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Why not round those folks up, make a few arrests? you know, something that would signal we're going to enforce federal law in that case? >> it's the same concept we're talking about. kind of evenhanded application of justice. and i don't think that people like myself that are calling for the use of this obstruction statute are saying just go round everyone up and put them in segregation for a year. what we are talking about is enforcing a law which starts off with deterrence. you tell the folks that are out there, hey, we had an attempted assassination of a supreme court justice. you can't be ...

Crime making it illegal to corruptly impede or obstruct an official proceeding, which includes proceedings before congress. if he had the power to stop that riot from happening and to permit the vote to go forward, his failure to do that could be that effort to corruptly obstruct the official proceeding. and it may be, you know, we've got this 187 minutes when he sat and did nothing despite the fact that he knew that this violence and description was occurring. is it because it was all part of a larger plan, so i think in addition to that obstruction statute that congresswoman cheney has menti...

Constitution, including incitement. i thought we made a compelling case on the floor of the united states senate, and i believe ultimately, majority of the united states senate agreed and concurred in our conclusion. unfortunately, only seven republican senators were willing to choose country over party and follow their conscience and vote to convict the president. and so, as you stated, he was able to avoid accountability. it seems like the committee is certainly considering, based off the public statements that i have heard from vice-chair cheney and chairman thompson, potential criminal ref...

We'll see if he has anything more to say about it. trump has said a couple of times that he would consider pardons or go ahead and pardon people convicted of the capitol riots. >> i would absolutely because some of them are being treated very unfairly. yeah, i would absolutely give them a pardon if things don't work out fairly. >> what do you think, john? is this witness tampering? sure sounds like it. >> boy, it sounds like it to me. you know, under the obstruction statute, you don't have to actually succeed in obstructs an endeavor to do so and this sounds an awful lot like an endeavor to me...

Liz cheney believes there could be groundwork for criminal charges. 18 usc 1512, the obstruction statute. any chance we see the committee actually subpoena donald trump himself? >> you know, probably. it's interesting that liz cheney is talking like a prosecutor. as you say, katie, she's using the precise language of the federal statute 1512 that reads, whoever corruptly instructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding or attempts to do so shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years. these are the words that liz cheney is using to describe some of donald trump's conduct. interesting...