A Conversation with Adam Kinzinger
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
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🗓️ 23 December 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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The other day before a live audience, we had our Lawfare year-end extravaganza. It was two hours long, so we've broken it up for purposes of the podcast. In this episode, you'll hear Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes interview Adam Kinzinger, former representative and member of the Jan. 6 committee, who headlined the event. They talked about the big national security stories of 2023, both domestically and abroad. They talked about what to expect in 2024, and how the international stories are linked to American domestic politics and dysfunction.
You can watch a video version of their conversation here.
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| 1:00.7 | Search Crisis Christmas Christmas Appeal. On the investigations, I know for a fact, none of this would be happening without the work of the January 6th Committee. |
| 1:15.5 | You know, when we started that first hearing where we really kind of launched into what we had, |
| 1:20.4 | we saw the fever pitch at the DOJ change substantially and the focus and I've heard you talk about this on places like the bulwark |
| 1:27.7 | You know the focus went from we're gonna put these little people away who broke the law and deserve it and now oh crap there is enough evidence to go after the big fish here and I think there is no doubt that Donald Trump is guilty of what we said he's guilty of and what |
| 1:43.6 | Jack Smith has said he's guilty of. I think there's no doubt. |
| 1:48.6 | I'm Benjamin Wittis and this is the Law Fair Podcast, December 23, 2003. |
| 1:55.7 | The other day before a live audience, |
| 1:59.0 | we had our Law Fair year-end Extraviganza. |
| 2:04.2 | It was two hours long, so we've broken it up |
| 2:07.7 | for purposes of the podcast. |
| 2:10.2 | In this episode, you'll hear my interview with Adam Kinzinger, former representative and member of the January 6th committee who headlined the event. |
| 2:22.0 | We talked about the big national security stories of |
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