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DICKERSON: Welcome to Face the Nation. We continue our conversation with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, now Director of Stanford Universitys Hoover Institution. What do you think of the advisability of a commission to investigate the events of January 6?
RICE: Well, somehow we have to look at the events of January 6. Listen, that was a terrible stain on our democracy. We have a really great system. He was tested that day. We need to understand what happened with security. We need to understand the nature of this test. The saddest thing is that I testified before the 9/11 Commission. We also had the Iraq Study Group, which was another group of – of citizens, of prominent citizens, who helped us understand what was wrong with Iraq. And so we have a tradition of these citizens, these elders, if you will, of the country to help us through times like this. The problem right now is that there isn’t enough trust in Washington to do this in a way that everyone will – trust the process. We need to know what happened on January 6th.
DICKERSON: But it wasn’t both sides. The Republicans blocked the- the commission. So it’s like it’s
RICE: Well listen, the problem is, there just isn’t John, there just isn’t enough trust in Congress right now because we have constant discussions about how I’m just going to put you aside and do whatever I want to do. So let’s just recognize that it’s not 2004 when the 9/11 Commission was formed and worked and let’s try to find a way to get a set of answers on what happened on January 6th. I would prefer it not, but maybe we need to think about ways to do it outside of our electoral bodies.
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