heavy weaponry and tactical gear, a so-called quick reaction force of militia members waited on standby in case they were called into the city. uh, you know, this is just logically providing all the reasoning that you re talking about here. but how close do you think they were to using that level of force? alex, i really don t know. i think in some ways they were trying to wait for cues to essentially join in on the idea that they were going to overturn the results that day. i d also just like to remind people that imagine this were during the al qaeda era and we were talking about a group of people who were dressed in body armor charging the capitol with a qrf automatic weapons, night vision goggles, this sort of stuff outside the city. this is ludicrous that we treat it so lightly, really, in our discussions. i find that quite alarming, it
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the documents from being handed over. as to what the supreme court will do, with his appeal and how fast they ll move if they do take the case, i really don t know. other federal court judges in the district court and the appeals court, in washington d.c., they have been willing to hear this on a hurry basis. a really fast basis. i think, in part, according to the rulings because the judges have recognize the urgency of this investigation. because, the seriousness of january 6th and also because the investigation will probably get kneecap if the republican take over the house and shut it down. if they win the midterm elections. i don t know if the supreme court would take up the appeal from trump, at all. if they do take it up, i don t know what kind of pace they will take it up on, or if they will be more amenable to his delay, delay, delay strategy. i don t know, what they will do. neither do you. unless some of the justices are watching right now, in which
endangered. they were forced to flee, preventing the legislators from completing their constitutional duties. until the following day. the january six committee, has also demonstrated a sound factual predicate for requesting these presidential documents specifically. the ruling says, quote, there was a direct link which between the former president, former president trump, and the events of the day. then, president trump, called for his supporters to gather in washington hen for a wild response to what he has been alleging for months, had been a stolen election. on january 6th, president trump, directed his followers to go to the capitol and quote, fight for their country. with the aim of preventing, congress certification the electoral vote. don t really think we need quotes from a speech that they. trump said, quote, we will never take back our country with weakness. we ve come to demand that congress to the right thing, and only count certain electors. and equally essential aspect
14 days from now would be when tonight s ruling would go into effect, barring an appeal to the u.s. supreme court. for the trecord, that would be december 23rd, and wouldn t that be a fine start to a merry christmas for everyone. presumably, though, he s going to appeal to the supreme court. and he ll do so in time to stop the documents from being handed over.es as to what the supreme court will do with his appeal and how fast they ll move if they do take the case, i really don t know. other federal court judges in the district court and the appeals court in washington, d.c., they have been willing to hear this on a hurry up basis, l really fast basis. i think in part, according to the rulings because the judges have recognized the urgency of this investigation, because of the seriousness of january 6th and also because the investigation will probably getf kneecapped if the republicans take over the house and shut it down.