garland: no. you have to be a united states citizen, you have to meet the qualifications for that to be a voter. it's important that only those people vote. mr. clyde: how do you prove that? if you don't require i.d.? you require i.d. to get on an airplane. they are not going to let you on an airplane. [talking simultaneously] mr. garland: i have voted every year my entire life and i've never been asked to show an identification. mr. clyde: i've always been asked to show identification. wow. ag garland: somehow democracy goes on without that. mr. clyde: do you believe that illegal aliens residing in the united states should be allowed to vote in federal elections? yes or no? mr. garland: no. mr. clyde: all right, great, we agree on something. other than u.s. citizens, are there any other legitimate voters? mr. garland: you have to be a u.s. citizen to vote. mr. clyde: you must be a u.s. citizen. ok, great. i ask unanimous consent to add this to the record, mr. chairman. thank you, sir. this is a p

garland: yes. just at a high level of generality because i don't want to talk about matters i can't talk about in an open session. but we do have investigations, financial investigations with respect to hamas which we have had for a number of years. october 7 as the f.b.i. director noted in his testimony, has raised our threat level considerably with respect to concerns of foreign terrorist organizations like hamas. that might foment problems in the united states. that includes not only hamas, but hezbollah, the iranian quds force, isis, isis-k. various sects, branches of al qaeda. we are concerned and are making sure all of our joint terrorism task forces are on the lookout for these matters since october 7. there was a heightened concern before october 7, but obviously october 7 has only redoubled our concern here. mr. aderholt: i yield back. chair rogers: mr. ruppersberger. mr. ruppersberger: thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member. attorney general garland, first thing i want to say i think you

garland: u.s. attorney's offices do pursue -- attorneys' offices do pursue fentanyl traffickers, including even the sale of small amounts where we can establish the trafficker is the one who caused the death. mr. garcia: do you charge them with homicide when that's the case? mr. garland: there's a narcotics statute that includes sentencing enhancement for death. we don't prosecute homicides, those are state laws. mr. garcia: when we're putting the cape on and saying there's a 20% reduction in homicides, we are not counting the 75,000 americans that have been killed by this drug each year -- the second metric of keeping our country safe, we talk about the death to america chants in some of our cities. we heard raised testimony last year that we're in one of the most precarious positions our nation has been in the last several decades. we have 10,000 people entering our border a day illegally. 7,000% increase in chinese immigrants coming across our border illegally. 10,000 people a day coming across

i would hope garland wouldpresent himself and not make us do this you are seeing garland is willinglybreaking the law. that's extremely enforcement in this country. any other questions >> concerned about setting a all theirwill their republicans notcomply? >> i said it earlier democrats apparently did try t upon my research the reason i don't believe they up the hearing to discovery. do not they wanted their targets to be able to make a vali argument to the american people it is a lot easier with a system to have the d.o.j. do your dirty work and say look i did not do it the fact i is thise an administration that is picking and choosing who they to get a free pass. there is nond that's why we are putting our names we are in a scary time in our country if we allow this tocontinue we will not have a free and fair country. >> if the democrats and the white house would chooseow the constitution. >> criticism a quick question. >> are you askconcerned the democrat party will politicize a congress to the point to start doing things like impeaching sitting presidents? is that what you areg? n

garland still hasime comply with the request that we are asking. tapes and let us look into them but in the event he does not we will press forward with calling a privilege motion morning. it is also important to note that if we as a congress did not have the ability to enforce their investigative abilities that we are simply going to be ignored and undercut and handicapped by all other branches wch a co-equal branch of governmenty i have dan crenshaw speaking about this issue but i would appreciate the press report on the factor link congress to set the authority to do this in the ateyal is not about the law and ultimately we will be pressing forward with this. this is something that again speaker of the house ordered the sergeant at arms to custody attorney general if he fails to comply with their requests. thank you foroing this and thank you for bring us together in addressing this important issue. the biteon weaponized in government against political enemies using his power to protect itself de the law for politics. e is repeatedly circumvente

this resolution is more than merrick garland. it is about whether or not the house of representatives will be able to function properly. as the court said in anderson v. dunn, without the inherent power of contempt the house would be exposed to every indignity or rudeness. we cannot allow this to happen, mr. speaker. if we do not assert our authority we risk setting a dangerous precedent where the house's power is eroded and our ability to fulfill our congressional duties is compromise. the consequences of inaction are grave. we must remain vigilant and assert our authority to ensure the balance of power in our republic. i urge all of you to support this resolution and defend the integ i have to the house of representatives. with that, mr. speaker, i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. time for debate having expired, without objection the previous question is ordered on the resolution. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinio

