doj could of course charge him. although, the length of time they're taking with the mark meadows case suggests to me they're not at all thinking they want to do that with current officials or even officials who were there under former president trump like mark meadows was. so i don't know there is that much they can do except of course the pressure that all of this publicity brings. >> a process that would be rife with land mines and overly complex as chairman betty thompson explained it. so i do want to ask you about former doj official jeffrey clark. he was a key player in the plot to overturn the 2020 election. he met with the committee this week. he pleaded the fifth more than 100 times. the panel already voted to hold clark in contempt last year for his lack of cooperation. they paused on moving that referral forward until they met with him again. any expectation? what do you think might happen now? >> well, there was a suggestion the other day that they may immunize him, that congress may give him immunity. a

we have the doj now prosecuting some of these cases. telling people that for a period of time you're also subject to losing your freedom of flight. if you are behaving this way. and the reason this is so important is because if we make this a normal occurrence, what we're handing to the terrorists who would like to still use commercial aircraft against this country as a weapon, we are handing another distraction to them and another tool in their tool kit. we simply cannot allow that to happen. these senators are really not on the right path here in terms of making sure that our country remains safe. >> well, i think they have said they do support airlines instituting their own no-fly list, which i know some have. why doesn't that work? >> it's really important there is a federal program where there is consistency of sharing that information and reporting that information. and if you have individual airlines doing that you don't have that kind of consistency. you also don't have potentially a very good due process in this process because

>> certainly puts doj on the spot. typically when doj is asked about what it's doing in relation to january 6th or donald trump they say facts and law will follow wherever it goes. now you can be asked, you got this referral from the archives. have you received it? are you doing anything about it? it's harder for them to riggle out with cliches. >> appreciate both of you for your perspective and expertise. >>> it's still getting worse. inflation rising again costing the average u.s. household hundreds more a month. for what exactly? and is there any hope for relief. >>> plus, they are blocking border crossings and streets. now they're targeting the super bowl. the growing concern over the trucker protest. >>> no drugs, no alcohol but a bump on the head before going to bed proved fatal for bob saget. a neurosurgeon wilill join us t discuss. stay right there.. f for you. you take a quiz... tell us what you love, enter your goals and ww builds your individualized plalan. this was the first time i was able to lose weight a

doj takes that very seriously.re is classified information involved, i would expect doj to take a look at that but there are some problems with that as well. >> yeah, definitely. so the other bizarre aspect of it, in an upcoming book coming up by maggie haberman reporting from time to time, trump residence staff found wads of printed paper clogging a toilet. how does that add to this discussion? >> well, it's another instance, if it's proven to be accurate, of destruction of information. violation of presidential record act, one of it ending up in the pipe is it's hard to tell what it was or if it's official records subject to the act or not but if they somehow could establish that, it would be a clear violation of the act and something about that kind of destruction that suggests it's more than just tearing it into two pieces and throwing it on the floor. it's more than just disregarding the law. maybe more purposeful, leaning more towards the obstruction side of the house but again, a lot of facts that would need

we're wondering what will be happening at doj given the request by the national archives? what can you tell us? >> i think it's just too soon to tell. there doesn't seem to be a high level of concern about this at this point. it's clear that archives did ask justice for the reviews on this and they said have your inspector general look at it and that has been done and there's some kind of referral to justice, but it's a long way from saying there's going to be an investigation or the investigation would lead to anything. it seems especially difficult to think this would be an investigation of donald trump because it's unlikely he was the one that loaded up all the boxes from the white house. presidents don't usually do the moving chores when it comes to leaving the white house. for all those reasons, katy, i think at this point it doesn't seem like it's going to lead anywhere, but it's too soon to tell. >> too soon to tell, but if it does lead anywhere, it would be politically hairy by this doj? >> it shouldn't be a show stopper if they feel there's a problem here. there a

