143: The DOJ is Watching with David H. Laufman
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🗓️ 21 June 2022
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Host Reed Galen is joined by David H. Laufman, Partner at Wiggin and Dana LLP and former Federal Prosecutor with the Department of Justice to discuss the latest with the House Select Committee on January 6th public hearings, what exactly the DOJ is looking for as they watch these hearings, and the different prosecution scenarios that could play out after the hearings. Plus, is political violence coming to a head in our nation?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Before we get started, I just want to encourage everyone here. Watch the select |
| 0:05.8 | committee on January 6th hearings. I think it is an important historical record of one of the |
| 0:12.0 | worst days in our country's history. And I think it's important that you are able to see for |
| 0:16.3 | yourselves just what happened on that day. Who was responsible and that you can share that |
| 0:22.0 | information with your friends and your family and your colleagues when they say none of it matters. |
| 0:27.2 | Every bit of it matters. I hope you'll tune in. I hope you'll find all of our content. Ask us |
| 0:32.4 | questions. And now on with the show. |
| 0:43.0 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gaelen. Today, I'm joined by David |
| 0:49.0 | Laffman, partner at the law firm of Wiggin and Dana, where he serves as co-chair of the firm's |
| 0:53.5 | national security practice group. Prior to his time at Wiggin and Dana, David served as a federal |
| 0:58.3 | prosecutor and at the Department of Justice's highest operational and policy levels, including the |
| 1:02.9 | role of chief of the counterintelligence and export control section in the national security |
| 1:07.2 | division. Recent clients include a third party witness in the defamation lawsuit by US |
| 1:11.7 | Dominion Inc. against Fox News Network regarding allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, |
| 1:17.6 | and also US Capitol police officers Aquilino Gennel and Harry Dunn, regarding their witness |
| 1:22.8 | testimony before the House Select Committee on January 6th last summer. David, welcome back. |
| 1:28.4 | Good to be with you, Reed. So, David, later on, I'm going to want you to put on your prosecutors' hat, |
| 1:33.2 | regarding what could happen following the January 6 hearings. But first, I want to talk about |
| 1:37.9 | the latest with the January 6 committee hearings. So, for context, we're recording this on the |
| 1:42.2 | afternoon of Monday, June 20th, the day before the fourth public hearing. So, from your perch |
| 1:47.6 | sitting there in Washington and actually having so much experience, not only a national |
| 1:52.5 | security, but also with some of the officers involved, what have you made of the hearing so far, |
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