garland still has time to comply with the request that we are. we are asking that he brings the tapes and let us look into them but in the will press forwardng a privilege motion on inherent contempt to the floor and friday morning. it is also important if we as a congress did not have the ability to enforce their investigative abilities simply going to be ignored and undercut and handicapped branches which would make is not a co-equal branch of government. i have dsp appreciate the press report on the factor link congress to set this in the attorney general is not about the law and ultimately we will be pressing forward with this. this is something that again the speaker of the house ordered the sergeant at arms to take into custody attorney general if he fails to comply with their doing this and thank you for bring us toge issue. the bite in frustration in gover political enemies using his power to protect itself undermine the law for politics. the frustration is repeatedly circumvented the lawg executive and the sea parole millions of migrants

it's all put to a sam garland. yeah. and i think what people are coming to realize is there is a, a big difference between the values and principles of the people in the west and the values and the principles of the ruling elite, the ruling. the lead had lost their legitimacy throughout the world. and bumps the people in their own nations. that's why the people are, are in the streets. the farmers are in the streets. the people are upsets. jo biden's support is collapsing amongst his own parties, constituencies. and trump is the, you know, a very strange and i'd say a year, but he's pretty much looks to be winning in a blow out because the people are figuring it out. and the divided ministrations of the ruling elite are now isolated in the world. they're isolated at the un, and they are actually isolated from their own people or a furious that the, their government no longer has any concern whatsoever for their personal needs. walter garland, just to extend a palm that here, if you think about an, i'm glad you bring up t

garland. they have raised the fact that this is the first time that there is a president who has allegedly gone after his opponent. has there ever been another time in american history when there is an insurrection when a president has tried to overthrow the government other than january 6th. >> i do not intend to comment on the charges of the former president anymore than i will comment on mr. hur's report, and i will not comment on the matters before the courts. >> thank you. >> it was said that there is no indictment of president biden on records, classified records, was because he was considered a sympathetic character. in the trump case, did anybody consider him a sympathetic character? >> again, i will fall back on the fact that -- i will not, and i cannot comment -- >> mr. jordan's opening comments said the execution of the search warrant was different in all of these ways, and how many classified documents were found pursuant to those search warrant, and they had been refused to be ret

you were discussing leadership decline, the pace, go back to garland, garland. and the last sentence of my introduction to this program is i said that then when there is a, a vacuum, others will fill it. there is a leadership vacuum in the world and we see a number or a number of countries, a number of organizations that are beginning to feel that vacuum. and i think 1st and foremost, at our minds of south africa is brief to the regarding israel's ongoing genocide. here in south ask us stepped up and i think we all should be very proud of it. okay . i wish arab countries would be part of that brief, but will hopefully get there one day. but this is a challenge to western leadership. all of the things of the wes claim that they gave to the world and maybe to some degree and still, you know, freedom of speech due process assembly all the in a religion, freedom of religion. they're turning their back on all of them. and remarkably, the post colonial world is picking up the baton slowly, but surely, garland, you know, i would take a different position. i would argue

this resolution is more than merrick garland. it is about whether or not the house of representatives will be able to function properly. as the court said in anderson v. dunn, without the inherent power of contempt the house would be exposed to every indignity or rudeness. we cannot allow this to happen, mr. speaker. if we do not assert our authority we risk setting a dangerous precedent where the house's power is eroded and our ability to fulfill our congressional duties is compromise. the consequences of inaction are grave. we must remain vigilant and assert our authority to ensure the balance of power in our republic. i urge all of you to support this resolution and defend the integ i have to the house of representatives. with that, mr. speaker, i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. time for debate having expired, without objection the previous question is ordered on the resolution. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinio

or doeplrs merrick garland.think it was appropriate for the manhattan district attorney album brag to run on this campaign promise. >> i know a lot of peoplear are wondering, whoever has this joe wondthis jobb. are they going to convict the donald trump? >> but that is the number one issue the times calls brag s a talented prosecutor whose successful suit of the trump foundation couldnted pro b be invaluable experience for the investigation. >> he'll take over >>valu as the chief deputy attorney general in new york state. >> i oversaweputy atey some ofia the office's biggest cases from exposing illegal behavio or by the trump foundation. >> we know there's a trump investigation. i have investigated trump andint his children and held them accountable for their misconductchildren with te trump foundation. i also sued the trump administration more thanimes 100 times. we know that the d.a.ting is investigating trump.th when i was the ag's office, i sue trump over 100 times forsc his administration's misconducot and

