Six Months Later (with Congressman Swalwell)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
It's been six months since the attack on the Capitol and we're still searching for answers. Now that the House has approved a new select committee to investigate the January 6th riot, will we get said answers? With Liz Cheney defying the GOP by joining the investigation, what will be House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's next move? Will he appoint members of his liking to join or choose the path of selecting no one and call it partisan ploy? Congressman Swalwell joins to discuss his recent Capitol siege lawsuit against Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Congressman Mo Brooks.
GUEST:
- Congressman Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell), member of the House Judiciary and Intel Committees
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
RESOURCES:
- Congressman Swalwell's lawsuit - Here.
- Congressman Swalwell's recent book, "Endgame: Inside the Impeachments of Donald J. Trump" updated with four new chapters - Here.
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| 0:00.0 | Few Democrats have been more aggressive and pugnacious in going after Donald Trump and |
| 0:07.0 | his political allies in Congress, and Congressman Eric Swalwell of California. |
| 0:12.2 | Swalwell served as a House manager in the second impeachment trial of the former president, |
| 0:17.1 | and despite the acquittal, he has continued to pursue Trump, filing a lawsuit against |
| 0:21.9 | him, his son Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and a Republican colleague in the House, |
| 0:27.2 | Mo Brooks, for their role in inciting the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol. |
| 0:33.0 | His rhetoric about Republicans in the House in recent weeks has become increasingly harsh, |
| 0:37.5 | making it clear he wants no social contacts with them, and in one cable TV appearance, |
| 0:42.4 | even accused the GOP of being, quote, the pro-slavery anti-police party. |
| 0:48.0 | At the same time, Swalwell has pushed back against the Trump Justice Department's subpoena |
| 0:52.4 | to get records of his emails and phone calls, demanding that anybody in the department, |
| 0:57.0 | including career prosecutors, who took part in this, should be fired. |
| 1:00.8 | We'll talk to Swalwell about his clashes with Trump officials and his Republican colleagues, |
| 1:06.0 | as well as about the new updated edition of his book Endgame Inside the Impeachments of |
| 1:11.0 | Donald J. Trump on this edition of Skull Duggery. |
| 1:15.0 | Hi, I'm Luke Solomon, swear. |
| 1:19.6 | And I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States. |
| 1:23.2 | And we'll do the best of my building. |
| 1:25.7 | We deserve protect and defend Constitution of the United States. |
| 1:30.1 | So help me God. |
| 1:31.4 | So help me God. |
| 1:33.2 | So help me God. |
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