it's posing with steve bannon. of course donald trump jr. was there.eynote speaker was not other than georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who basically bragged about the insurrection, and how she would have done it right. >> i come to washington, on january 3rd, i get insurrection -- [inaudible] true story. that, january 6th happens, the next thing i know, i organized the whole thing alongside steve bannon here. and i might tell you something, steve bannon and i had organized that, we would have won. >> [applause] [laughter] -- >> not to mention, it would have been armed. see, that's the whole joke, isn't it? they say the whole thing was planned, hitting me with a bunch of conservatives, second amendment supporters who were in the capitol without guns. and they think that we organize that. i don't think so. >> [applause] >> i want to play that whole thing just because it scared to give the context and the crowd reaction, right? she's doing a bid, not particularly adept comedian, but doing a bad nonetheless, and then, you could hear the line a

bannon is convicted now.s to appeal. the judge let him go, or peter navarro, who faced a surprise arrest in shackling, you may remember. take a listen. >> instead of calling me, saying hey, we need you in court, we've got a warrant for you, i'm glad to come, what did they do? they intercepted me getting on the plane, and put he in handcuffs, brought my here, in leg irons. they stick me in a cell. what they did to me today violated the constitution. >> false. the reason in a regardo faced what was a surprise arrest and shackling is a judge deemed him so uncooperative test at the time he was deemed a flight risk. even then, after that finding from a judge, mr. navarro was still released before trial, which is coming up in the coming weeks. he was not imprisoned before trial, and forced under that fresh to tame a plea or tame time served. there is nothing unique about the different defendants. they just happen to be in the news. the difference is race and class. rich, white people are not held in prison in this

bannon, i don't usually agree with steve bannon, but he's right. these are serious times and the former president is facing some very serious allegations and to push these digital trading cards with this big announcement i think it really further diminishes donald trump as a serious political figure. it's absurd they did this, and probably not going to help his political ambitions. think. >> not, but, you know, i think he was revealed as a huxter a little while ago. it might not have been on this one, might have been a while back. >> donald trump steak knives and taco bowls. this is the same type of thing he's doing here. >> yeah. i think it happened along the way to where we are today. charlie an april, thanks so much for your time. we appreciate it. a programming note, cnn's jake tapper and erin burnett will present live coverage as the january 6th committee holds its final public meeting tomorrow noon eastern here on cnn. >>> coming up, another abrupt move by twitter. now the social media site is bapping the promotion of other social media sites

she and bannon. she claims that was sarcasm when the white house asked for comment. she claimed she was making fun of joe biden and the democrats but kept repeating the second amendment an talking about it. just listening to her ridiculous comments, it does kind of sound like she's saying they would have upped the violence and used the second amendment which means there would have been more violence against your friends, the police officers who protected the capitol, many who got hurt. what do you make of her and the man who wants to be speaker is her partner? >> joy, marjorie taylor greene is going to be in charge in a few weeks because kevin mccarthy struck a corrupt bargain with her so that he can be speaker and so he is going to allow under their tent somebody who has this fever dream of an armed insurrection that is successful against the capitol. she didn't say she was embarrassed or disappointed or disgusted by what happened at the u.s. capitol, if anything she was embarrassed and disgusted that it failed and that she if she was one of the lieutenants would ha

and bannon says, yeah, that'll never happen. and the point of the story is that that was the transaction. maybe she wanted to be treasury secretary. he came in and the liberal democrat in the neville chamberlain of our time and when he was in there, david, he built his rolodex. if they had those anymore, okay, he built all his contacts, all of the deals he made back channeling the chinese and the mexicans on nafta. they will pay him dividends. okay. but he didn't give a -- about the people of america, much less the deplorables in my judgment. okay. but i mean, in look at it, steven mnuchin does not need me to defend him and i'm him and i'm not here to defend him. but yeah, anybody that works in a white house for a particular period of time, in a high profile position, can quote unquote cash in is all of a sudden a prominent figure who can sell books and deliver speeches. i think that's perfectly fine, but i don't know how his taking advantage of his white house service is any different than you taking advantage of your white hou

