Rep. Jasmine Crockett Walks Republicans Through the January 6 Facts They Keep Dodging

Rep. Jasmine Crockett

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In this Committee hearing, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett methodically dismantles the conspiracy theories surrounding January 6 and puts the facts on the record. Drawing on her experience as a criminal defense attorney, Crockett walks witnesses through what actually happened: FBI investigations, grand jury indictments, jury convictions, guilty pleas, and documented ties to white supremacist groups. She challenges the fear-based narratives being pushed by Republicans and exposes the contradiction at the heart of their claims about law enforcement, political persecution, and accountability. This is how the justice system actually functions, from investigations to indictments to jury verdicts. And it’s why Rep. Jasmine Crockett continues to demand accounta #JasmineCrockett #January6 #Congress #Oversight #Accountability #RuleOfLaw #JusticeMatters #Democracy #FactsOverFear #StopTheLies #CongressionalHearing #PoliticalAccountability #TruthMatters #NoMoreCoverUps #AmericanDemocracy

Transcript

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Um, I don't know where I want to start.

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Like, I am so frustrated um with this

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country and I don't think that I'm the

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only one and to know that we have former

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law enforcement here. As someone who

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worked with law enforcement consistently

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as a practicing lawyer, I'm quite

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concerned. I'm alarmed by some of the

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things that you said. Um, specifically,

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Mr. Special. Am I saying it correctly?

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Okay. Um, Mr. speciality. You said, and

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I may quote you incorrectly, so correct

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me. Um, you were warning your family

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about the possibility of the FBI busting

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into your home. Is that correct?

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Close enough.

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Yes. Because they were raiding American

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citizens all over the United States for

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trespass.

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And you'd agree with me that that's I

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mean,

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no, I don't agree that you should use

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FBI tactical teams to raid people who

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are trespassing.

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That's not what I was saying. I'm sorry

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I was moving a little slow because I

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wanted to make sure I quoted this

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correctly. Um, are you aware that the

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FBI recently executed a search warrant

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at a Washington Post reporter's home?

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No, I'm not aware of that.

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Okay. But you'd agree with me that doing

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something like that with the FBI sounds

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like what you were afraid of happening.

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And to be clear, that never happened to

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you. Correct.

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No, it didn't. But I was aware of the

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FBI investigation for two and a half

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years. But you did not. So they never

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busted into your home, but you you were

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concerned and you felt like that that

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would be wrong. And so what I'm trying

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to understand is that there's a lot of

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complaints about the Ray FBI. And I

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won't opine on that, but I will make it

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clear and Mr. Romano, help me out if I'm

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wrong, but was Mr. Ray appointed by

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Donald J. Trump himself?

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Mr.

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Mr. Christopher Ray, who was the FBI

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director? Okay. So, he was appointed by

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Donald Trump and right now, um, it's

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interesting because we sit here and

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we're talking about domestic terrorism

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and every day there are Americans

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concerned about ICE and what ICE is

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doing. Um, so let me ask you a different

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question that you may be familiar with.

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Um, as it relates to the training that

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the average FBI officer gets before they

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are admitted as officers, is it longer

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than 47 days? Yes or no?

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I don't think that I'm the person that

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you should be asking that question. I

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think that the retired FBI agent should

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be

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Anybody want to answer that? Who who's

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been in law enforcement?

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Yes, ma'am. The FBI Academy ranges

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anywhere from it changes in length and

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duration. And it can go from 12, 14, 16.

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It's up been up to 18, 20 weeks, okay?

2:42

Thank you so much. So, here it is. Um,

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we have people and I know that there

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have been conversations about uh

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political opponents.

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Um, I believe it may have been you, Mr.

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Pyota Pyota, that you talked about um

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political opponents being prosecuted.

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Let me ask you, Mr. Mor Romano though.

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Are you aware that this DOJ has gone

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after Jerome Powell or is going after

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Jerome Powell?

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I'm aware of reporting to that effect.

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Yes.

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Are you aware of this DOJ going after

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Tish James?

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Yes.

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Are you aware of this DOJ going after

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James Comey?

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Yes. After the president tweeted that

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they should

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and and are you also aware that um James

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Comey is not currently being prosecuted.

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His case was dismissed.

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I am. Are you also aware that Tish James

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case was dismissed?

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Yes.

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Are you also aware that um a number of

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times that they tried to indict Tis

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James, they were unsuccessful?

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I am.

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Now, as a career prosecutor, how many

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times did you have to try to get people

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indicted before you could finally secure

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an indictment?

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I never had the grand jury reject an

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indictment that I presented.

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Oh, okay. All right. Well, it seems like

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maybe they still need you there because

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they are struggling. Um, in addition to

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that, um, I I I want to talk because it

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it like the conspiracy theories are are

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driving me insane. And maybe it is

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because I'm used to the law just being

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the law and practicing and getting into

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a courtroom. And maybe it's because I've

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been there, but I am so confused about

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how they're like, "Oh, these poor little

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people, they did nothing wrong." And

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that's why the president let them all

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out of prison. Let's talk about the

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process, okay? Because you can say that

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an investigation has been flawed and

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Lord knows as a criminal defense

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attorney, it was my job to make sure

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that I dug into every single flaw

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because I can tell you in almost every

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single prosecution that I've had to go

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up against, the only thing I was looking

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at is how much did you mess up so that I

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could represent my client well, right?

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But it didn't mean that I would get them

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off. So, I'm trying to figure out did

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these people over a thousand people get

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convicted of something that they did in

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a criminal way on January 6. Yes or no?

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Yes. Okay. So then you come back and

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they were convicted by what? A jury.

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Some of them.

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Mostly juries, some judges.

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And some people actually did what we

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call a plea bargain. Correct.

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Correct.

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Meaning that they walked in and they

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said, "I am guilty." Correct.

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Yes.

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Okay. So, the final point that I'll make

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because I know I'm running out of time

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is there was some stuff about white

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supremacist and the concerns about

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people being alleged to be white white

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supremacists. Some of the people that

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got convicted were neo-Nazis. Have they

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been clarified as white supremacists or

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not?

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Yes.

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Some of the people were proud boys. Have

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they been declared as white supremacists

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or not?

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I believe so.

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Okay. And then the Confederate flag. Has

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that sometimes been associated with

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white supremacist groups?

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I would certainly say it was during the

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Civil War and since.

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Okay. And then there's this sign. I'm

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not going to do it, but it looks like

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the okay sign with the hand gesture. Has

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that been associated with white

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supremacy?

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Yes.

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Okay. And as one of the prosecutors that

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prosecuted some of these cases, did you

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not have defendants that you felt like

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may have been white supremacists based

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on the investigations?

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Yes, in some cases we had evidence

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explicitly of it.

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Thank you so much. I'll yield.