Arthur Aidala to Fmr. Dem. Rep. Saying Investigating Cheney Is ‘Rise to Fascism’: ‘Why Can’t You Say that About Letitia James?’

HONIG: “I don’t see any basis for it.”
PHILLIP: “And Trump has been very clear, he thinks that she should go to jail. I mean, he not only wants the investigation, he wants the outcome of jail time. And, honestly, I’m not totally sure why. I mean, I don’t know if Trump knows, except that he doesn’t like her and he thinks — “
Jones: “He’s just got a vindictive personality. This is part of the rise of fascism, is to do away with your political opponents to make sure that people in the future don’t do the things that they do.”
AIDALA: “Why can’t you say that about Letitia James, that she’s the rise of fascism? She tried to take down Donald Trump.”
Jones: “No, because her investigations have been legitimate. And I’ll also speak up for Preet Bharara looking into Andrew Cuomo. But here’s the thing — “
AIDALA: “Out of nowhere!”
Jones: “This idea that somehow all of a sudden Republicans want to look into what happened on January 6th is total nonsense. I was in Congress and we tried to get a nonpartisan commission created, and it was Republicans who refused Nancy Pelosi’s request to vote for such a thing. And so then she had to choose people in a bipartisan fashion, which she didn’t have to do, but she did it anyway. She put Adam Kinzinger on there. She put Liz Cheney on there. And we got to the facts. I lived through this. And so, obviously, a lot of it was already part of the public record before that committee was impaneled in the first place.”
PHILLIP: “That’s a really important point, because I remember early on, you know, it seemed very clear that there were two paths Congress could choose.”