Jamie Raskin Says Jan. 6th Hearings Will Be 'Like Watergate'

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https://crooksandliars.com/2022/01/jamie-raskin-says-jan-6th-hearings-will-be

Jamie Raskin Says Jan. 6th Hearings Will Be 'Like Watergate'
“We’re going to have hearings for the American people which I hope will seem somewhat like the Watergate hearings did in that they will be a daily occurrence so people can follow the unfolding narrative," he said.
By Susie Madrak — January 18, 2022


Mehdi Hasan filled in for Chris Hayes and welcomed Rep. Jamie Raskin as his guest.

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"You have said that the committee's planned public hearings this year are going to, quote, 'blow the roof off the House.' What makes you confident that these hearings will have that effect on the American people? And how do you avoid some of your Republican witnesses from turning them into a circus on live TV?" Hasan asked.

"Well, the first thing is that the Senate impeachment trial was about one guy, Donald Trump, and one crime, inciting a violent insurrection. The mandate of the select committee is far broader. It's much more sweeping than that. We're looking at all of the events of the day, all of the causes and what needs to be done to fortify democratic institutions in the future. So we're looking at that mob riot, which surrounded a violent insurrection which had white extremist groups surrounding a coup against the vice president and against the Congress.

"We'll tell the story of each dimension of this attack on American democracy. The American people have not yet seen all of the evidence laid out in this way. So we're going to have hearings for the American people, which I hope will seem somewhat like the Watergate hearings did, in that they will be a daily occurrence so people can follow the unfolding narrative. And we'll give America a report and Congress a report about what happened and what we need to do to strengthen our resiliency against future authoritarian attacks like this."

Hasan asked what the committee would do about the members who are not cooperating.

"The committee has not yet decided what to do about different levels of interference and noncooperation that we have received from various witnesses," Raskin said.

"So that's something that's going to, you know, require us to show some tactical nimbleness. We don't want to get pulled down into some wild goose chases. On the other hand, everybody has a responsibility to comply with congressional orders when it comes to an investigation, and nobody knows that better than Mark Meadows or Jim Jordan, people who in the Benghazi investigation or any number of other investigations against Democratic presidents, insisted upon absolute compliance.

"But you know, they don't see the double standard and the hypocrisy of the position they're acting out here. I think America does see it, and it's a rather scandalous thing not to cooperate with a demand for information. And if, God forbid, they were ever to control a gavel again, they would undoubtedly go right back to saying everybody has got to cooperate with their Benghazi investigations, or whatever."

[Beachnutt]

1. Most of the American public

won't even watch, people are so wrapped up in fakebook and the like and their jobs that they could care less.
The magats and the rethugs will be watching faux and be fed lie after lie.
This country is the twilight zone.

[Ninga]

2. Please let the hearing be aired on network TV too, not just cable. Nt

[Kingofalldems]

3. Kick and rec for Trump's secret pals.