meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Slate News

The Jan 6ers: Where Are They Now?

Slate News

Slate Podcasts

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The investigation into the 2021 attack on the Capitol was the largest in FBI history. Then Trump came back into office—and started undoing it. 

Guest: Ryan Reilly, reporter covering the Justice Department and federal law enforcement for NBC News, author of Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System.

Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.

Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

There's so much more to enjoy when you fly in Emirates economy.

0:05.7

Spacious legroom, delicious regionally inspired meals, complimentary drinks,

0:10.7

and with the latest movies, TV shows, music and life sport,

0:14.3

some of the best entertainment in the skies.

0:16.8

And our family services make your journey simple and fun.

0:20.8

Plan your next trip and start the holiday early in Emirates economy.

0:25.5

Fly Emirates, fly better.

0:29.7

I had that dream again.

0:31.4

My small business needs IT help, but I don't use LinkedIn and I hire wrong.

0:35.8

So then I'm doing IT.

0:54.4

And when I go to plug the service in, they become sentient. And they won't debt us access to the network unless we forward their chain emails and memes to 10 other people. And then I wake up. Don't let hiring nightmares ruin your dreams. LinkedIn Jobs' new AI assistant finds and invites best-fit candidates to apply so you can discover talent you otherwise would have messed. Get 50% of your first job post at LinkedIn.com slash AI hire.

0:58.9

Terms and conditions apply.

1:06.0

I have such a clear memory of what I was doing five years ago this week. Joe Biden was about to take

1:13.4

office, but Donald Trump had not yet accepted the results. On the day that Congress was scheduled

1:19.8

to certify the election, Trump was still convinced he could pull victory from the jaws of defeat.

1:26.6

He gave a speech, announcing as much.

1:29.3

Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy.

1:36.3

And after this, we're going to walk down, and I'll be there with you.

1:40.3

We're going to walk down.

1:43.3

We're going to walk down anyone you want, but I think right here we're going to walk down. We're going to walk down anyone you want, but I think right here we're going to walk down to the Capitol.

1:50.0

You remember what happened next, because like me, you were probably staring at a screen, slack-jawed, watching.

2:02.3

Hundreds of Maga true believers stomped through the streets and spilled into the Senate chamber.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 20 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.