Pelosi press conference underway shortly.
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Today is actual MLK's birthday, Nancy Pelosi notes and then quotes him: "True peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice."
"Justice is called for as we address the act of insurrection perpetrated against the Capitol complex last week," she says
"Justice is called for as we address the act of insurrection perpetrated against the Capitol complex last week," she says
Right now, impeachment managers are preparing for the trial which they will take to the Senate.
Meanwhile, we're in transition, Pelosi said.
Meanwhile, we're in transition, Pelosi said.
"Help is on the way," she says of Biden's Covid-19 relief plan.
In five days, Biden and Harris will be sworn in. And following the attack, unprecedented security presence in the Capitol and "to protect our democracy," Pelosi says, noting the "great courage" of those called to serve.
Pelosi notes that ret. General Russel Honore is preparing to work with Congress to lead a review, in the style of a 9/11 Commission, of what happened on Jan 6.
Pelosi discussing Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt man.
"To see this punk with that shirt on and his antisemitism that he has bragged about? To be part of a white supremacist raid on this capitol requires us to have an after-action review."
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"To see this punk with that shirt on and his antisemitism that he has bragged about? To be part of a white supremacist raid on this capitol requires us to have an after-action review."
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Pelosi says on Monday there will be an announcement on when, exactly, the article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection will be transmitted to the Senate to begin the trial.
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.@SpeakerPelosi: "If it is, in fact, found that members of congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crime, then there have to be actions taken beyond the Congress in terms of prosecution."
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Pelosi, speaking with secy of army, secret service: The inaug. was always going to be small because of the pandemic but now because of the insurrection, security has tightened. But this is not a concession to the terrorists, she says, it is a recognition of the danger of Covid.
Press reporters asking about when the speaker's lobby will be reopened - it was breached and is a key place for reporters to grab lawmakers for comment as they come and go.
"It won't be one minute before it is safe to do so from a covid and security standpoint or one minute later than that," Pelosi says.
Rep. Tim Ryan will be one of many lawmakers probing investigations into US Capitol Police.
Pelosi fields a question re: reform, addressing institutional racism or even collusion in insurrection - the investigation is essential and has to come first, she says.
There will be, in addition to Tim Ryan's cmte, Homeland Security, Judiciary, Intel Cmtes, Armed Services Cmte,
There will be, in addition to Tim Ryan's cmte, Homeland Security, Judiciary, Intel Cmtes, Armed Services Cmte,
They will all be doing oversight, Pelosi adds.
"We really lost our innocence in this. We took an oath to protect ourselves from foreign enemies and domestic. And now we have to protect ourselves from domestic. How close within, with the investigation we will soon know."
"We really lost our innocence in this. We took an oath to protect ourselves from foreign enemies and domestic. And now we have to protect ourselves from domestic. How close within, with the investigation we will soon know."
Investigations are quickly piling up in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 assault on the nation’s capitol as multiagency reviews involving police, lawmakers and lawyers start to take shape.
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