i want to go back to the doj. i told the doj that, yes, they were prosecutors, but one thing they didn't have, they didn't have a son that was lying in a cold grave, and they still didn't hear my cry, okay, so, again, we got a victory today, but there's so many families out there who don't get victories because of people that we have fighting for us. okay? >> can i ask you about the jury. >> yes, ma'am. >> one particular juror became very emotional. can you talk a little bit about you would like to say to the jury in this case. >> i'm very thankful that a good jury was selected. i wasn't worried at all that we wouldn't -- i knew ahmad's hands was in this from the very beginning. the way ahmad left here, i knew that we would get victory on the state level and in the federal level. i knew that from day one. i do appreciate that they took the time out of their busy schedule to come and listen to the nonsense because the way ahmad left was pure nonsense, senseless, but i appreciate their time, and they gave us a sense

the doj is naming names. has anybody received a notice? the bad news, looks like gary gensler is cooperating with the doj. it had come out, with senior doj official. there is coordination going on. hedge funds that published research or sell their research, other investors could trade off of possible manipulation. this is a long way from a case where people are shaking in their shoes. two firms am i think it is just a handful. most of the people, a list doj is asking for information about they have not gotten subpoenas. such cases are difficult to bring. in 2005 i did a lot of reporting, selling stock manipulation with research, a lot of this is first amendment back. i believe it is negative on stock, give it to someone who trades on it, do they manipulate stocks? extremely hard to prove but that is where we are. may be it's a fishing expedition. i hate -- this thing is coming -- this thing is coming out of los angeles office. not exactly, one of the more premier doj offices when it comes to white-collar crimes. no offense. i think it is p

and you and i continue to ask, and i will continue to ask, where is doj on this?ll they've told us is they received a referral on this, they're aware of it. that's not enough. and the time frame that we're talking, we're a year out from january 6th and we've seen no concrete evidence that they're looking at anybody above the ground level. and if that doesn't change, bottom line is there's not going to be any meaningful consequences to anyone for this. >> but andrew, here's why it matters. this was a key part of the pressure campaign on pence to step in and not certify the election. that's why it matters. and it's the same pressure campaign that led to that deadly violence by the trump supporters on january 6th. it's all part of the same strategy. >> that's absolutely right, don. this is -- i think most people started this thinking about it in terms of january 6th and the riot and the attack on the capitol. but every one of these elements was part of a complicated scheme to achieve the same result. this didn't start on january 6th. it started probably the day after

we know they went to the doj because they have doj stamps on them. they are intercepting his mail?mer's statement. "even if it were a mistake to deliver congress is mailed to the doj, the doj has an obligation to immediately notify congress and forward the mail without opening it. it is greatly concerning since congressional mail is constitutionally protected under the speech and debate clause of the constitution. it could be routed, intentionally or not, through the highly partisan doj. this is felonious behavior." it certainly is. by the way, these agencies mess with all kinds of unelected americans. the rest of us, there is nothing we can do about it. but you hope if they mess with elected officials, members of congress, they would be severely punished, and we fervently hope they will be. we reached out to the doj, justice department for comment, but they're not going to comment because don't have to. so, bitcoin is a massive threat here of all crypto a massive threat to the hegemony of the federal government. they can't tell you what to do if they don't control the currency. th

we rely on doj to do that.ey criminally charge mark meadows with contempt as we have charged him with in the house. i think any of the information the doj sees that leads to broader conspiracy or anything leading all the way up to the top, they should take to a court or to a grand jury. >> help us understand this, barbara. why haven't we heard anything from the doj on this? is garland waiting for congress to finish its investigation? because there is some stuff that you can say, the doj can act on immediately, including the subpoena, you know, violation, if you will, by mark meadows and others. think haven't pursued that criminally yet, and i'm curious why you think they haven't done so. >> one of the frustrating things about the justice department is its silence. we never know exactly what is going on in that building and so it leaves us to speculate and i think sometimes it causes us to feel frustration or even lack of confidence they're doing anything at all. one reason they may have refrained with charging

it is coming from a doj investigation that caused it quite significant pain in the past, and the dojerned that it has not even fulfilled its obligations around the settlement that it had with the doj, and this related to other payments that were made in other areas. is this new? can you put this in context for me and how investors should be looking at this? matt: we don't know for sure, but it certainly looks like it is new. as you mentioned, the doj started in 2019, so it looks perhaps that prompted some additional searching on the part of ericsson. the ceo said these payments had not reached a certain threshold of materiality, so they were perceived not to be that important, so it does seem like it is new, and i think the issue will be if the doj feels like they withheld information as part of an ongoing investigation, that could create serious consequences for ericsson's business in the u.s. and potential he further. kailey: what would those consequences be? are we talking another fine? is this criminal? what will this ultimately look like? matthew: based on the previous settlemen

