I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios. It's Tuesday, July 20th.

There is January 6th, insurrection news on at least two fronts today. We have the first

felony sentencing for one of

the insurrectionists. Thirty-eight-year-old Paul Hodgkins of Florida will serve eight months behind bars

for crimes including carrying not an American flag, but a Donald Trump flag, into the Senate

chamber on January 6th. The sentence could set a template for others there

who did not commit actual violence against other people. And House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

has named four Republicans to the Select Committee to investigate the attempt to overturn the election,

notably Congressman Jim Jordan, who is likely to somehow minimize the

events of January 6th and defend Trump as not inciting the riot and not lying about

massive election fraud. However, if the Republicans on the select January 6th committee

want to continue to claim massive election fraud was real. One former ally has now

jumped the shark, Trump's loyal attorney general, William Barr. Barr, of course, was so loyal

that a new book about him by CNN legal commentator and former federal prosecutor Ellie Honig is

called Hatchetman, how Bill Barr broke the prosecutor's code

and corrupted the Justice Department. But Barr has joined the long list of names on Donald Trump's

enemies' list since Barr proclaimed back in December that he saw no evidence of widespread voter fraud

that could change the outcome of the 2020 election. He resigned a

short time later. With me now is Ellie Honig, CNN Legal Commentator, former federal prosecutor,

and author now of Hatchetman, how Bill Barr broke the prosecutor's code and corrupted the Justice

Department. Thanks for coming on again, Ellie. Welcome

back to WNYC. Thanks for having me, Brian. Look forward to discussing this and all the January 6th news with you.

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