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Speaker nancy pelosi announcing the formation of a select committee to investigate. This morning with great solemnity and sadness im announcing that the house will be establishing a select committee on the january 6 insurrection. Again, january 6th was one of the darkest days in our nations history. Ive said it now three times. It is imperative that we establish the truth of that day and ensure that an attack of that kind cannot happen and that we root out the causes of it all. Speaker pelosis announcement follows months now of public and brazen obstruction by Senate Republicans including voti...

She said, quote, of course, part of the attorney general's purpose in doing that was to intimidate me and financially bankrupt me. she says, quote, it was a deliberate thing. it was a deliberate thing. and, of course, it was a deliberate thing, i'm sure, and it is part of a trend. we are seeing classic voter suppression tactics, you know, closing down all but one of the polling places in lincoln county, georgia, for example. all the changes they've passed to make it harder to register, harder to vote. we're also seeing a massive and continuing escalation of threats and harassment against elect...

Legal fees. early on she worried she might have to eat those bills. had the case gone to trial, legal costs would have reached hundreds of thousands of dollars. she said, quote, of course part of the attorney general's purpose in doing that was to intimidate me and financially bankrupt me. she says, quote, it was a deliberate thing. it was a deliberate thing. and of course, it was a deliberate thing, i'm sure. and it is part of a trend. we are seeing classic voter suppression tactics. closing down all but one of the polling places in lincoln county, georgia, for example. all the changes they'v...

Criminally liable. i thought what he did was toxic to american democracy. it's something of a development for him to invoke the fifth suggesting he believes there might be criminal exposure. >> it is extraordinary. what i find even more extraordinary is you have someone in clark who at the senior most levels of the justice department. the department of justice for crying out loud, who is saying e can't answer questions because it may implicate me in criminal activity. i spent almost six years in the department of justice, that just takes my breath away. >> congressman adam schiff, thank you so...

Incredible ongoing "reuters" series on threats and harassment against election officials and election workers in the wake of the 2020 election. this latest reporting zooms in and tells the story of two specific elections workers, ruby freeman who is the woman you heard on the 911 call, and her daughter. ms. freeman's daughter is an elections worker in metro atlanta in fulton county and asked her mom ruby to sign up as a temp worker to help process ballots on election day. the two of them worked through that day and night with other workers processing ballots at a state farm arena. in the after...