>> i'm sure -- >> doj should -- >> go ahead, joyce. >> go ahead. >> doj should -- sorry, doj should absolutelyn. it should be full force because this is a serious violation and while the congresswoman and her committee have this job of making sure it doesn't happen again, doj has the job of making sure people who violate our laws are punished and held accountable so there is detour rans of future misconduct. in this situation, i would not want to prejudge whether it appropriate to prosecute but i have no trouble saying there has to be a full force investigation. this is potentially far more serious than what happened with secretary clinton and joy, i know you're already enough to recall secretary clinton's reaction to the investigation was to encourage everyone at the state department who is being interviewed to cooperate fully with the investigation. she, too, saw it as a very serious matter. one problem prosecutors won't have as they investigate this case is should they decide there is something criminal, in this situation that would be some form of obstruction, either records were deliberat

i want to go back to the doj. i told the doj that yes, they were prosecutors, but one thing they didn't have, they didn't have a son that was lying in a cold grave, and they still didn't hear my cry. okay. so again, we got a victory today but there's so many families out there who don't get victories because of people that we have fighting for us. yes, ma'am? >> very emotional. can you talk a little bit about what it's like with the jury? >> i'm very thankful that a good jury was selected. i wasn't worried at all that we wouldn't, i knew ahmaud's hands was in this from the very beginning. the way ahmaud left here, i knew we would get victory on the state level and in the federal level. i knew that from day one. i do appreciate that they took the time out of their busy schedule to come listen to nonsense because the way ahmaud left here was pure nonsense, it was senseless, but i appreciate their time and they gave us a sense of a small victory but we as a family will never get victory because ahmaud is gone forever

doj has developed a risk assessment tool known as p.a.t.t.e.r.n.which is designed to protect the likelihood of recidivism for all be opium mates and b.o.p. has begun to formalize and enhanced its [inaudible] assessment system. b.o.p. uses p.a.t.t.e.r.n. risk scores and inmates leads assessments to determine the type and amount of evidence based recidivism reduction program and that is appropriate for each federal inmate. eligible inmates who successfully participate in this programming or other productive activities may burn time credits that will allow them to be placed in prerelease custody or supervised release earlier than previously allowed. the first step act requires g.a.o. to review the acts that the opium doj have taken to [inaudible] this risk assessment system. our ongoing work will analyze b.o.p. data to determine if it is conducting risk assessments with the frequency required by law will also analyzed [inaudible] reduction programming and productive activities. and we will examine a few peace process for applying time prep credits to

we don't know what doj is doing. we don't know if they're going to make good on merrick garland's january 5 promise, that they would investigate how high up things went. but if congress teeters on the edge of giving immunity to a witness like peter navarro, i think we'll find out very quickly where doj is in this. he plays a critical role at the end where almost anyone with any senses is out of the way, most of the guardrails are off, and we're left with peter navarro, the snake oil salesman, taking his eggs in to meet with the president of the united states. >> it's fascinating. this is really good context on a big development. we'll fit in a break. when we come back, good news on the pandemic. hypocrisy over at fox news later in the hour. and fact checking mcconnell on the biden economy. paul crookman is here. we'll be right back. crookman i. we'll be right back.ifty bucks . overdraft assist from chase. make more of what's yours. aleve-x. it's fast, powful long-lasting relief with a revolutionary, rollerball design