even too much for former adviser steve bannon to defend. democrats meanwhile may have a false sense of security, acting like they won the midterm. they did lose the house and did lose the popular vote. president biden's approval rating is stuck from a year ago, in the mid 40s, the succeeded in the mid terms programs came off from the excesses of the trump right. this is the backdrop of the current immigration debate, the current policy that allowed to competent migrants from the borders quickly. it's been mired in government inaction. in fact some democrats have criticized. >> the government has not been up to the task. >> more importantly, who is listening to our border communities. >> i've written letters to president to not lift title 42. >> there's no question in my mind we are not prepared for a post-title 42 world, and we need to reconcile the fact that the federal government is not committed to comprehensive reform. >> senator brown, welcome back to "meet the press." >> good to be back, thank you. >> let me start with title 42. i wou

bannon is on tape saying that. then he admits to loyal trump aids who testified under oath, i don't think you can impugn all of them, that they knew they lost but they had to keep going. then you have all these people that believed him. isn't there something wrong with that? yes, lawyers can zealously advocate for everyone. now in the public record as america tries to figure out what to do about this, isn't there something wrong with lying to people and lying them into these violent situations and many have their lives upended. some killed or died by suicide. other trump fans shot. hundreds going to prison. isn't there something wrong, isn't there an opportunity for you to say, hey, that was a lie, that was false. the evidence obviously shows they knew it was false. rudy giuliani admits that under oath and do we move forward at least on the basis of truth? >> it's very difficult to say that it's not appropriate for someone to lie and other people to be killed, if you believe that premise. donald trump believes whol

steve bannon and michael flynn. i had the same reaction, in fact, i just asked alex and tjr we sure those are the real pictures because the nfts or baseball cards, whatever they are, they're so ridiculous, they can't be real. is that real? and here's the worst part to all. there's the nascar one, that's great. nice photo shop work there too. >> the worst part, joe, is he wants his supporters to pay $99 for that. >> what is that? that's like lizard guy. >> let's try and pull this back here. >> no, no, we're not going to pull this back. >> we have to show our viewers what we're talking about. the former president, had a major announcement. >> a major announcement. >> and this is the major announcement from donald trump. take a look. >> hello, everyone, this is donald trump, hopefully your favorite president of all time, better than lincoln. better than washington. with an important announcement to make. i'm doing my first official donald j. trump nft collection right here and right now, they're called trump digital tr

, than that $4.5 million might not be worth it. >> bret: i'm not sure he lost steve bannon on his run. at the same time, the florida governor ron desantis, who is not running for president, at the same time that this is happening, his meeting with the israeli ambassador to the united states who tweeted "i had a productive meeting with ron desantis, that uae ambassador -- gave an overview of the abraham reports, its strategic significance, presenting to florida and these countries -- sometime soon." this is a florida governor who is not running for president talking to two nations about the abraham reports. >> the contrast could not be greater, ron desantis recently reelected to that big margin, doing serious stuff, maybe he's overreaching but he is doing serious stuff, and donald trump sold nft's. >> bret: standby panel. next, the friday lightning round. with the coming end of title 42 and immigration rules. plus, later notable quotable's as we had to break, you can check out the common ground podcast i have. plus the all-star panel. dancing is everything. soccer is the best. but her

let's be clear, it's not that he got bad advice he is bad advice. >> listen to what steve bannon saidreactions from even allies. >> i can't do this anymore. he's one of the greatest business people in america. but anyone in his team, we're at war, you ought to be fired today. i still don't think this gets to the heart of it. you don't have three harder cores. >> if they're criticizing you. >> look, steve bannon has been sentenced to prison, he's supposed to spend time behind bars for defending trump and so disrespecting -- well, the charge is contempt of congress. he refused to give any information to the january 6th committee. somebody who battled for trump over and over and over again. and when he says, sounded to me like he was thinking outloud, i can't keep doing this. this is nothing to do with any cause. not even winning power. this is somebody who declared for president in mid-november, has he done any events? no, not done one single event. >> but put out superhero trading cards of himself. >> everyone thought this would be something he would announce an event. but this is a gr

