How the Jan 6 committee came to this moment

Amanpour

CNN

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🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The decision by the January 6 committee to refer former President Trump to the Department of Justice on four criminal charges is a dramatic and historic one. Following the final hearing, Trump – the only declared Republican contender for the 2024 presidential election – offered a defiant response, claiming “These folks don’t get it that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It strengthens me. What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” So how did the committee reach its decision? And what are the consequences for the former president? Correspondent Paula Reid walks us through this unprecedented moment in American politics. Also on today's show: Amy Davidson Sorkin, staff writer, The New Yorker; Rory Stewart, President, GiveDirectly Aisha Harris & Stephen Thompson, Co-hosts, NPR’s “Pop Culture Happy Hour” To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Ammanport. Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	Omenport.
0:10.0	Ours is not a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and
0:15.9	ring leaders get a free pass. A historic criminal referral for a former US
0:21.4	president as the scrutiny for Donald Trump continues today
0:25.3	over his tax returns, we unpack what it all means,
0:28.0	and ask what a Republican-controlled house means
0:30.5	for the work of the committee next year. Then, global aid in trouble.
0:34.8	I speak to former UK Secretary of State for International Development,
0:38.8	Lori Stewart, about his efforts to send money directly to the world's poorest.
0:44.4	Plus...
0:45.4	It's me, high, I'm the problem it's me.
0:50.6	A year in review in the pop universe.
0:52.4	We look at what's made us all go wow in 2022. Welcome to the program. I'm Sarah Sidner in Los Angeles sitting in for Christiane
1:14.2	Ammanpur. It is a meeting that has been years in the making and highly anticipated
1:19.4	and one more headache for former president Donald Trump as a House
1:23.8	congressional committee debates making his tax returns public at last. This
1:28.7	only a day after a dramatic and historic decision by another committee looking into the January 6th insurrection,
1:36.6	referring the former president to the Department of Justice on four criminal charges.
1:42.0	Trump, the only declared Republican contender so far for the 2024 presidential election,
1:48.0	offered a defiant response, saying,
1:51.0	these folks don't get it that when they come after me the people who love
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