Holder: Democracy is on the Line (w/ Eric Holder)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Congresswoman Liz Cheney Thursday night laid out the case that Donald Trump orchestrated an attempted coup to block the peaceful transfer of power. And then sat back and watched in apparent approval while his supporters ransacked the US Capitol. It was the opening night of six public hearings on the January 6th attack that committee members will hope galvanize the public to what they believe is an on-going threat to American democracy. The hearing was marked by a compelling new video, illustrating the role that the extremest Proud Boys played in the attack and how Trump's own words inspired them. A Capitol Police officer told of slipping on the blood of her colleagues while trying to defend the Capitol that day. But did Cheney make the case that Trump was criminally responsible for what transpired. We're joined by the former Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder, author of the new book Our Unfinished March, to discuss that and more.
GUESTS:
- Eric Holder, (@ericholder), Fmr. Attorney General of the US, Author of Our Unfinished March
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
RESOURCES:
- Pick up Eric Holder's book Our Unfinished March - Here.
- Yahoo News article about Trump's reaction to Jan. 6 Hearing - Here.
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| 0:00.0 | You will hear testimony live and on video from more than half a dozen former White House |
| 0:08.0 | staff in the Trump administration, all of whom were in the West Wing of the White House |
| 0:13.3 | on January 6. |
| 0:15.2 | You will hear testimony that, quote, the President did not really want to put anything out, |
| 0:21.0 | calling off the riot, or asking his supporters to leave. |
| 0:25.2 | You will hear that President Trump was yelling, quote, really angry at advisors who told |
| 0:31.4 | him he needed to be doing something more. |
| 0:35.0 | And aware of the rioters' chance to hang Mike Pence, the President responded with this |
| 0:40.6 | sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. |
| 0:46.0 | Mike Pence, quote, deserves it. |
| 0:49.5 | That was Congresswoman Liz Cheney Thursday night, laying out the case that Donald Trump |
| 0:53.9 | orchestrated an attempted coup to block the peaceful transfer of power. |
| 0:59.2 | And then sat back and watched an apparent approval while as supporters ransacked the US |
| 1:04.1 | Capitol. |
| 1:05.1 | It was the opening night of six public hearings on the January 6 attack that committee |
| 1:08.9 | members hope will galvanize the public to what they believe is an ongoing threat to American |
| 1:13.9 | democracy. |
| 1:15.2 | The hearing was marked by a compelling new video illustrating the role that the extremist |
| 1:19.6 | proud boys played in the attack and how Trump's own words inspired them. |
| 1:24.6 | A Capitol police officer told of slipping on the blood of our colleagues while trying |
| 1:28.5 | to defend the Capitol that day. |
| 1:31.1 | But did Cheney make the case that Trump was criminally responsible for what transpired? |
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