state, territorial and federalel elections.ecs. d.c. dc residents, a majority of whom were black and brown, are worthy and capable of governing themselves. it is true congress hasower absolute power over d.c., butr c might does not make right. tu: i oh. so if something happened in american history, for a while, it s okay. is that what you re saying? you? d and yes, the citizens of dc in every place in america have a right to govern themselves. she s sayingying you shoul we sn be governed by foreigners. ed thomas massie is a member ofs congress from the commonwealth of kentucky. we re honorethd to havank e yoy, us tonight. congressman, thank you so much.. how is this not th for coming on . how is this not the most obvious attack on democracy?n ar it is an attack. b and after years of bleeding
and then they fled back to new york. whyk is that ? what exactly isth the differencs in the crime as a legal question, we still don t know the answer for some reason, capitol hill police have not released the surveillance tapes that show exactly what cobus employees did that so triggereds a police force controlled by nancy pelosi that they weret arrested. whatever they did otherwise sympathetic members of congress aree running away from it as quickly as they can . quote we do not condone any inappropriate activity within the capitol. jake auchincloss officeto told us today it was a factual matter that is not true . in fact, jake auchincloss has a recent history of condoning criminal behavior in the capitol just this march surveillance rc cameras in theha complex court. jake auchincloss is chief off staff that would a former adam schiff staffer called tim hisam vendola the front door of congresswoman marjorie taylor greene s personal office . hisamid did this not once but several times
like a man obsessed capitol police quickly filed arrest warrant against him because tim hisam clearly posed a threat toey a member of congress. but jake hoffman was did not fire him instead. in jake auchincloss defended tyson s vandalism as noble and justifiedea. e our office is not going to apologize. read a long and self-righteous statement from jake auchincloss. in other words, we don t like margeritaen greens politics. therefore we can do whatever we want to her and we will . for the most part, the media ignored the story so jakee auchincloss and adam schiff felt emboldened to go further. they invited colbert s s employees to the capitol to harass marjorie taylor some more , which is what they werery trying to do when they were g arrested by capitol hill police. now whatever you think of her politics, marjorie taylor greene is we a sitting member ofs congress preventing her or any other m member of congress from carrying outs official duties as a public representative is by definit
four p.m. on thursday. the group reentereded the building. accounts vary as to what exactly happened next , but it seems clear that colbert s employees werees let inside by an ally within the building that would be a freshmanou member of congress from massachusetts called jake auchinclosssja. once on federal property, colbert completed what they came to do, which was disruptpts the business of congress and apparently we re not subtle about doing itng, poundeder on doors and yelled whatever they did, it got people s attention. it takes an awful lot force a police force controlledo by nancy pelosi to arrestup a group of leftwingte entertainmentrt figures. but that s exactly what happened next . capitol hill police arrestedpith stephen colbert employees and brought them to jail allt seven of them were chargedde with unlawful entry. now that s the identical chargee that hundreds of january six defendants have been prosecuted for. but unlike january six defendants, cobus employees were not
to his office instead wereth opened by the justice department. you can seee nt the letters on r screen right now. and we know they went to the doj because they have doj stamps on them. they reg intercepting his mail. yes,l? here s gohmert statement. even if it were a mistake tod deliver congressman to the dojob ,the doj has an obligation to immediately notify congress and forward the mail without opening it. it is gravely concerning since congressional mail is constitutionally protected debate clausech of the constitution, it could be routed intentionally or not e through the highly partisan doj. this is felonious behavior. is. rtainlyti by the way, these agencies mess with all kinds of unelectedot americans, the rest of us . there s nothing we can do about it. but you d hope if they mess with elected officials, members of congress, they would be severely punished and we h. ojtly hope they will you ve reached out, by the way,t the doj department for comment. they re not going to commen