if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would have won. [ cheers and applause not to mention, itave been armed see, that's the whole joke, isn't it they say that whole thing was planned, and i'm like, are you kidding me a bunch of conservatives, second amendment supporters went in the capitol without guns, and they think that we organized that i don't think so >> seth: you see the joke is conservatives are such blood-thirsty psychopaths, if they had actually planned the insurrection on the capitol, it would have been way more violent. that's like if holiday inn ran an ad that said, "if 'white lotus' took place here, a lot more people would have died. [ laughter ] now, let me just say if i saw greene with a gun, i would definitely be scared, but i refuse to believe steve bannon knows how to use one no one who layers polo shirts is good with a firearm. in a way, they'd make fun partners in a buddy cop movie. you could call it -- >> butt plug >> seth: and - >> dildo [ laughter ] >> seth: "butt plug, dildo, in my office now! you two are a real pain in my ass. [ laughter ] voters incl

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steve bannon is sitting there who is the strategist and it was just another screwup with the tax bill in the press and it related to the mischaracterization of carried interest. they say what the hell happened and secretary mnuchin put his mouth but then to say something like god help us if he is treasury secretary and then he says yes that will never happen. . . . . they will pay him dividends, he did it give a damn about the people of america much less the deplorable's. >> in my judgment. >> steven mnuchin unterman nugent does it need me to defend him i'm not here to defend him, anybody that works in the white house for a particular period of time can cash in and all of a sudden a prominent figure who can sell books and deliver speeches. i think that's h perfectly fine but i don't know how his taking advantage of his wife is any difference of you taking advantage of the white house service and up capitalistic way. >> i guess my point steve came in without an ideology and their philosophy book i read when iut was a freshman and man without qualities as qualities without a man. steve

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and i want to tell you something, if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would have won. was being sarcastic, how do you crack jokes about an insurrection that destroyed the lives of capitol police officers, killed people, you know, the list goes on. take a look at what happened on january 6th and find me the funny in there. >> there is no funny in it, and to say we would have won and it would have been armed, that's just -- you know, horrific, and awful and ridiculous, and unacceptable things for anyone to say, especially a member of congress, especially a member of congress who's going to be highly influential, essentially part of the leadership in next congress under kevin mccarthy, assuming kevin mccarthy gets to be speaker. this is, you know, get used to it. this is what we're in for for the next couple of years as long as republicans are running or trying to run the show in the house. and it's just completely unacceptable. but there we are. >> you know, john, we've denied marjorie taylor greene oxygen to the extent you can over the last couple of years, but gene mak

and i'm going to tell you something, if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would have won.o mention, they would have been armed. >> okay. so our panel is here. so, kasie, we should note that since she found out that was recorded, she has said she was being sarcastic. what does winning look like, and what would have happened had she been in charge and steve bannon had been there and they would have been armed? >> i'm going to be honest with you, i'm not necessarily remove from this story. >> right, you were there. >> i'm glad i was not shot at at the capitol in addition to, of course, our lawmakers who were the real targets who were just trying to execute the foundation of our constitution. and i would just say, and i know you have capitol police officers on frequently to talk about this, i don't think that they would appreciate even if she is joking about this based on what they actually did go through, saying if i had been in charge it would have been worse. who wants to hear that when you've put your life on the line and are dealing with the trauma of what actually did ha

, if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would have won. to mention it would have been armed. >> she told cnn she was being sarcastic. the white house called it quote, violent rhetoric and a slap in the face to law enforcement and those who lost loved ones on january 6th. joining us now, zoe lofgren. on sunday, the committee reviewed recommendations for possible criminal referrals that could possibly include the former president. appreciate your time tonight. you heard the comments. in a statement today, she's saying she was being sarcastic, was kidding. what's your response? >> i don't find it very funny to talk about the assault on the officers in the capitol. i don't see how that's a good joke. and what does she mean, we would have won? overthrown the government? is that what she means? i don't know. i'm not impressed by her rhetoric and this is no exception i'm afraid. >> we also mentioned the subpoena going out to the georgia secretary of state. some members of the january 6 committee have been critical of the speed of the investigatio

