joining me now is james sasso. a senior investigative counsel for the january 6th committee and worked on drafting its initial report. thank you for being here on set. >> thank you so much for having me. >> and continuing a really important part of the conversation. it obviously didn't end on steps of the capitol and inside the capitol that day. it continues on. the first thing i want to ask because you were involved in the drafting of this, you mentioned this in your op-ed, do you think the focus of the report and jeperally speaking with the committee's work was too much on the actions of the former president and not enough about the systemic problems that have taken root in american society? >> so i think we were very successful in how we framed the report to focus on the former president. when you think about just the amount of resources we had, the limited amount of time we had, thinking even in terms of what the american public is willing to listen to or understand, it'd be very hard to tell a 50-year story, r

joining me now is james sasso.tive january six committee and worked on drafting its initial report. mr. sasso, thank you for being here. >> thanks so much for having me, alex. >> it obviously did not and on the steps of the capital or inside the capitol that. day. it continues on. the first thing i want to ask -- because you were involved in the drafting of this -- you mentioned this in your op-ed. do you think that the focus of the report, and genuinely generally speaking, with the committees, where was too much on the actions of the former president? and not enough about the systemic problems that have taken root in american society? >> i think we were very successful and how we will frame the report to focus on the former president. when you think about just the amount of resources we had, the limited amount of time we had, thinking even in terms of what the american public is willing to listen to and understand, it would be very hard to tell a 50-year story about how the rioters identities were challenged, how