A Firsthand Account of the Jan. 6 US Capitol Attack from the ONLY Federal Prosecutor Who Was There

Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

There was one federal prosecutor who was assigned by the Department of Justice to be present at, observe, and work the protest-turned-insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021. Former federal prosecutor Alyse Adamson (Constantinide) is that person.

For the first time, Alyse tells her story on air, and it is a riveting account of what she witnessed and experienced on the grounds of the Capitol on January 6th. As she watched the brutal attacks on law enforcement and experienced the pepper spray/bear spray first hand, she told her DOJ supervisors, "This is terrorism!"

After spending January 6th, 2021, watching the Trump-incited mob trying to stop the certification of Joe Biden's election win, Alyse spent January 7th representing the people of the United States in court as the first rioters to be arrested in connection with the Capitol attack were arraigned in court for the the crimes they committed the day before.

Alyse can be found on Instagram at: @alysetadamson

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0:00.0	It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and MSNBC analyst Glenn Kirchner.
0:11.5	Today, Glenn interviews former federal prosecutor, Elise Adamson.
0:20.8	That's next on Justice Matters.
0:24.2	These are difficult times, and if you believe in justice, progress, and democracy, the news you
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0:59.0	All right. Welcome everybody to our new interview show. This is Justice Matters one-on-one,
1:05.4	and I am thrilled to have my friend and former fellow federal prosecutor with me today, Elise
1:13.4	Adamson. I have wanted for a very long time, going on four years now, to talk with Elise
1:20.6	about January 6th, 2021 for a very specific reason. She was a federal prosecutor back in January of 2021, and she was one of the few
1:36.0	and perhaps the only federal prosecutor to actually have her boots on the ground at the U.S. Capitol
1:43.4	at the time of the Capitol attack. And she has shared
1:48.7	her story and her account and her experience with me, and I have been dying to present it to
1:54.9	you all here at Justice Matters one-on-one. Not only is Elise a former federal prosecutor in my former professional home,
2:05.4	the District of Columbia, United States Attorney's Office, but she is actually also a legal analyst.
2:11.9	You've probably seen her on CNN, together with a smattering of other networks.
2:18.0	And, you know, she is one of the rising stars in the legal analysis community.
2:22.4	And she had so much value anytime we get to see her providing her legal analysis on CNN.
2:28.9	And elsewhere, she's currently in private practice.
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