and i'm going to tell you something, if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would have won., it would have been on. >> congresswoman jerry -- was called violent rhetoric and a slap in the face long enforcement and families who had lost loved ones january 6th. right now the congresswoman zoloft when. a member of the house select committee investigating the insurrection. on sunday the committee reviewed recommendations for criminal referrals which could potentially include the former president. congresswoman, i appreciate your time tonight. you heard the comments from the congresswoman there in a statement today saying that essentially she was being sarcastic. was getting. what is your response? >> i don't find it very funny to talk about the assault on the officers and the capitol. i don't see how that is a good joke. and what does she mean we would have one? overthrown the government, establishing means. i don't know i am rarely impressed by her rhetoric. this is no exception i am afraid. >> you mentioned the subpoena going from the special counsel jack smith to georgia secr

steve bannon is among the people that encouraged him to embrace the pandemic as a type of war. you are very complementary of mr. ban in his book. >> guest: he did a show war room pandemic in january 2020. >> host: correct and first the president would give daily updates and then let the experts the period within a month or so it seemed like the president was done with everything. masks were a waste of time and why can't we just do things like normal? my point here is even if in retrospect we were to say that was good policy, the american people, at least where they lived in the battleground states and the areas t that mattered, that's not where they were. republicans would ridicule president biden foror being in a basement, right? but he can of represented how they felt and that made him feel like he understood the better. i mean, isn't this a part of what went wrong? >> guest: again, "taking back trump's america" only takes on so much. in "trump time" is where i address exactly what you're saying. there's a chapter in there called the virus. andan my problem, i'm working in my

and is a chief operating officer of the campaign i come in and steve bannon this sitting there and of course he is the strategist any kind of went to the rescue in augus' and it is like, like just yet another screwup whether tax bill and is it related to the mischaracterization of carried interest and he said with the heck happen here and then he stuck his hidden in his mouth and you know god help them so you know, that one point, i say something to god help us it is treasury secretary and bossi said yes god help us and bannon said, that will never happen. and the point was that that was really transaction and he wanted to be treasury secretary need kaman is a liberal democrat. in the chamber of the time, and when he was in there, he built the rolodex of the others anymore in the context and all of the deals that he made back channeling in the chinese, the mexicans. in a nafta and they will pay him dividends but he did not give a darn about the people of america much less the deplorable in my judgment. >> listen, steve does not need me to defend him and i'm not here to defend him. and

it was turned over to rudy giuliani and steve bannon i believe was involved.o the key question that the insert in, or the question they got in that article is with president biden himself had any knowledge or any involvement in hunter biden's business. there were emails to suggest that he did know, he was introduced to these people and he had said on the campaign trail that he had nothing to do with this business dealings. they freelanced the decision. i think that's the more interesting piece of this. they were referring to twitter, internal policy about how to deal with packing materials. there's a difference between the first amendment and twitter policy, right? obviously you would hope twitter policy guided by the first amendment that they are a private company. what you saw in this conversation was it seemed like there was this intent to suppress information and how did that intent fit into their policy? that's what they kind of freelanced. they found out that, hey, this probably isn't hacked material. this could actually be a legitimate laptop that was o

were the big bannon saying get well soon, pele. unfortunately, we knew this day was coming, but it's still very sad or the same. we've seen all so luis, in absolutely the silver, the to time former president, and you to be sworn in on new year's day to lead brazil again. he's paid tribute to what we know now that some sense off switches the team where pele made his career. they are going to be holding a, a funeral session celebration something that kinsey operation along the bridge in the u. k. when queen is with the 2nd diet. and so that's expected to be a spectacular event here in brazil in the coming days. and yeah, it's just really difficult to describe how much of a legend the pele was here in brazil, you can keep 41 of brazil was top sports commentator said that who died here today, i would say was at some nasty man. so because pele will live on forever said there's trinkets coming in. not just from sports figures also from political figures like lula hell. he meant so much more than just football, didn't he? yeah, absolutely

