attorney sean brennan. justice department in 2023, specifically to work on the huge glut of january 6th rioter cases. this is from the letter that he received tonight, quote, dear mr. brennan, this letter serves to advise you of the department's decision to terminate your appointment as an assistant u.s. attorney in the u.s. attorney's office for the district of columbia and from the federal service effective upon receipt of this letter. this decision is based upon your actions in the prosecution of persons relating to the events that occurred at or near the u.s. capitol on january 6th, 2021. your hiring has hindered the ability of acting u.s. attorney ed martin to staff his office in furtherance of his obligation to faithfully implement the agenda that the american people elected president trump to execute. therefore, this is notice of my final decision to terminate your appointment and to remove you from federal service. joining us now is sean brennan, an assistant u.s. attorney who worked on january 6th.

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director brennan is on the list, and he consistently continues to.f what may happen to him. because it's that important. so we appreciate it. >> we really. >> appreciate you. >> and definitely appreciate your service, my friend. director brennan, thank you so much for being with us. at the top of the hour. two former january 6th prosecutors weigh in on trump's purge at the fbi. now, be sure also to follow our show on social media. our handle everywhere is at the weekend msnbc. i got this $1,000 camera for only $41 on dealdash. dealdash.com, online auctions since 2009. this playstation 5 sold for only 50 cents. this ipad pro sold for less than $34. and this nintendo switch, sold for less than $20. i got this kitchenaid stand mixer for only $56. i got this bbq smoker for 26 bucks. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save. prilosec knows, for a fire... one fire extinguisher beats 10 buckets of water, and for zero heartburn 1 prilosec a day... beats taking up to 10 antacids a day. it's that simple, for 24 ho

brennan i'm wondering what the initial impression of this does to the american people.oes this denote confidence in trump's handling of a national crisis? do you think his base is buying this and his priorities? is this effective for him so far? >> yeah. important to separate what works well with his base. >> with. >> with the. rest of the country. it does have the feeling of what we saw during covid. a crisis pops. >> up and. >> he seems to be freewheeling. >> obviously not that. >> surprising that he's blaming dei. >> if it's. >> not dei, it's immigrants for really any problem that he can identify. but in moments like this, you're looking for steadiness. you're looking for competent and in control leadership and the free wheeling nature of the way he presents these things and just sort of shoots from the hips. does absolutely excite a lot of people who love donald trump, because, you know, he talks like they do, but that's probably not confidence inspiring for the for the rest of this country. you know, i don't think that his response to this tragedy is going to do hi

. >> that is right note justice from brennan's opinion it was exceptionally clear about what you are just going, what was and was not being addressed. >> in terms of ginsburg being a precedent is not a precedent involving a burden on adultery. >> our challenges so it on behalf of adults were not invoking the rights of minors. >> sable was a case there's a burden on children in the burden on adults the court applied a rational basis to the burden on children explicitly a pride strict scrutiny to the burden on adults correct? >> yes. we had directed precedent that t said you applied different scrutiny to each category. >> that is right i would know in reno justice o'connor separate opinion differentiate between the rights of minors versus the rights of adults which are separately addressed in that opinion two. >> justice kagan? justice gorsuch? >> i thought ginsburg was a conviction of an adult who sold to minors it was not that minor asserting any rights. he was charged and convicted of crimes knowingly just selling to minors, right? works forgive me for agree with both you and justic

she's also a senior fellow at the brennan center for justice, co-host of the sisters in law podcast, and an msnbc contributor and columnist. tim weiner joins me, too. he's a pulitzer prize winning reporter and the award winning author of the books enemies a history of the fbi and legacy of ashes the history of the cia. he's got a book coming out as well, called the mission the cia in the 20th century. welcome to both of you. thank you for being with us. joyce, as a as a former prosecutor, i wanted to play what amy klobuchar did there, because we all know now with some of these candidates that they are going to use whatever words you want. i'll choose obfuscate for now. she knows that he was going to do it, so she read it. she said when he said it, she entered it into the record. i don't know that that helps. it was effective for her job, but i don't know that it will help those republicans who are sitting on their hands and saying, this guy doesn't tell the truth. he's written these things. he said them in podcasts, he's written books about it, and yet he will not say it publicly in

thank you, chief brennan, great to hear you wrote a great and comprehensive report. really appreciate it. i'm just going to focus on the health safety and wellness piece of your report. >> sure. i'm curious about the ultrasound. well, there's a couple of tests that are being offered to our members. one is an ultrasound. some number were complimentary and others people paid for out of pocket and the same with the print over mri. do you know if those. let's start with the mri. is that like a full body mri or what? what is it? >> it's a full body. yeah. and they were given a discounted price for most of them. yeah. and it was full body like a body what they call body scan. >> yeah. mri is much more effective than yes scan. mm hmm. so that's really interesting. and then the same thing with the ultrasound. the scans are of everything of what i don't think injured parts or we don't know. >> it was everything. and is there any not to get into anybody's business but is there any opportunity for us in a follow up to learn anonymously of course not in anybody's records what so

unbeyond brennan's leadership, the c.i.a. used its power to spy on congress, dodged oversight and lied about doing it until he was caught and yet never has been held responsible. under biden, the f.b.i. abused its power for political reasons to try to surveil catholics who attend traditional latin mass, naming them as quote, unquote, radical traditionalist catholics. personally, just 24 hours after i criticized kamala harris and her nomination, i was placed on a secret domestic terror watch list called quiet skies. sadly, there are more examples. the bottom line is this, this must end. president trump's re-election is a clear mandate from the american people to break this cycle of failure and the rep.pization and politicization of the intelligence community and begin to restore trust of those who have been charged with the critical task of securing our nation. if confirmed as d.n.i., i will do my very best to fulfill this mandate and bring leadership to the intelligence community with the laserlike focus on our essential miss