How Congress Is Investigating January 6th — And Preparing For Any Future Attacks

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🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to the former president, voluntarily testified before House investigators for more than eight hours this week about the insurrectionist riot in the Capitol.

And Congress debated how the government would survive if half its members died or were incapacitated in an attack or natural disaster. Right now, the Constitution requires House members be to replaced by special election, a lengthy process.

This episode: demographics and culture correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm on Encierti and it's a rainy, grey day,
0:04.6	but good news is I have a really nice chocolate croissante for breakfast.
0:11.9	This podcast was recorded at 1.05 pm on April 8th.
0:16.8	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:22.8	It's really so!
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0:28.1	That sounds delicious!
0:30.0	Living your best life!
0:32.8	That was great!
0:33.5	Alright, hey there, it is the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:36.4	I'm Danielle Kurtz-Lavin, I cover demographics and culture.
0:39.3	I'm Claudia Grisales, I cover Congress.
0:41.6	And I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.
0:44.4	And we have a couple of big things to cover today to wrap up the week.
0:47.2	We're going to start with the House Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot.
0:52.0	That committee is continuing its work.
0:53.9	This week, former President Trump's daughter Ivanka spent several hours talking to committee members.
0:59.9	And that committee also approved two criminal contempt referrals for two of Trump's top White House aides.
1:06.0	So Claudia, let's start with Ivanka Trump.
1:08.4	What do we know about her appearance before the committee?
1:10.8	Do we have any information right now?
1:13.2	Right, yes, she did voluntarily appear before the committee.
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