and that's why the action has been brought against mary garland, because mary garland is the one that has the audiotape is my understanding. now, i could be corrected on that. but, that has been my assumption. he was the person who appointed mr. herb to conduct this investigation, and i believe that this report was directed to him. that has been my assumption throughout this. that they would have the audiotape, and they would release the transcript. >> so, if he doesn't have it or if he's destroyed it that's a serious -- or, if they altered or omit. or, whatever they do with it. but, do you feel the tape still exists? because they are going to a big extreme to defer, and try to prevent the american people from hearing it. >> all i can say on their behalf is i sure hope so. >> i'll get to you. let me just -- it's my hope, and it's my understanding that they still exist. hopefully, they didn't disappear like the cocaine at the white house. hopefully, they are still in existence. >> do you want to in a quick way respond to it? >> there's no reason to believe the tape still exist. let's p

garland's own words reflect it in the hthe other day.he said certainly members marked up a contempt rolution. but as i pointed out to the attorney general it was a majority of the members of the committee. and he retracted those words. a majority of the committee charged by a majority of house with inquiring into the existence of grounds to exercise the awesome constitutional power of impeachment. the attorney general's reference to certain members reflects a political mindset that does not support withholdingdence that the committee seeks that is squarely relevantential to its inquiry. that defia house cannot abide. therefore, this resolution fempt must pass this house. i yield. mr. mcclintock: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the the chair recogzes the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i recognize mr. schiff. schiff: contempt, to hold something beneath the dignity be scorned, an attitude towards something that is inferior, open disrespect for something that is despised disgraced inside lens in t of the law an apt description not of

a garland is quite correct. uh, these are people who see they see the people they are supposed to be governing as enemies. they want us to shut up. they want us to go a long uh it, you know, it could be people being censored, uh, and what they say about is real, but it could be any number of things. some of these platforms, as we all know, sensor people. we have a situation where at and here in the us now everyone talks on and on and on about democracy. they do not believe in democracy. they do not want the people to have a voice. that is the last thing they want to see. we have a situation where the democrats have said, we're not going to have any primaries at all. we're just gonna let by the coast through. so he could lose in a blow out, assuming of course they don't at the last minute pull a switch and pick somebody else. but there's not even a pretense of democracy, not even a pretense that they want the people to be heard from. that is the last thing they really want. well, you know, margaret, there's still

but, but garland does right. jim is that it's going to be uh, sabotage within washington, within brussels, within the u. k. to not allow any kind of process to move forward. jim, your thoughts as well? yes, i think it's kind of wishful thinking to take the think that donald trump is kind of some kind of deep seated anti war piece. nick, he's not, you know, he's a dedicated american exceptional list. he's going around. so i'm talking about putting you over that kind of market. alexander, you know, kellogg, keith kellogg. i think he said his name was kelly, but keith kellogg is general, that he's going to send us a representative to rush you about this. you know, he put forward a plan on this, and the plan was we're going to intimidate everybody. we're going to go in and tell them printing. they have to have peace, have peace talks, or we're going to stop reading them. i'm going to tell the russians you have to have a ceasefire in line to contact them or we're going to, so we're going to up. all right. do you print

merrick garland held in contempt of congress by a narrow vote sparking the d.o.j.send a memo saying garland cannot be crossed under prosecuted for refusing to release the robber her audiotape. mike johnson is here live in the next hour with the house next step, joining the conversation strategic wealth partner mark tepper is here, poster and maslansky and partners lee carter is here and former assistant secretary of the treasury monica crowley is here, "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪. maria: it's time for the hot topic of the outward the house voted merrick garland in contempt of congress for refusing to release the audiotapes of president biden and special counsel robert hur, fox news is here with more. >> the contempt to vote was along party lines and with the house holding attorney general merrick garland in attempt of congress the referring the top d.o.j. official for criminal charges this stems from the refusal to turn over audio recordings robber whose recordings of president biden when he concluded no criminal charges were warranted in biden's han

