Joe Biden will mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Trump's followers with a speech warning of the threats to democracy, while Trump abandoned plans for a news conference that day https://t.co/J7GfQwXb7E
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 5, 2022
Biden to call out Trump's 'singular responsibility' for Jan. 6 attacks https://t.co/zvI6CVKaMt pic.twitter.com/pFMrnBxRnR
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 5, 2022
Jen Psaki says Biden will address Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 attack tomorrow, including the “singular responsibility President Trump has for the chaos & carnage we saw.” Biden will “forcibly push back on the lie spread by the former president” & attempt to distract from his role.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 5, 2022
Biden's Jan. 6 push for unity may "ring hollow" in deeply divided nation https://t.co/J1q984F2AK pic.twitter.com/PewPsoE1LJ
— The Hill (@thehill) January 5, 2022
Biden needs a knockout Jan. 6 speech denouncing the “big lie” and condemning the GOP’s growing acceptance of violence. He might even point out to reality-based voters how ludicrous and irresponsible the GOP is in making the “big lie” https://t.co/fDXOjFPdo2
— Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 3, 2022
Garland vows prosecutions "at any level" over Jan. 6 https://t.co/DWvMW1w6j7 pic.twitter.com/BnGyyFoHAl
— The Hill (@thehill) January 5, 2022
Garland: "We will follow the facts wherever they lead."
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 5, 2022
He says this with emphasis. It's a commitment. He says he'll take as long as it takes to do it right. "We will & we must speak through our work."
This is prosecutor speak for, game on.
Garland: In complex cases, initial charges are often less severe than later charged offenses. This is purposeful pic.twitter.com/VilfyFUjZw
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 5, 2022
though I wish he would say more about what other tools he needs from Congress. I'm still left with one big q: absent a nexus to violence, does he believe organizing a coup is illegal under US criminal code? I.E. can Trump & co. possibly be prosecuted for it? Still don't know.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) January 5, 2022
"I think that there's a level of cautiousness here that is very hard to bear for a lot of citizens who are looking at this saying, can you please do something or give me an indication that somebody's gonna pay a price here" – @MichaelSteele w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/OWVHmdSPfA
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 5, 2022
AG references “Watergate”. “Same norms for the powerful or the powerless”. DOJ will pursue those “whether present that day or not”. Get it? Merrick Garland pledges pursuit of Jan 6 suspects at 'any level' https://t.co/5zn3m5Lnyp
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) January 5, 2022
Critical points I heard frm the Garland speech:
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) January 5, 2022
1) DOJ is prosecuting the full web of participants involved in Jan 6 & following all leads.
2)No one is off the table for prosecution if they were involved.
3) elaborate prosecutions of this sort take time & begin at the bottom /
Strong, emphatic, and determined speech by Garland. The key quote is when he referred to perpetrators who may not have been at the Capitol on Jan 6. But open question remains whether investig has or will extend to efforts to overturn the election, separate from Jan 6 culpability.
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) January 5, 2022
I’m with @amanpour on this. The clock is ticking. A stately pace, investigating only from the bottom up, just isn’t enough for so grave a threat to democracy’s very survival https://t.co/KjJpSSX0SJ
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 5, 2022
So, one thing you should notice about Garland's framing of Jan 6 is that he *starts* at storming of the Capitol, *not* at the rally before.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) January 5, 2022
This goes to his general way of framing this as individual bad actors instead of a wider criminal conspiracy.
Garland: We continue to seek the public's assistance in identifying those individuals [who attacked the government]
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) January 5, 2022
Me: DONALD TRUMP LIVES AT A GOLF CLUB IN FLORIDA
Here's why Walter may be right -when Garland said "the responsibility to preserve democracy and to maintain faith in the legitimacy of its essential processes lies with every elected official and every American ".
— Truth Matters (@IreneK21) January 5, 2022
Seems only 2 elected Republican officials are interested in that.
.@AP photographer J. Scott Applewhite remembers the moments that stood out to him as he recorded images inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.https://t.co/Bg0IQRT4uj pic.twitter.com/udvBfqwnuK
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 5, 2022
Taken together, the most striking revelation of the Jan 6 Cmte texts is just how many people knew of a plan to reject the votes of swing states and overturn the 2020 election. None of those people have yet been held legally accountable.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 5, 2022
Jan. 6 was a dangerously close call. How Trump's plot nearly succeeded.
