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The Counsel

Note From Elie: Biden Right to Retract Statement on Jan 6 Prosecutions

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie's Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey, everybody, Ellie here, bringing you my weekly note to the cafe community.

0:35.3

Also, check out my new podcast up against the mob. All six episodes

0:39.5

in season one are now available. It's a great binge listen. Take my word for it. In the meantime,

0:45.2

keep sending us your thoughts, comments, and questions to letters atcafe.com. When President Joe Biden declared publicly that the Justice Department should bring criminal contempt

1:09.4

charges against people who defy

1:11.0

subpoenas from the January 6th Committee, he was right on the merits, but wrong on the bigger

1:17.0

principle. Here's what happened. As the sun set on October 15th, Biden landed in a helicopter

1:22.4

on the White House lawn and detour to talk with the assembled press. Caitlin Collins, a colleague of mine at CNN,

1:28.8

asked Biden whether he had any message for those who defies subpoenas

1:32.4

from the January 6th committee.

1:34.5

Biden answered, quote,

1:36.4

I hope that the committee goes after them and holds them accountable.

1:40.6

Collins followed up by asking whether in Biden's view,

1:43.5

DOJ should prosecute congressional subpoena defiers, and Biden responded,

1:48.0

I do, yes. The Justice Department, to its credit, promptly fired back. In an extraordinary but necessary

1:56.4

public statement, DOJ reminded the American public while casting a glance up Pennsylvania Avenue at the

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