Welcome to the Bowl Work Podcast. I'm Charlie Sykes. It is August 4, 2023, and as I

wrote in my newsletter this morning, Morning Shots, let's just take a pause from the Doom

Loop of Nothing Matters upon the trade to note how much this week mattered. The former

President of the United States was arrested for the third time, booked, arraigned, warned

against committing crimes or bribing witnesses, and then released on his own recognizance,

Donald Trump now faces 78 felony charges, and potential prison sentences that you have to

measure in centuries rather than decades. I had to look this up. This is literally true.

The maximum sentences on all the charges if he's convicted would put him behind bars for,

wait for this, 641 years. Okay, I understand that's unlikely, but 641 years, and that does not count.

The civil lawsuits for fraud, defamation, and sexual assault are what is coming from Georgia.

And yet, of course, he is the front-running candidate for the Republican nomination for

President. A lot to dive into today, and we are fortunate to be joined by one of the key players

in this whole saga, Adam Kinzinger, former Congressman of Illinois co-founder of Country First,

and of course, member of the January 6th Committee. Adam, how are you?

Hey, just great. How are you? What a week. It's like, if, by the way, if the devil had been

President, I don't think he would be guilty of as many crimes and probably would be facing less

than 600 years in prison. 600 years in prison. I mean, that's a chunk. That sounds serious.

So let's start with the obvious question. It seems obvious to me that we're at not for the work

of your committee, the January 6th Committee. We would not be having this conversation today.

Donald Trump would not have been arraigned in Washington DC yesterday. Your thoughts about that.

Yeah, I think that's 100% true. And it's disappointing to be honest with you. I mean,

this investigation should have started on January 7th to include the President. I get that the

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