so a lot of loyalists go to prison -- we could talk about steve bannon getting -- not being convict in the that particular case. but the bottom line is there's a lot of people who protect donald trump. >> yeah, as you say, they protect donald trump. they make some sort of calculation, and the system has a high bar. the system does not err on the side of convicting you just because your name as on the front door. although tonight in this broadcast and on the trial, we've heard people leaving you with the factual conclusion that the name on the door was aware and not just out to lunch while other people did this. as i mention, we have this big booking coming up. i'm going turn to that. i want to thank maya wylie. shortest break, 60 seconds, when we come back, the manhattan d.a. who just won this conviction in the trump case, alvin brag, is lye when we're back in 60 seconds. ack in 60 seconds. kevin! kevin? oh nice. kevin, where are you... kevin?!?!?.... hey, what's going on? i'm right here! i was busy cashbacking for the holidays with chase freedom unlimited. i'm gonna cashback on a ging

i couldn't believe it, and the fact that stevend bannon, micha flynn. >> michael flynn. >> i'm trying to catch up. i assume that people would go into their corners and say trump is just trump. there was real contempt for people who are absolutely fundamentally so loyal to him. that might be an indicator. the polls might be an indicator, anddi look, on its face it's ki of a i joke.of i think that's how people are reacting to it, but i am beginning to think that maybe this actually might be different. the teflon guy might actually finally be turning a corner and the party might be ready to move on from him. >> it also speaks to the character of a man who -- part of trump's appeal and part of the thing that he was, you know, granted, i think, reluctantly in some corners was that he understood the sort of pulse of the american electorate, and he had a way of communicating and they didn't see him as the grifter as some other people, especially in the media understood i him to be. this is the first time where you feel likebe he has lost his sal pitch. they're not picking up what he' putting

>> well, as you pointed out, spokes like steve bannon are a little embarrassed by this. i would be more embarrassed by the racism and sexism and bi big bigotry. it looks cheap and desperate. it's kind of a joke. molly said it's a little late in the game for nfts. and you're running for president, for crying out loud. enough with the cheap gimmicks. grifting off of his supporters has also been something that trump has always done. and just, you know, taken their money, any way that he can. so, this is a way of taking people's money. >> he has been innovative in that regard. molly, on-month-old, it will be all eyes on the january 6th committee. sources tell cnn they include obstruction, conspiracy to defraud the united states. do you expect the final report will have the impact that the committee hopes? might folks be getting hopes up in all of this? ultimately, it will be up to the justice department to decide what happens here. >> well, it seems like the justice department also has a pretty good case with the documents case. and now, they have a special prosecutor. with

"i'm not sure what 'jurassic' means, but i can tell you if steve bannon and i had been on that island would have eaten laura dern and sam neill for sure." bones and all. bones and all." ( applause ) she greened on: >> i come to washington, i swear it's on january 3. i get accused of giving insurrection tours. which i thought was hilarious because i couldn't find the bathroom in the capitol. >> stephen: and based on what they smeared on the walls of the rotunda, neither could the rioters. for those of you who don't know what i'm talking about, what was it, madame speaker? >> poo poo. >> stephen: yes, thank you for your decades of leadership. when she wasn't advocating for shooting capitol policemen, greene weighed in on the other major issue facing americans: butt stuff. >> by the way, you can pick up a butt plug or a dildo at target and cvs nowadays. >> stephen: okay. ( laughter ) i just learned something: target sells butt plugs. now we know what their logo's supposed to be. and-- ( applause ) and why-- why can't the people trying to overthrow our country be more like the fun ones in

hey, you don't have cortez, bannon and sub -- >> yes. trump is selling the nfts right now. they are trading for more than people initially paid for. the question for trump, at what cost? >> yeah. it is something when the fan boys are bummed. this just in, sometimes trump's claims are not what they're cracked up to be. who knew. let me ask you this, john. you mentioned the cal lops of ftx. sam bankman-fried was indicted on eight criminal charges, including fraud and conspiracy. tom brady, steph curry, ben mckenzie slammed crypto in a senate hearing this week. let's watch. >> the demise of ftx and alameda represent the most spectacular corporate downfall since the ponzi scheme of bernie madoff. the cryptocurrency represents the largest ponzi scheme in history. in fact,, by the time the dust settles, crypto may well represent a fraud at least 10 times bigger than madoff. >> what do you think? is crypto heading to the crypt? >> it had a tremendously negative effect. bitcoin is still selling for thousands of dollars. they projected this was the future of finance. it would replac

