mary mccord is still with us. mary, you're quoted in the article. i'll read that in a second. well, this lawyer david raskin is like the lebron james of national security trials. he had others from 9/11. he was going to do the mohammed trial, the extent there was going to be one but then it got taken to guantanamo. the it's a very good tell as to where the justice department is headed. it's like when a client brings me in at the trial level, they're basically signalling, hey, we're prepared to go to the supreme court. this is a signal that, hey, we're prepared to actually go to trial. you know, i can't think of many reasons you would bring in someone like david raskin if the investigation is winding down or not going to trial. i don't think this is surprising that this is going to go to an indictment. the evidence against trump is overwhelming. this is not a thing. trump can say he declassified the documents the way herschel walker can say he served as a police officer which is a little imagination and a lot of chutzpah. >> i want to read your quote. there is no other case in

joining me now is mary mccord or cell, former acting assistant for national security. she's the executive director for the institute for constitutional advocacy -- and a professor at the georgetown university law center. miss mccord, thanks for joining me tonight. let me ask you given your background, and where we are right now. do you see these attempts to intimidate voters, monitor dropbox is, is this a domestic terrorism to point out? >> i think it's a national security threat. these are threats to the very core of our democracy. these are threats to people's ability to feel safe voting. that's actually participating directly and our democratic processes. and if our democracy feels that we do not have assurance that people can safely vote. if people don't have confidence in the ability to go about. if they don't have confidence in the fact that their votes will be counted. they might quit participating. or the might be too intimidated to participate. and that is when democracy fails. that's a national security threat. because that affects the u.s.'s presence in the w

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eddy, mary mccord, thank you for spending time with us. ing our entire conversation for today. we're really grateful to you. rick sticks around. when we come back, the resignation today of prime minister liz truss has thrown the uk into chaos. it should be a flashing red warning sign for some of us at home. that is because the economic policy that truss tried and failed to put in place is basically the same policy republicans in this country are pushing and promising if they win in three weeks. the results could be equally disastrous. we'll have that conversation next. >>> plus, iran has been engulfed in protests in response to the death of a 22-year-old woman killed in police custody, who was arrested for improperly wearing a hijab. it is a major movement in support of women's rights in the islamic republic. it could be a tipping point. one of their leaders will be our guest at the table. we're so excited about that. >>> more on our deadline special report about the mental health emergency in our country. today our focus is on our kids, th

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someone believed who lived in berkley california and we asked mary mccord and expert on these things about some things she has been hearing and researchers about online presence with someone. >> it is not confirmed it is the same person but person with the same name is connected to a couple of different online atthat is espousing free speec and decrying censorship by the government and the other is a web site that engages in anti-semitism and anti-lgbtq, qurch anone and hate speech targeting women. >> i was told by a source he asked where is nancy. he went there looking for the speaker. he has been charged with multiple crimes including amendmented murder and assault with a deadly weapon. f.b.i. and capitol police. judy: a lot of questions of how he managed to get in and where was the security at her home. what is known about threats against lawmakers and being protected? >> we are going to be talking about this but here's what i know. there was no police force there securing the residence, there is not security when she is not there. and remember, many of our viewers know, she is in

everything he said on january 6th, that would be the most vivid testimony of intent to date. >> mary mccord, i asked members of the select committee if after cipollone's deposition if there was any single question for which he invoked his fifth amendment protection and they said no. the only things he didn't answer were the things for which he exerted executive privilege. if harry is saying they go all the way, that sounds like the justice department will be able to get answers to those two questions we showed, did trump do anything to protect the vice president once he knew he was in danger? and did donald trump want people to leave the capitol? those two things are at the beating bleeding heart of the crimes that took place that day? >> yeah. i agree with harry's analysis basically, the executive privilege, there is some case support for a former president being able to still assert executive privilege, but it is not absolute. it is always a balancing test, and particularly when it's a criminal investigation as harry mentioned, the case of the united states versus nixon, is clear when the

joining us to discuss this is mary mccord, director of the institute for constitutional advocacy and on. she is also a former justice department prosecutor and has been advising local officials about how to protect their residents and the vote. mary, thank you very much for being with us. tell us what you are seeing. you have been watching this in recent months. you have watched it build. how does it have seeds in what happened in 2022? >> it is the same disinformation about election fraud that was the fuel for the fire on january 6, 2021. it is the same misinformation today. by political violence, i don't just mean physical violence. intimidation and threats and harassment. aggressive recruitment of poll watchers from groups like the proud boys and oath keepers to be a force for intimidation at the polls and other types of antidemocratic processes being driven by the same disinformation and lies about the 2020 election. judy: you name some examples. give us some specifics on what you most worry about could happen on election day the thind about is voters being intimidated from coming

. >>> let me add to our coverage, mary mccord, former top official in the justice department's nationalt me start with the two things denver's talking about here. this -- the throughline is it feels like it goes through both who was doing what in the white house. this is mr. mcentee, who was released from the white house, came back because mr. and mrs. trump liked them a lot and then was drafting orders to end u.s. military involvement in somalia and afghanistan. what do you make of how that was presented? adam kinzinger did a remarkable summation of a lot of the national security threats, and we were excited we'd have a chance to ask you about them. >> yeah, it was really an interesting piece of the hearing today, and of course, it was news. it was something we hadn't really heard anything about, and i think, again, it was that effort to draw into this not only what -- the threat that trump presents to our democracy in the united states, his incitement of political violence, his lies, disinformation, et cetera, but it shows what a national security threat he is, particularly right now

we asked mary mccord, an expert on this, on what she has heard about an online presence for someone withame name. mary: it's not confirmed that this is the same person, but a person with the same name as the attacker is connected to a couple of different online platforms, one being a blogspot that seems to be espousing free speech and and, you know, decrying censorship by the government. and the other is a website that engages in antisemitism, anti- lgbtq rhetoric, qanon conspiracy theories and hate speech targeting women and immigrants. lisa: i was told by a source that was briefed that the suspect did ask where is nancy, that he went looking for the speaker of the house specifically. he has been charged with multiple counts, including attempted murder. police are working on the case. judy: a lot of questions obviously about how he managed to get in, where was the security in her home in san francisco. what is known right now about threats against lawmakers and how they are being protected? lisa: we will be talking about this for a few days at least as we understand this event more. the

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obtained the bulletin joining me now my list her former chief of staff on homeland security and mary mccordy general for -- executive director of constitutional advocacy and protection at georgetown university law center. miles, mary, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. miles, that bulletin issued by homeland security. how should we read that warning with the midterms just around the corner? >> jonathan, we should read the warning extremely seriously. this isn't the first time that the dhs or fbi had made this warning. as recently as august they were warning that there was a spike in threats to public servants, an increase in chatter of armed rebellion and civil war. months prior to that they were doing the same. i don't want to scare people, jonathan, but look. right now we are witnessing a large spike in terms of volume towards public servants and we have seen in modern history. i notice the word chatter, that broke into the public lexicon after 9/11 when we talk about terrorists communicating with each other. we are seeing unprecedented levels of domestic terrorism chatter

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