although, as you know, we've already made a referral to doj. so, he can always say, look, i'm ready to talk. >> do you revoke the referral? >> if we got an inkling that mr. meadows would want to talk, then we would probably make the request to doj to defer until that conversation occurred. >> thompson also said that former trump doj official jeffrey clark to the fit a bunch when he spoke to the committee last week. the chair said that members are now talking about possible immunity for witnesses who plead the fifth. meanwhile, nbc news reports that investigators have learned trump demanded to talk to his vice president on the phone on the sixth. but he can't reach him? there is also new information tonight before the those e downtown t so whil bor >> do you revoke the referral? >> if we got an inkling that mr. meadows would want to talk, then we would probably make the request to doj to defer until that conversation occurred. >> thompson also said that former trump doj official jeffrey clark to the fit a bunch when he spoke to the committee las

i was extorted by that former doj official.aw one of their own lawyers change evidence to frame president trump. they are cheating more than the russian figure skating team. the cdc one of the powers of the cia to end up with the credibility of cnn. [laughter] now, joe biden and even some who have taken the stage tell us that defending freedom in ukraine has costs for americans. first of all, costs are going up, so that should be a red flag right there. also, what about freedom here in this country? what about our leaders actually standing up for freedom and liberty in america? why should americans have to pay the cost of freedom elsewhere when our own leaders stand up for our read him here? by the way, washington spent your money and took your freedom away anyway. that is why we have higher costs and fewer choices today but now you have to foot the bill for ukraine, endure more pain? we still have pain from afghanistan misadventures we still have to deal with. i am not for sending americans to ukraine. [applause] except maybe

that's the only way we get a seizure warrant at doj. the reason that context is so important, it would show if it plays out this way, this is the committee's and doj's investigative job to see if this happened, but it would put trump in knowledge that this conduct was illegal. you cap that on to him stacking the deck at dod with people he put in place after the election and being rebuffed by every living former secretary of defense. then he asks giuliani to make that third one to dhs and we are clearly in conspiracy territory then. >> mike, there's reporting along the lines of what joyce is describing. the meeting with barr took place in mid to late november when trump raised the idea of whether the justice department could be used to seize machines. that's according to two people familiar with the matter. trump told barr his lawyers had told them that the department had the power to seize machines as evidence of fraud. barr, who had been briefed by federal law enforcement officials about how the theories being pushed by trump's legal t

what makes the trump situation something that will be complicated for doj to handle is what neal and mike have touched on, the fact that the legal issues in play here are unprecedented as were many of the legal issues that played out during the trump administration. so in addition to just figuring out factually what happened with these materials, there is also the question of when a president takes a document that is classified and decides that he or some day hopefully she wants to declassify that document, how exactly does that process work and when on the time clock of the presidency does it have to happen. does it have to happen before noon on the inauguration day of the president's successor? what does the president have to do to specifically declassify a document? if the president says it out loud alone in a room, what does that mean legally? one of the things that made the justice department an extremely interesting place to cover during the trump administration was not just all the weird factual circumstances that seemed to unfold all day every day, but also all the unpreceden

we've seen doj has not commenced prosecution there. now there's a tragedy in a tragic comedy sense in an effort to damage pardons which as maya points out, he has no ability to offer to january 6th participants. the kernel of truth is by one of the january 6th lawyers who was asked about this and said, of course, this makes my clients less likely to cooperate. in other words, trump is engaging in conduct that is the paradigm for obstruction of justice. he's trying to delay or deter potential witnesses from telling the truth to investigators. that's conduct that the justice department simply should not ignore. >> joyce vance, thank you. maya wiley, thank you. >>> congresswoman zoloft, member of the january 6th committee. thank you for taking time for us tonight. talk to us about this. why is jeffrey clark so important to your investigation? >> well, we all know from the documents that there was an effort to have the department of justice send out letters to states saying something that wasn't true in an effort apparently, to have them w