>> merrick garland is the highest law enforcement agent in the federal system. he is the attorney general of the united states and part of the executive branch so of course we have state systems, state courts and state laws. he makes sure federal laws are enforced so for example, what trump is charged with in new york those are state laws, not federal laws. it's about what happens in the state of new york, not the justice department, prosecuted by the manhattan district attorney there. two separate systems. however, most of the hearings today with republicans trying to collapse those two systems into one and muddy in the minds of voters what is going on, you know, it is something that for people who understand these are two very separate agreements you might not think anything of but for many people who are not paying attention, for people who are not reading the news every day and might not understand these are two separate systems, they will be confused and they will wonder why isn't merrick garland responsible. garland gave really firm push back but i think w

garland: i'm surprised. of us got a solicitation email from the former president of the united states that the justice department had mar-a-lago raid. first, can you give us some clarification on that particular point that he's making and whether or not deadly force is authorized in other intervent including the search of mr. biden'siand office? and the second question is -- that one, that allegation is false, and it isly dangerous. the document that being referred to in the partment standardustice policy limiting the use of force. t f.b.i. advises, it is part of the standard opeon plan for searches and in fact, it was even used in the consensual search of president biden's home. reporter: secondtions obviously moving ahead wit a resolution on you. i wonder if you have comments or if you tell us whether or not you watched the house oversight committe mr. garland: i caught part of thatring on ""saturday night live"." but seriously, disappointed. theti as i've explained before, has gone to ths to accommodate t

i'm glad the garland brought that up because yeah, i'm, i'm on the face of it. i think going to go, we can. so russians have made it clear the terms and conditions of negotiates has been that's well known, i think. and we go back to june of this year where i present improved and made it very clear point by point here. but the garland does right, jim, is that it's going to be uh, sabotage within washington, within brussels, within the u. k. to not allow any kind of process to move forward. jim, your thoughts as well? yes, i think it's kind of wishful thinking to take the think that donald trump is kind of some kind of deep seated anti war piece. nick, he's not, you know, he's in dedicated american exceptional list. he's going around so talking about taking over the kind of mock canal again. you know, kellog keith kellogg. i think he said his name was kelly, but keith kellogg is general, that he's going to send us a representative to rush you about this. you know, he put forward a plan on this, and the plan was we're going to intimidate everybody. we're going to g

are we starting to see a merrick garland legacy take shape? has enough time past for you to offer your own judgment as to what happened with merrick garland's time as attorney general? >> unfortunately for merrick garland, people's perception will shape his legacy, whether he took too long on the donald trump issues, whether he made a big mistake by appointing these republicans to do the investigation, including the hunter biden investigation. merrick garland has done a lot to try to repair the justice department and has succeeded. there is movement on the civil rights section, he brought back to normalcy, no one will criticize him for being partisan. the problem is, in meeting so far backwards, it has become a partisan problem which has hurt his legacy. >> but that is exactly what republicans have done. they have called him a partisan. over and over again. donald trump calls him a partisan. he says the justice department is westernized against him, not true, but it shows that merrick garland had this naove belief that, if he acted to bend ove

garland? yeah, well, part of that is, but i'm glad you said that because we were part of a understanding how this conflict in is understanding that the ukraine project is not necessarily about. and crane ukraine is a political slash and military tool that used to what do we can rush to so they can go after china and go after everybody. this is a tool for world domination. and if you the question, i think that the blogs going to have internally as well, can we not win on this one and still get world domination. so understanding that they're looking for world domination. the problem in the individual video think receives of this. um the find a way out of this have to be viewed in the context of requests to rule the world. yeah. but garland this we spoke or before the recording here. i mean, what does it mean there? when you use the word had gemini, as indivisible, i mean either your head jermanti come or you're not me. and that's the quandary. washington in the western world, this put itself in

hur, a republican who merrick garland gave the duty to study that case.mpathetic figure. mr. hu f could not be guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. what the other fellow did, refusing to comply with requests to give the classified documents up, refusing and refusing and having to have a search warrant and finding them, hundreds of documents, hundreds of documents. not for the purpose of writing a book, for somebody who can't even read a book,or purposes that we don't know and what they were used for. but they were taken illegally and improperly. merrick garland is a honor man who should be in the college of cardinals and not be tried for contempt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. nadler: i yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds.ou, sir. i've not seen a more diligent and honor gentleman, merrick garland is a superb gentleman and this is just to throw things on the other fellow, trump, and put them on biden. it's like comparing a bank robber to a guy that wrote an overdraft. i yield backhe time. mr. nadler: reserve. the ea ne

