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For Immediate Release
Date: June 9, 2022
Washington, DC –Here’s what journalists and legal experts are saying about the first hearing of the January 6th Select Committee:
Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s Morning Joe: “The truth won last night.”
Bob Woodward on CNN: They have it. They have it cold as best I can tell.
Laura Coates, CNN Senior Legal Analyst: This was made for the court of law, and I’ll tell you why – because of Bill Barr. Up until now, we have had this question of whether you can prove what Donald Trump knew and when he knew it. Did he have the criminal intent? If they’re right, if they can prove the statements that they have said: he had consciousness that his lie was in fact a lie; he was aware that what he was professing to the American public was not only going to lead to the obstruction of a proceeding, but also going to lead to violence, and he knew it on the Ellipse. That’s huge.
Chuck Todd, Host of NBC’s Meet the Press: Four very compelling investigations into wrongdoing by President Trump. This one truly has the receipts. This connects the dots.
Chris Hayes, MSNBC Host: They have Bill Barr, they have Jared, they have Ivanka, I mean, everyone… That surpassed my expectations.
John Dickerson, CBS News Host: “The Founders worried about two things: A president who would abuse the office to stay in power and one who would whip up the mob. What they showed tonight is the president did both.”
Katie Phang, MSNBC Host: “How much more compelling evidence can you get that Donald Trump was told repeatedly he had lost the election?”
John Harwood, CNN White House Correspondent, @JohnJHarwood:
Matthew Miller, MSNBC Analyst & former Justice Dept. spokesman, @matthewamiller:
Even Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s former chief of staff, agrees:
David Axelrod, @davidaxelrod:
Alexis Karteron, Associate Professor of Law, Director of the Constitutional Rights Clinic, Rutgers Law School, @AlexisKarteron:
Steven Vladeck, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts, UT Law School, @steve_vladeck:
Rachel Kleinfeld, @RachelKleinfeld:
Harry Litman, former U.S. Attorney, @harrylitman:
Elizabeth Wydra, Constitutional Accountability Center President: “There are ways that we settle disputes in this constitutional democracy, and that’s at the ballot box. And what we saw on January 6, and what we saw in the coordinated ongoing campaign around it, was a refusal to abide by those results. But that’s not American.”
