July 13, 2022: An ‘unmistakable’ map to charges against Trump
Tuesday’s Jan. 6 Committee hearing was cut into two different parts: Donald Trump's call to action, and his supporters’ response. Pieced together, they amount to this: The members of the Jan. 6 panel “are laying out an unmistakable map to a potential criminal case against the former president,” as Kyle Cheney and Nicholas Wu write.
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Show Notes
Clip of the day — CNN’s coverage of Tuesday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing gave way to one of the more surreal exchanges we’ve seen on cable news, as Jake Tapper and former national security adviser John Bolton discussed some Jan. 6 participants’ attempts to overthrow the government:
Tapper: “One doesn’t have to be brilliant to attempt a coup.”
Bolton: “I disagree with that. As somebody who has helped plan coups d’etat — not here, but other places — it takes a lot of work.”
About that hearing — Tuesday’s hearing was cut into two different parts: Donald Trump's call to action, and his supporters’ response.
Pieced together, they amount to this: The members of the Jan. 6 panel “are laying out an unmistakable map to a potential criminal case against the former president,” as Kyle Cheney and Nicholas Wu write.
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