bannon is in the room is?ct. >> you've got the first couple of immigration restriction-ism, peter brimelow, olivia brimelow, where there. but then you've also got three congressman elect their. >> yes absolutely. including george santos who is from new york in a district that i would describe, i grew up in that district, so i know a little bit about it. it's a hillary clinton type district in general that happened to swing very lightly to read this time. and for him to go into this event. it's not just the american extremists, there's the ftc party from germany, there's >> extreme right wing party. >> there's the austrian freedom party. >> the extreme right wing party in austria? >> which was founded by nazi ss officers. so for him to do this before taking office is a pretty ominous sign for the republicans of of what they have in mind going forward. you think it would be a shift after the midterms, it's looking to me after that experience like something else. >> what do you make of the room? what was it like?

. >> this week the senate passed a bill bannon tiktok fral government devices and even more strict legislationt was introduced to ban the app altogether. the social media company responded saying the move is politically motivated and would do nothing to protect u.s. security. >>> we are just nine days left until christmas. bay area food banks are making a final push to make sure no family goes left behind for the holidays. that includes second harvest of silicon valley. it's a labor of love that takes a lot of planning. lauren thompson with the efforts of coordination it takes to customize food and culture. >> we all have to eat. it is a way to learn about different cultures, but history, about the importance of nutrition, food is medicine -- >> emily acosta's work at second harvest of silicon valley keeps her busy . second harvest works to secure culturally significant food, and she is a big part of that. >> one of the important things to me is looking for items that are culturally specific and culturally prevalent for the diverse communities we serve. when we have the opportunity to get avoc

i want to tell you something if steve bannon and i had organized it, we would have won.would have been armed. see that's the whole joke, isn't it? they say that whole thing was planned. are you kidding me a bunch of conservative second amendment supporters went in the capitol without guns and they think we organized that, i don't think so. >> that's interesting. during the attack she messaged mark meadows i quote here, please tell the president to calm people, this isn't the way to solve anything. publically a different tune. a week and a half later she pushed meadows to stage a coup getting the military involved so trump could stay in power, quote in our private chat, the only way to save the republic is martial law. she justified that request perpetuating the lie writing they stole this election, we all know they will destroy our country next. kaitlan? >> don, let's talk about this with senior political analyst john avlon and political commentator erol lewis. they did bring weapons to the capitol on january 6th, correct? >> yeah. they're saying -- what this congresswom

the fact that steve bannon, michael flynn >> michael flynn! >> i'm not just trying to catch up on, i'm assuming the people of got into the corners and saying this is trump being trump. there was real contempt there. from people who are absolutely fundamentally so loyal to him, that might be an indicator. the polls might be an indicator. look, on its face it's kind of a joke, i think that's how people are reacting to it. but i am beginning to think that maybe this actually might be different. the t-line guy might actually be turning a corner and the party might be ready to move on from him. >> it also speaks to the character event, part of trump 's appeal in part of the thing that he was granted reluctantly in some corners was that he understood the sort of pulse of the american electorate. and he had a way of communicating and they didn't see him as the grift or that some other people especially in the media understood and to be. but this is one time where you really feel like he's lost his sales pitch. they are not picking up what he's puttin

to issue, and i have in the past when it comes to trump allies who defy those subpoenas like steve bannon and peter navarro and so on. but right, now if you look at the work but just a department of justice has been doing you seen hundreds and hundreds of prosecutions of people who are physically there on january 6th and attack in the capitol that was the fire that they went after right now i think the special counsel is focusing much more on the people who lit the matches you saw the subpoenas go out to key counties in arizona and michigan pennsylvania wisconsin you could add georgia and nevada tillis now the key counties that we know trump and his allies targeted in our efforts to overturn the election whether or not that comes to any kind of criminal referrals specifically seems to be coming around this idea of an obstruction charge we need to see. >> luke, the report says that meadows was texting with about 30 members through congress specifically about overturning the election. given that republicans are about to take control the house, what does that tell you about what's to come, a