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) January 5, 2022
My story today on one of the most disturbing questions about Jan 6 — What would have happened if Pence followed Trump's orders?@judgeluttig says it would have been catastrophic
https://t.co/jZ1ni2MI0G
What would have happened if Mike Pence had said yes?
— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 5, 2022
In my latest newsletter in @TheAtlantic, I walk down that hypothetical road, and it’s a dark walk indeed. The GOP public was *ready* for Pence to say yes, and that’s a terrible thing to contemplate: https://t.co/7Yqki48GPF
Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson tells CNN that he wants to speak directly with Mike Pence.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 5, 2022
"His life was in danger. I would hope that he would do the right thing and come forward and voluntarily talk to the committee."
Sen. Brian Schatz on Jan. 6: "If we … realize what's at stake, we'll realize what's required. It will require Republicans to stand up to an autocrat. It will require Democrats to stop arguing amongst ourselves. It will require reporters to write stories that get fewer clicks."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 5, 2022
I will continue to say what few others in my party have the courage to say. As we near the anniversary of Jan 6 we must reflect on the failures that lead to that day. It’s time for leaders to lead. To prove we can be better. My message: https://t.co/IR27ysZNvq pic.twitter.com/ExtkXjTMVX
— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) January 5, 2022
"Are we just going to indict and jail the people who entered the Capitol? What about the people who incited them to enter the Capitol… I hope that [the Jan. 6 select committee] pursues that as aggressively as possible" – @SykesCharlie w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/j3IQzlUkUt
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 5, 2022
Immediately after Jan. 6, it seemed hard not to see the event for what it was: a violent storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters bent on upending Biden's election. But since then, separate versions — one factual, one false — have taken hold. https://t.co/YohYAZEtq3
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 5, 2022
my latest—pulling back the curtain on insurrection propaganda; https://t.co/ztxP6waeBj
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 5, 2022
The Jan. 6 Capitol attack was just days after Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin's son, Tommy, died by suicide. "I wasn't sure whether I was ever going to be able to do anything again," he told @nprfreshair.https://t.co/6zarBNemmN
— NPR (@NPR) January 5, 2022
Rachel Maddow reads an account of January 6th from @jamie_raskin 's new book, "Unthinkable," in which Congressman Raskin draws strength and courage from his son's memory. pic.twitter.com/CxXUUbO8CB
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) January 5, 2022
"The most threatening aspect of Jan. 6 was that…147 Republican members of Congress voted not to certify Joe Biden…The transformation of the GOP from a political party into an authoritarian personality cult became official that day."https://t.co/3psTzE1r17
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 5, 2022
re-upping as we approach one-year anniversary of deadly Jan 6 insurrection:
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 3, 2022
the most important political development of 2021 was the Republican Party's decision to turn away from democracy rather than away from Trump and his fearful, desperate base https://t.co/KsJAoQT2MR
Our new ProPublica/Wash Post investigation reveals public Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory between Election Day and Jan. 6, with many calling for executions or other political violence. 🧵https://t.co/ZJBcFI0Dm3
— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) January 4, 2022
Absolutely searing piece from @MEPFuller, who was in the chamber on Jan. 6. There are a lot of Capitol riot stories this week—don't miss this one. https://t.co/JqQXU6FNTk
— Tracy Connor (@TracyConnor) January 5, 2022
It ain’t over until the Pillow guy sings…
SCOOP: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell tells me that his phone records have been subpoenaed by the @January6thCmte. He tells me he got a notice from Verizon about the subpoena almost a week ago.
— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) January 5, 2022
– He filed a legal complaint today to try to block the subpoena.https://t.co/Rau57JXC9t
Oh God. Mike Lindell is now saying he has assembled teams of people to lobby County Commissions around the country to replace their voting machines with a new system he has come up with. Don’t think some of them won’t do it either. pic.twitter.com/oC70hBJg3U
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 5, 2022
This. Really. Happened. On. Live. TV.
— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) January 5, 2022
Peter Navarro is perhaps THE most insane person in Trump’s orbit besides Mike Lindell. https://t.co/459AFGpGZL
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