2/21/2021: Attack on the Judiciary, Handcuffed to the Truth, QAnon
60 Minutes
CBS News
3.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In an interview with Bill Whitaker, U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas, whose son was killed, says FBI evidence found suggested the gunman was also targeting Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Scott Pelley reports on the efforts to hold Syrian President Bashar Assad accountable for the atrocities committed against his own people in Syria's civil war. And DHS official Elizabeth Neumann tells Lesley Stahl hate groups are targeting disillusioned QAnon followers. Those stories on this week's "60 Minutes."
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| 0:00.0 | This federal judge's son was murdered, her husband wounded in a brazen and well-planned |
| 0:13.1 | attack on her home. 60 minutes has learned that same gunman had another jurist on his hit list. |
| 0:20.0 | They found another gun, a Glock, more ammunition. |
| 0:23.6 | But the most troubling thing they found was a Manila folder |
| 0:28.6 | with a workup on Justice Sonia Sodo Mayor. |
| 0:32.6 | Who holds those responsible for war crimes accountable? |
| 0:40.3 | In Syria, it's often civilians who have bravely defied a sadistic dictator and the 21st century's worst atrocities. |
| 0:52.3 | As you'll hear tonight, they have risked their lives to tell the stories |
| 0:56.9 | of the men, women, and children who continue to be murdered by their own government. |
| 1:04.5 | Democracy has prevailed. A month after Joe Biden was inaugurated, the QAnon movement finds itself at a moment of truth. |
| 1:13.3 | Where we go on, we go home. |
| 1:17.1 | Their prophecy of President Trump vanquishing his enemies and an apocalyptic reckoning didn't materialize. |
| 1:24.2 | Stop us steal! |
| 1:25.6 | Stop us steal! |
| 1:26.6 | Joe Biden gets sworn in, |
| 1:28.5 | and you started seeing chatter online. |
| 1:30.5 | I've been kind. |
| 1:31.2 | This has all been a scam. |
| 1:34.3 | I'm Leslie Stahl. |
| 1:36.0 | I'm Bill Whitaker. |
| 1:37.2 | I'm Anderson Cooper. |
| 1:38.4 | I'm Nora O'Donnell. |
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