but first, just what we saw today, the attorney general garland was defiant. he said, i will not be intimidated. do you think that's what this hearing was about republicans trying to intimidate him republicans have been trying to intimidate merrick garland and the department of justice for this entire congress, they created an entire subcommittee called the weaponization of the federal government. >> so they could weaponize congress in order to undermine the rule of law, undermine democracy, and undermine most importantly, every single investigation now prosecution against donald trump, that's all this is about this is the republicans doing the bidding and the dirty work for donald trump they don't like the prosecutions against donald trump, but they have no problem about prosecutions against anyone else, including democrats, including hunter biden. it is hip-hop chrissy at its zenith and this was all that it's about and has been all that it's about this entire congress. >> and of course, just to put an emphasis on one thing you said there it is. of course, pr

l. garland. what i hope for in all of this is a strategic defeat for nato, because nato is the problem here. they knew we used to have the indivisibility of security. i don't know what happened to the west that was part of the helsinki process in the 1970s. everybody knew it. everybody agreed to it. they have to go back to it. and if they have to experience a strategic defeat, then so be garland. what one of the things we have issues we have here is that nato and the people who run in are at war with the people of their own countries. they are at odds with the people of their own countries. they are fighting them off and trying to stop them from getting what they want. i would suspect at some point, and this is a strong possibility. it donald trump says that the russians, all right, you made this offer. i'll take it, that sounds good. let's try to go with that. the ukranian say, oh no, we can't take that the. my 6 is of the world. say, no, we can take that. and donald trump at that point says oka

you know, you know, garland grill and is already been mentioned here. i mean, nato goes on and on about its sovereignty. but basically, states wants to take greenland away from denmark. i mean, isn't the not insights of a threat to the european members of nato. now, i mean, you know, to, in one way or another, trump's going to get greenland, is anybody in europe going to protest as well? and again, what did donald trump's learn policy when he talks about taking green, then in the panama canal. so those 2 things, number one, it shows that it's on hinge, and a lot of that stuff i just dismissed donald. trump will say that kind of silliness and see everybody wants you a girl, and they don't want, you know, to something they tell world calls. russia unhinged. okay. rush, it had a security threat on its border. it complained about it for 30 years, for god's sake. okay. now trump is gonna say, i'm gonna take a slice of europe as i say this over the next year. internally, these politicians in, in europe are going to be trying to survive. i mean, look what's ha

garland: i'm surprised. reporter: most of us got a solicitationident of the united states that the justice department had authorization to kill mar-a-lago raid. first, can you give us some on that particular point that he's making and whether deadly force is authorized in other interventions search of mr. biden's residence the second question is -- one, that allegation is false, and it is extremely the document that is being referred the allegation is a justice department s policy limiting the use of force. as the advises it is part of the standard operations p and in fact, it was even used in thearch of president biden's home. reporter: second question is obviously moving ahead with resolution on you. i wonder if you have comments or if you could not you watched the house oversight committee night? mr. garland: i caught part of thatay night live"." but seriously, i am very disappointed. the justice department, as i'veas gone to extraordinary lengths accommodate the legitimate interests of the committees. i'

and this is something that garland is quite unhappy about. he's unhappy that this misleading information is out there and other misleading information. here's a little bit more about what he is pushing back on against house republicans today. >> this effort is only the most recent in a long line of attacks on the justice department's work it comes alongside threats to the fund, particular department investigations most recent the special counsel's prosecution of the former president it comes alongside false claims that a jury verdict in a state trial by a brought by a local district attorney was somehow controlled by the justice department that conspiracy theory is an attack on the judicial process itself wolf, while this hearing is largely about, or supposed to be about the contempt proceeding, republicans want to bring against merrick garland related to his handling of the investigation of joe biden in the interview there where there's an audio recording thing that isn't being released. classified documents case? yes. that resulted in no ch

attorney general garland gave us the special couns on president biden in full. the special counsel available to us in committee for hours of testimony where he answered all our questions and he provided the full transcript of the president's voluntary five-hour interview with the special counsel, all 250 pes it. the whole world can read president biden's interview and his answers unedited. but that's apparently not enough. now they want to hold the attorney general in contempt for not turning over the audio tape of the interview that we have the verbatim transcript of. and why is that important? well, in case you've lost the thread of this mad cap wild goose chase, america, remember this is an impeachment investigation. do they think that the holy grail, the 118th congress, evidence ofh crime and misdemeanor is lurking in the pauses or the background throat clearings and sneezes on the audio tape? we there's no high crime or misdemeanor to be found because they've spent the last 17 months and millions of our taxpayer dollars looking for it and it simply does not

