Judge J. Michael Luttig on January 6 and the Indictment of President Donald Trump August 10, 2023 Visit our media library at constitutioncenter.org/medialibrary to see a list of resources mentioned throughout this program, listen to previous episodes, and more.
[00:00:00] Jeffrey Rosen: Earlier this month, President Trump was indicted in federal court in Washington, DC for conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential elections. [00:00:11] Jeffrey Rosen: Hello, friends, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center. And welcome to, We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people. [00:00:31] Jeffrey Rosen: I wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal last week offering some historical perspective for the latest federal indictment of President Trump. We're posting that piece on the podcast resource page, and because I've already weighed in on the topic, we're departing from our usual We the People format this week for a conversation about the indictment with Judge J. Michael Luttig. We'll focus on the questions I raised in the piece, including, "What would the framers think of the indictment and the future of American democracy?" We'll return to our usual debate format and host a range of diverse perspectives on these important questions in the months ahead. Judge J. Michael Luttig is a member of the National Constitution Center's board of trustees. He's served on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He previously served as counselor and senior advisor to The Boeing Company, as assistant attorney general at the US Department of Justice, counselor to the attorney general and assistant counsel to the president under Ronald Reagan. [00:01:27] Jeffrey Rosen: Judge Luttig, it is wonderful to have you back on We the People. [00:01:31] Judge J Michael Luttig: Good afternoon, Jeff, and thank you very much. It's my pleasure to be here.
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