So on the night of January 6th after people had literally defecated in the Capitol,

Congressman Andy Kim, who is my hometown congressman and the child of immigrants, he was just walking around picking up trash

because he was upset that

the symbol of American democracy

had been defiled.

When I think about

what happened at the Capitol beyond the bigger story of Trump and the mob,

I think about Congressman Andy Kim, who is actually my hometown congressman congressman.

Yeah. who is actually my hometown congressman. And that evening, after people had...

Sorry, I don't know why I'm getting emotional.

It's okay.

For Sandeep Prasana and our other investigators,

the pain of witnessing the Capitol besieged and defiled fuels a fire within.

They enter the Capitol ready to investigate the first non-peaceful transfer of power in our nation's history.

America is both an example for the world, but it's also part of the world.

And I think often when people think of American exceptionalism, it puts blinders on the fact that America is subject to the same global forces that other countries are susceptible to.

Sandeep and his colleagues begin their work amidst the white supremacist tide, unleashed by former President Trump and supported by many

far-right conservatives. And so when we see a global lurch to the right or a lurch towards

authoritarianism in some of the biggest, most important countries in the world, the U.S.

is part of that.

And January 6th is one example of that.

I think the events and the lead up to it are shocking.

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