Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Trump Ran for President to Avoid Prison

Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Trump Ran for President to Avoid Prison

Rep. Jasmine Crockett

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In committee exchange, Rep. Jasmine Crockett lays out what Republicans are desperately trying not to argue: the facts. Instead of disputing Donald Trump’s guilt, Republicans focused on attacking the prosecutor and questioning whether the investigation should have happened at all. Crockett walks through the record. The convictions. The court rulings. The testimony. The timeline. And the reality that Trump’s return to the presidency halted a prosecution that prosecutors believed would have ended in a conviction. She calls out the selective outrage, the conspiracy theories, and the attempt to rewrite January 6 while ignoring the evidence, the violence, and the members of Congress who helped make it happen. This is about power protecting itself, not truth. No spin. No hypotheticals. Just facts, accountability, and a refusal to let history be rewritten i #JasmineCrockett #January6 #TrumpAccountability #RuleOfLaw #ChecksAndBalances #DemocracyMatters #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw #StopTheCoverUp #PoliticalAccountability #FactsOverFiction #USPolitics #ElectionIntegrity #HoldThemAccountable #Trump #Convicted #NepoBaby

Transcript

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5 minutes.

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Well, okay, fine. Um, so I it's curious

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because you've sat here all day and

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thank you so much for showing up because

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this was something that you wanted to

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do. The Republicans wanted to make sure

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that you were hid in a room with no

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cameras cuz I was there. They didn't

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really want you out public because they

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were afraid of what you would say, which

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is that you could have proven your case

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because you are a career

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prosecutor who knows how to prosecute

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criminals. Um, so just to be clear,

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today it seems like the Republicans have

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not really fought very much about

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whether or not Trump was guilty or not.

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In fact, their fight seems to be over

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whether or not you were authorized to

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prove their guilt. Do you recall a

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number of Republican members asking

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about whether or not your appointment

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was okay, even though we know that

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you've testified about the more than

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hundred-year president that allowed for

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your appointment? I I was asked

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questions about that today and our

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position as we filed in our appeal is

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that there was uh strong support for my

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appointment including uh Supreme Court

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president directly on point.

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Thank you so much. Additionally, you

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know, everybody's being all gingerly

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here today, but I don't know why we're

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acting surprised that a man who had

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close to 90 allegations out of four

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different jurisdictions and ultimately

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ended up with 34 convictions after a

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jury was able to hear all the evidence

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would possibly be committing a criminal

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act on January 6. In fact, considering

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the fact that we are now under the

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impression that he is violating people's

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due process rights, he is ignoring court

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orders. Um, he's starting wars without

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congressional authority in contradiction

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to the Constitution. He's enriching

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himself to the tune of over $1.4

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billion. He's shaking down electeds to

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draw maps that will help him stay in

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power because the Republicans don't

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understand that they swore an oath to

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the Constitution and that we are

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supposed to do checks and balances. He's

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also shaking down TV stations to get

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money. So why are we trying to pretend

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as if it is out of the realm for this

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particular man to commit the crime that

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he committed on January 6? And frankly,

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the only reason he ran for president was

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to make sure that he would not be

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prosecuted because I fully believe that

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you would have put him under the jail

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based on our long form conversation that

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we had. But according to uh your council

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your special counsel report on page 137,

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it states the department's view that the

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constitution prohibits the continued

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indictment and prosecution of a

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president is categorical and does not

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turn on the gravity of the crimes

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charged, the strength of the

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government's proof or the merits of the

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prosecution. And that quote, "But for

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Mr. Trump's election and imminent return

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to the presidency. The office assessed

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that the admissible evidence was

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sufficient to obtain and sustain a

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conviction at trial. In other words,

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Donald Trump ran for president, like I

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said, so he wouldn't have to spend the

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rest of his life in prison. The chairman

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and other members of this committee have

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spent all day attacking you and trying

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to rewrite the history of January 6. But

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Mr. Jim Jordan, the chairman, failed to

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mention how he was running around the

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capital terrified by the possibility

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that all those insurrectionists would

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harm him. In fact, on page 97 of the

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deposition transcript, you mentioned how

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Mark Meadows, the president's chief of

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staff, quote unquote, never saw Jim

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Jordan so scared. The chairman also

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failed to mention that he was in direct

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contact with the White House in the days

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leading up to and on January 6, which is

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why his toll records were subpoenaed by

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your office. Let me be clear because

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they're trying to act like this is

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Democrats on Republicans and I guess you

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are a covert Democrat that knew that he

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was going to try to steal an election

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before he tried to steal that election

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and so therefore you were somehow put

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into place. I mean, the conspiracy

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theories make your head spin, but

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nevertheless, were you going to subpoena

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the toll records of every single

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Republican simply because they were a

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Republican?

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No, we subpoenaed the toll records in

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the course of this investigation because

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they were relevant to our investigation.

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Relevant. Oh, okay. All right. So, that

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means something about facts. So, let's

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talk about facts. Donald Trump lost to

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Joe Biden. Yes or no?

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That's correct. Okay. In fact, 60

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federal and state courts have found that

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there was no evidence of election fraud.

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Trump's own attorney general and vice

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president knew that he lost the

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election, but he still tried to steal

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the election by pressuring state

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officials, designing fake elector plans,

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nearly having Mike Pence hanged, and

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ultimately demanding that his supporters

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quote, "fight like hell." Correct.

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Correct. We all saw it happen once they

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reached We all saw what happened once

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they reached the US capital. As your

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report outlines, President Trump knew

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that he would incite violence at the

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capital that day. In fact, some of

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Trump's senior advisers were pushing for

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violence. For example, page 81 of the

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report details how co-conspirators

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number two, John Eastman, tried to

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convince Mike Pence to break the law,

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stating that quote, "Violence was

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necessary." So, it isn't just Trump who

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is responsible for the death of multiple

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law enforcement officers and the

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injuries of thousands of people. A lot

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of Republican members of Congress are

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also responsible.

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147 Republicans voted to overturn the

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2020 election results, including

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multiple members currently serving on

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this committee. And I will yield.