Counsel jack smith. The 45page indictment accuses the former e president of three counts of conspiracy and one count of obstruction for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Culminating in the january 6th attacks on the u. S. Capitol. Heres the Special Counsel tuesday after the charges were handed up. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 20211, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. If lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government, the nations process of clerking, counting and certifying collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. Paul lets bring in Wall Street Journal columnists dan Dan Henninger kim strassel and Editorial Board member kyle peterson. Dan, its interesting, he cited the riots at capitol, but thats not really in the indictment, per se, nothing that links to the rioters in par
paul: the bipartisan push to rein in big tech is gaining some steam with senators lipped are city graham and elizabeth warren calling for the creation of the new federal agency9 with the power to sue internet platforms and even shut them down. the plan, released last week, would create a new regulatory body called the digital consumer protection commission charged with hinesing and policing license aring and policing companies like meta, google and amazon. the lawmakers say the commission will, quote, prevent online harm, promote free speech and competition, guarantee americans privacy and protect national security. let s bring in andy kessler, he writes the inside view column for the wall street journal . andy, good to see you, as always. so is the nation clamoring for a digital consumer protection commission? do we need it? i don t think so. you know, i actually read this