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June 12 — Rep. Elaine Luria, Nick Quested and Rep. Don Bacon

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🗓️ 12 June 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), member of the January 6th Select Committee, joins Meet the Press for an exclusive interview to discuss the House investigation and the first hearing. Filmmaker and committee witness Nick Quested discusses his role in the first hearing and what he saw at the Capitol last year. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) reacts to the investigation and says he wouldn't dismiss a criminal charge against former President Trump. Leigh Ann Caldwell, David French, Eddie Glaude Jr. and Amy Walter join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, the January 6 hearings.

0:04.0

President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack.

0:12.0

The evidence.

0:13.0

It represents Senate Trump's last stand, most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power.

0:21.6

A sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election

0:26.2

and prevent the transfer of presidential power.

0:29.4

The election lies.

0:30.7

I made it clear I did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen

0:35.5

and putting out this stuff, which I told the president was bull-billed.

0:38.6

The riot.

0:39.4

I was slipping in people's blood.

0:42.1

It was carnage.

0:46.0

It was chaos.

0:47.5

And the warning.

0:48.8

I say this to my Republican colleagues, who are defending the indefensible.

0:53.6

There will come a day when Donald Trump

0:55.7

is gone, but your dishonor will remain. This morning, I'll talk to one of the members of the January

1:01.8

6th Committee, Democrat Elaine Luria, the documentary filmmaker who testified on Thursday,

1:07.5

and a Republican congressman who defied his party and voted for an independent

1:12.4

January 6 commission. Plus, he's the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the

1:18.9

only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting.

1:23.7

How about that?

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