In Depth -- The Investigation into January 6th, plus the Roots of the Insurrection

Our Body Politic

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News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week Boston Globe senior op-ed writer Kimberly Atkins Stohr joins Farai to discuss the latest findings - and potential government involvement - in the January 6 insurrection investigation. Our host then speaks candidly with OBP senior producer Bianca Martin about Farai’s 30 year journey as a field reporter who focuses on the challenges to democracy and society, and who predicted the 2021 political violence. Their conversation leads us back 12 years to Farai’s radio documentary “Pop and Politics Radio.” Traveling hundreds of miles through Arizona during the 2010 midterm election, Farai and the documentary producers saw how many of today’s political battles began to take shape, laying groundwork for the 2021 insurrection.

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0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politic. If you have time, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcast. It helps other listeners find us and we read them for your feedback. We'd also love you to join in financially supporting the show if you are able. You can find out more at ourbodypolitic.com slash donate. We are here for you, with you, and because of you.
0:40.7	Thank you.
0:43.8	This is Our Body Politic. I'm Farai Chidea. New details continue to be revealed by reporters and
0:51.5	sources leaking tapes and documents about the January 6th insurrection
0:55.9	at the U.S. Capitol. It was framed as an independent movement, but its ties to politicians
1:01.4	from the Trump administration and sitting members of Congress are becoming clearer.
1:06.6	In focus, the over 2,000 texts of former White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows,
1:11.5	that he submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee.
1:15.6	The messages reveal a cadre of Trump's inner circle and supporters,
1:19.7	including several Republican lawmakers who were in favor of overturning the election that fateful day.
1:26.9	Joining me now to discuss the latest with the investigation into January 6th is Boston Globe Senior Opinion writer, an inaugural columnist for the Emancipator, Kimberly Atkins Store.
1:37.7	Welcome, Kimberly.
1:39.3	Thank you for having me. It's great to be here.
1:41.9	Yeah, I am really glad to be here with you. And you recently
1:45.0	hosted an episode of the public radio show On Point about the investigations into the insurrection
1:51.5	and what's going on. So let's start with Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin. He's a member
1:57.3	of the House Select Committee investigating January 6th. And he has said that public hearings are going to start in June, and the committee will aim to release a report about the investigation at the end of summer or early fall.
2:10.4	They have interviewed over 800 witnesses, including Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, VP Mike Pence's chief of staff.
2:18.8	So can you walk us through what we are building up to in terms of what these hearings might mean?
2:26.8	So I think the hearings, once they begin, will become the public face of what this very intense, very just voluminous investigation has been.
2:40.5	Keep in mind leading up to this.
2:42.1	They have interviewed, in addition to the witnesses you mentioned, hundreds of other people.
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