noticed it's only trump people they get charged harassed and put in jail and so on far left, merrick garlandled trump's criticism of his weapon eyes department of justice dangerous for people's safety we will address this later in the show and the president to your great country the united states of america is fear mongering about the second amendment calling for new gun restrictions on the day his very own sun is convicted of 3 felony gun charges tonight don't get distracted pay close attention to what i'm about to say if you are listening to the media mob and pundits and democratic tax they have no clue about what really happened in the hunter biting case at all. it is deep and profound what has happened the major story they are not talking about or telling you about from the trial is not the conviction on gun crimes it's important because that's a low hanging fruit the evidence was overwhelming uncontroverted and unlike donald trump he had a fair venue and trial judge with real charges not ones that were made up and you didn't even know about the critical development from this trial is a

also executive privilege, which merrick garland and the president apparently we discussed garland advise. yes, you could assert privilege and the president did over this tape. here's a little bit more about how america garland explained to congress today something he has also echoing in court is it your testimony that a white house official would voluntarily cooperate and a criminal investigation only if the justice department promises not to release the audio recordings. >> it doesn't make any sense the longtime experience. >> so the justice department has also reflected in the declaration that was filed under oath. is that witnesses want to protect the confidentiality of their communications with the prosecutors during these sensitive interviews. >> so aaron, that audio tape recording of biden sitting for the interview with special counsel robert hur. >> it is still classified according to the justice department. >> it's still in a secured facility protected, and it's ultimately going to be up to very likely the courts on whether it will be released publicly in some way. >> all right.

okay, so let's see, and i, i watch the garlands input after this. you know, i've been watching presidential debate since 1976 do the math so you can figure out how old i am. ok. but and this the, that was something very, very different about this debate than any other presidential bait. what was it um, well, i would say that uh, i can't really think of much difference. there was really no substance. that was really nothing that um, i mean it was interesting to me because i felt like uh, there was definitely a set up where uh, at the moderators were certainly a little one sided or a little the little bit. but i don't think that's surprising to anyone. i think that that was probably expected. i think it, we've seen the way in debates past that they've been leading in that direction, depending on who the moderators are. of course, if you have that, you know, fox news moderator that then they tend to maybe be slightly more fair or lean a little more trump, but i think that it is definitely obviously these moderators were leaning a little heavy in favori

attorney general merrick garland defending the justice department from allegations of political bias, reminding lawmakers that the doj had no role in donald trump's conviction in new york state. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, the attorney general firing back, rebuking republican claims the department of justice is being weaponized. >> these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented and they are unfounded. >> reporter: in an intense, more than five-hour hearing, garland today defiant, even as he faces the threat of being held in contempt by house republicans for refusing to release the audio of president biden's interview with the special counsel over biden's handling of classified documents. >> i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. >> reporter: and garland for the first time blasting false allegations that the doj and biden were behind the manhattan district attorney's prosecution and conviction of former president trump on 34 felony counts. >> that conspiracy theory is an attack o

garland gave really, really firm push back. i think what they're doing is it's not about whether they're being hip clts anymore or saying things that aren't quite accurate, it's trying to control thisit larger conspiracy messag and make it last until the election to keep voters really riled up and get out there to vote. >> it's a really cynical bet, too, claire, isn't it that america will buy this line hook, line, and sinker. what your faith of is in the engagement of the american voter leading up to the election, because this all seems like it's designed to help trump insi november. >> well, first of all, there are two -- there's earth one and earth two at this point. >> yes. >> and one group of people is looking at the evidence and understanding -- frankly, let me just sayle something, state prosecutors don't even like federal prosecutors. i was a state prosecutor. i wanted them to leave me the hellto alone. we respond to 911 calls. most of the violent crime in this country is prosecuted by state prosecutors. federal jurisdic

the dramatic action led by house republicans as attorney general garland refuses to hand over audio of president biden's interview with these special counsel. it's the interview we're robert hur's described biden is seeming like a quote, well-meaning elderly man with a for memory do house republicans have a vote have the votes. also this hour, i hate crime task force launched to investigate this repeated acts of antisemitism and vandalism in new york city. see some of the acts under investigation and to somber moments today, marketing the ugly scars of gun violence in america, students who as first-graders survived the horrific sandy hook massacre those kids are graduating from high school today and this our a symbolic act to remember the 49 innocent victims of the orlando pulse nightclub shooting welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. we start today with breaking news. any minute we expect to see history fold on capitol hill as house republicans move to make america garland only the third us attorney general to be held in contempt of congress. all three quite tellingly happened within