There Have to Be Consequences
The House January 6 committee conducts closed door interviews as rightwing extremists organize “shock troops.”
Former National Security Council advisor Fiona Hill warns that Trump’s “in plain sight attempt at a self-coup” is a danger to democracy because “congressional Republicans went along with President Trump's lies.” A federal Judge sentencing a Capitol rioter says, “There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government.”
"If you’re going to take over the administrative state and deconstruct it, then you have to have shock troops prepared to take it over immediately," Steve Bannon said | Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images
Bannon fires up 'shock troops' for next GOP White House, NBC News | 10/2/2021
By Jonathan Allen
Scores of former Trump political appointees gathered at a GOP social club Wednesday night to hear Steve Bannon detail how they could help the next Republican president reconfigure government.
Video: Russia's Eroded Democracy Seen As Cautionary Tale For U.S. After Trump, CNN | 10/4/2021
Fiona Hill, former White House adviser on Russia talks about the concerning parallels between the strain on democracy in the United States in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency.