawsuit and hold those individuals accountable, i think from a punitive stand...