we've seen trump do this repeatedly and others in his orbit, oh, just kidding, bannon, don't take me so seriously eroded that the value we cherish that someday if we get it curtailed we're going to look back at this time period, nicolle, and we're going to say it was people like marjorie taylor greene that screwed this up. you know, this is why we can't have nice things, because people instigate violence and get somebody killed. and so yes, it's a law enforcement problem but so much bigger than law enforcement is this use of freedom of speech, freedom of speech, i can say whatever i want, and then claim it's a joke. that doesn't cut it. the freedom of speech comes with tremendous responsibility. and none of these people seem to be held accountable for what they're doing. >> and frank, i guess what i want to follow up with and ask you is what do you -- what do you make of an elected official who's using the language of war and insurrection and blood and arms? what do you do with a leader that talks like that? >> so first we have to examine why it is people like this continue to get el

. >> david, i think we have to point out here, of course your client steve bannon was found guilty onontempt of congress charges for defying a subpoena from this committee. >> right. absolutely fair to point that out, and you should also point out that the judge who ruled against us on every legal issue has now issued an order saying that he finds it likely that the result will be reversed and lead to a new trial, not possible, likely. >> you think that steve bannon's contempt of congress charge is going to be reversed ultimately? >> i think it certainly should be. no one ever knows what a court of appeals is going to do, but i think for every american out there it should be. the definition of willfully in that case was absolutely wrong. the judge has acknowledged that on about six occasions that he thinks he was wrong in con construing the law but that his hands were tied. >> it was a federal jury that found him guilty we should note. >> just real quick, i want to follow up on something you said, you said that the people that you think that many people won't accept the result because

marjorie taylor greene says if she and steve bannon had been in charge -- >> if steve bannon and i hadention -- >> whew, whew. >> yeah. they say that whole thing was planned, i'm like, are you kidding me, with conservative second amendment reporters were in capitol without guns, they think we organized that? i don't think so. >> we would have won. it would have been armed. my words, not hers. more people likely would have been hurt or killed. the election, the proceedings would have been stopped. winning, they would have stopped the certification of the election. marjorie taylor greene thinks that's a good thing. we have heard from leaders what? >> yeah, nothing. because of the clout she now has within the house republican conference. kevin mccarthy needs marjorie taylor greene right now to become elected speaker. why? because he has a problem on the far right of this conference. of which she is a part. she is endorsing him. he can only afford to lose four republican votes to become speaker. he already has four or five saying no. marjorie taylor greene is trying get him elected speaker

according to the post, she said in part, if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would've won.n armed. that is the end of the quote. now, michael, i know you are a republican. it seems like the post is reporting that she was joking but please try to imagine my point of view before the break. a black democratic member of congress, a black civil rights leader saying they would have succeeded in a violent insurrection that actually did happen. one they would've succeeded in because they had guns. can you do that for me? >> rev, there is no way on this planet any african american, whether they're in office, out of office, contemplating office, would ever get away with that kind of a statement in this environment it just wouldn't happen. the reality here is when you allow them to talk, they will tell you what they're thinking they will tell you what you are feeling. they will speak the arrogance of themselves and how they see their situation. they think they're on touch double. marjorie taylor greene knows, as many of us have been saying inside and outside of the party. that she has

. >> and the next thing you know, i organized the whole thing along with steve bannon here. have to tell you something, if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would have won. woo! >> jimmy: whoo! if i had been in charge of invading my own office, mike pence wouldn't just look like a ghost, he'd be one! woo! and just in case that didn't give you an insurrection, young republicans, how about this? >> now that he's full, we're learning that teachers can pass around dill does, butt plugs and lube. by the way, you can pick up a butt plug or dillard doe at target and cvs these days. >> jimmy: sounds like somebody's giving her secret santa a hint! [ applause ] i always wonder where these dimwits get this stuff. these non-problems they get all worked up about. well, turns out, as is often the case, it was a topic tackled by the always-vigilant crew at the tucker carlson show. >> a producer for tucker carlson tonight happened to notice that cvs is now selling sex toys, and they appear to be a relative bargain. there is a tush cush for $11.90. the accompanying lotion that goes w