has the doj now responded? >> the justice department has declined to comment, but what is important to remember here is to understand the landscape, national archives requested the doj look this. what they want is for a federal prosecutor to decide was this casual, was it just sloppy, or was this into criminal space? again, trying to push that responsibility off on to federal prosecutors, but the reality is not all referrals that go to the justice department end up as prosecutions. sometimes they don't even take it. so this is still an extremely opaque territory, but it is an example of something that the national archives finds so troubling, they're trying to have somebody, a professional figure out whether or not this is criminal. meanwhile, as you pointed out, we have this new reporting from our colleague maggie haberman, no one can explain this story better than maggie haberman herself. here she is. >> i learned that staff in the white house residence would periodically find the toilet clogged, the engineer

while slamming doj for allowing plea deals for things like picketing and parading.they backed up bad faith arguments that it was a protest instead of a dangerous threat to the transfer of power. we are waiting for a judge to decide on the fate of a most profile cases. oath keeper's founder stewart rhodes. the judge with skepticism on the release. new evidence from yesterday's hearing suggest that the plot went beyond january 6. quote, prosecutors revealed that rhodes wrote in a group chat that january 6 could be the final nail in the coffin of the united states. trump quote must know if he fails to act we will. we will have no choice rhodes wrote. let's bring in justice reporter ryan riley. barbara is still here. take us inside the reporting on rhodes. >> yeah. what's interesting is prosecutors laid out the plot not necessarily depend ept upon trump's involvement and wrote it would be preferable for trump to join them and not necessarily like if he didn't go through this and do what they wanted him to do they would do it on their own and work to keep him in power on

and we know they went to the doj because they have doj stamps on them.they'reg intercepting his mail. yes,l? here's gohmert statement. even if it were a mistake tod deliver congressman to the dojob ,the doj has an obligation to immediately notify congress and forward the mail without opening it. it is gravely concerning since congressional mail is constitutionally protected debate clausech of the constitution, it could be routed intentionally or not e through the highly partisan doj. this is felonious behavior. is. rtainlyti by the way, these agencies mess with all kinds of unelectedot americans, the rest of us . there's nothing we can do about it. but you'd hope if they mess with elected officials, members of congress, they would be severely punished and we h. ojtly hope they will you've reached out, by the way,t the doj department for comment. they're not going to comment because they don't have totheyb so bitcoin is a massive threat . allre crypto is a massive threat and hegemony of the federal government. i can't orn tell you what to dof they don't c

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the hearts and minds of a certain segment of the population and kind of intimidate investigators and doj prosecutors across the country who are engaged in a very active investigation of what happened january 6th and, of course, the select committee. it's a public attempt to shape the argument. famously billy martin, the infamous former manager of the new york yankees was asked one time, why are you ranting and raving and yelling at the umpire? he's never going to change his call. billy martin said, i'm not arguing that call. i'm arguing for the next call. it's an attempt to intimidate, to bully, that's what's going on right now, so people think that if there's a legitimate theory here that the january 6th committee is out to get people, not out for justice, that any prosecution that comes down the pike is somehow going to be politicalized, that's what is going on here and at its worst through my security lens, it is going to give license to people to act out violently. you have president trump, was it last weekend or the weekend before, saying that certain prosecutors are vile people. we

and i get worried about coordination or lack thereof between the committee and doj.mpacts potential prosecution should really be coordinated carefully. >> ryan, i want you to feel free to add any reporting you have on this idea of it being some type of pressure campaign. but i also want to bring in your new reporting on the fbi's online data base of 1/6 suspects. you write, "the fbi has in some cases removed images from the data base and individuals who haven't been arrested, sparking conspiracy theories from trump supporters who are trying to paint january 6th not as an attack perpetrated by trump enthusiasts but as a false flag event." tell me more. >> yeah, so essentially this data base of a lot of different images is unlike anything the fbi's ever done before, and in many cases online sleuths are using these photos to then find additional photos and identify dozens and dozens and dozens of these people who have not yet been arrested yet. but what has happened in some cases, especially in the case of ray epps, the most famous one, where his image was removed from

