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The Counsel

Note from Elie: Latest Jan. 6 Subpoenas: Suboptimal but Sensible

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:31.2

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

0:35.6

Also, check out the new paperback version of my best-selling

0:39.3

book, Hatchetman, how Bill Barr broke the prosecutor's code and corrupted the Justice Department.

0:44.9

You can find that on Amazon or any bookstore. In the meantime, please keep sending your thoughts,

0:50.1

questions, or comments to Letters atcafe.com.

1:15.1

The House January 6th committee has finally, finally, subpoenaed five of its fellow members of Congress.

1:20.1

Issuance of the subpoenas is a bold and unprecedented move, though it would have been a hell of a lot bolder six months ago when the committee could have actually enforced them.

1:25.2

Given their belated arrival, the suboptimal, but still on balance,

1:30.3

sensible strategic play. Five Republican House members have now received subpoenas, all for good

1:36.6

reason. Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan spoke directly with Donald Trump on

1:42.1

January 6th. McCarthy, according to his own words, captured on tape a few days later,

1:46.8

claimed that Trump himself had acknowledged some responsibility for the capital attack.

1:51.2

Representative Scott Perry tried to run a coup inside DOJ, aiming to abuse the department's

1:56.3

institutional credibility by having it endorse false election fraud claims.

2:01.1

Representatives Andy Biggs and Mo Brooks helped spread the lie of election fraud and

2:05.8

attended various pre-January 6 planning meetings.

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