and we saw that steve bannon, for example, was someone who was criminally convicted for violating the subpoena of the u.s. congress. so i don't recommend that to anyone. under the speech or debate clause, we don't really have the authority to take members of congress outside of congress in order to enforce a subpoena which is why we have to deal with it internally and we sent it to the ethics committee. the ethics committee will have to think long and hard about what to do because what they're doing is creating a precedent going forward for how members of congress should respond in the event that they are subpoenaed by congress itself. and especially in an egregious case like this, dealing with a violent insurrection against the government itself. >> let me read a little bit from the executive summary. this seems to be a very salient point. if donald trump and the associates who assisted him in an effort to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election are not held accountable under the law, their behavior may become a precedent, an invitation to danger. failure to hold them accountable m

status is, recommending criminal charges of contempt of congress against four people, including steve bannon, peter navarro, who is awaiting trial, and no charges yet for mark meadows or danced aveeno, former deputy chief of staff. they have charged more than 800 people in the capital attack, two members of the oath keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy. when it comes to these criminal prosecutions, phone lines are for support or oppose. good morning, earl. caller: it's nothing but a sham. they have been after trump for six years. the man has never gotten a deep draft. these people calling in on the democrats side, they must be, i don't know who is paying them but this is crazy. our country needs to be straight out loud. look at the border. might go down to the border. host: we will stick to the topic at hand. let's hear from wendi in clinton township, michigan, on the support line. caller: good morning, pedro. merry christmas. host: thank you. caller: i listened yesterday. when are they going to finally get trump and put him in jail? he has done so much wrong. i heard him yesterday and

giuliani goes on bannon's radio show. and i just want to say that again, i want to do a shout out for dave, my researcher, the poor guy had to listen to giuliani's radio show and podcast every day for three years, but it was it was worth it because. i mean, we learned stuff that was happening under the radar and things he was saying that no else knew about. so he goes. on steve bannon's radio and he says tonight after the polls close. we should declare victory as soon as we think like a little bit ahead, he says. what's the line? it's something like and and the mystery for the american public. so he goes election night at the white house. this, you know, cockamamie cockamamie idea, which is declare victory whether they want or not. so here he is and he was a kind of vilified figure. bye by trump's main stream republican campaign lawyers who thought he was just a crackpot and so he's not invited into the war room downstairs below the but he sets up a little office and right off of the main banquet hall with andrew his son

. >> steve bannon, receded by mike flynn, harsh criticism from his staunchest defenders.ment kurt going to break away from him? >> well i think that you are starting to see just a lot of concern that is being for the first time in this whole saga, publicly expressed as to you know really what in the world is this guy up to. i think adrienne hit the nail on the head, very clear that everything that he does is geared towards trying to keep himself out of jail and trying to raise money to support his legal defenses which are amounting by the day. so it seems very clear that the republicans have been looking for this off ramp from trump for so long, this is why they have elevated ron desantis and trying to make him their go-to, second coming hero. because they expect on some level trump just continue and floating. and it's getting to kind of an embarrassing standpoint, i think that's the thing. all of these people remember, they hedge their wag of the trump, made millions of dollars, nays to roy to ride the and gotten famous because of him. he has been the gravy train for so

giuliani goes on bannon's radio show. and i just want to say that again, i want to do a shout out for dave, my researcher, the poor guy had to listen to giuliani's radio show and podcast every day for three years, but it was it was worth it because. i mean, we learned stuff that was happening under the radar and things he was saying that no else knew about. so he goes. on steve bannon's radio and he says tonight after the polls close. we should declare victory as soon as we think like a little bit ahead, he says. what's the line? it's something like and and the mystery for the american public. so he goes election night at the white house. this, you know, cockamamie cockamamie idea, which is declare victory whether they want or not. so here he is and he was a kind of vilified figure. bye by trump's main stream republican campaign lawyers who thought he was just a crackpot and so he's not invited into the war room downstairs below the but he sets up a little office and right off of the main banquet hall with andrew his son