so the doj, if they intend to prosecute him, they have to call over to the committee, do not immunizeever to charge him, they may allow the immunity, so we may get a window into the doj's thinking here. >> and finally, mike pence's comments to the federalist society saying that president trump was wrong, and the vice president cannot overturn the election, and so on, it makes me wonder how you feel about pence a potential witness, and wouldn't he be the mother of all january 6th witnesses when it is coming to the bottom of the insurrection, and when i say the mother of all witnesses, no pun intended. >> right. i would say that he would be the mother of all witnesses after trump himself, but in the potential of witnesses, yes. and it is important for mike pence to yesterday say correctly that he had no aweuthority to overturn the election, and what is more important is what did donald trump do or say to mike pence in those key moments. >> and the issue su nis not so much -- by mean, it is what happened on january 6th, but in the days leading up to the pressure campaign to overturn the

it sounds and norma's for the doj. -- it sounds enormous for the doj. >> bitcoin was worth about $71on in 2016. crypto has risen so much in price and spend that the total amount was $4.5 billion. the justice department sees $3.6 billion. what this reminds us is that even though there is a lot of discussion about illicit activities using crypto, crypto is somewhat recoverable, more so than cash may be. it is more traceable. francine: this is amazing. i hope we can put the picture up for our viewers. a surrealist artist would touch her hands and boasted that she had more pizzazz, just on that note, i find it wonderful. tom: the top line is fantastic. they are a bonnie and clyde for the crypto age. tell us more about this couple. these allegations are still allegations, they have not gone to court. what we know about the company -- about the couple? >> they were clearly interested in crypto. the people that were involved in , they were hiding in plain sight. there were talking about crypto and giving presentations, talking about social engineering , they were living a decent life in the

are you doing anything about the fact that the doj is going to shut9 this investigation down? thoughts on this? >> well, it's not a priority for them. they cite kind of this woke politics, political correctness argument for shutting it down. you know, i live in texas, we shut down the houston consulate for a reason. they were stealing intellectual property from universities, from scientists, from nasa, and that's what it was all gear towards. i was a federal prosecutor. i met with the attorney general on this very issue. we had a lot of indictments coming down in the previous add many managers, and now we're seeing it -- administration, and now we're seeing it drying up. why is that? i have to ask that broader question. when you saw president xi and putin at the beijing olympics in this unholy alliance, this is -- maria: yeah. >> -- and we talked about iran as well, but this, to ignore the threat from within, the enemy within the united states which is real and the espionage is real, and mike's right, that hypersonic was built on the backbone of american technology. that's got

i mean, there is a million questions but i think doj needs to dig into.pecifics matter, fwauz they are going to show us whether this was carelessness on the one hand or intentional on the other. >> are there nuances regarding classified status when it comes to a president or former president? >> sure, don, because the president, of course, has the ability to declassify any information or documents that he wants, basically for any reason he wants at any time. so, that raises the specter of, well, maybe, did he declassify these things before he stuffed them in a box in the residence and sent 'em to mar-a-lago? it is a good question but if he did, there needs to be some record of that as well. it is not just wave the magic wand and say i hereby declassify. somebody has to make a record of that, and record those documents and officially, you know, put them in some sort of release form. so, yeah, there is definitely some digging that will have to go on here, either by the inspector general for the national archives or potentially by justice department investig

. >> kayleigh: and just for xs and os for the viewers, what saves us as the doj requesting financialempt status. essentially the doj is saying, show us what you've done with $60 million in finances, and then you will lose your tax-exempt status. it's unclear which leaders they are talking about because the three founders are no longer associated with the organization and we now know that no one was in charge of the finances since ms. colors left. so before we get out of ourselves legally speaking, after the doj analyzes data and after our follow the money team goes through it, then we will see where that money trail has led and when that action will undergo. at this point they are saying show us everything or you will lose your status unless he in 60 days plus a little bit of time what conclusions that the irs and the doj call then. >> harris: if, in fact, the leadership was gone and nobody at the pot of money with the use that as defense of, we can't come forth with the document because nobody was in charge? >> kayleigh: if you can't use your terrible assets to pay costs and, regard

we are waiting to hear whether doj will prosecute mark meadows.y, six to seven hours each, from two aides, ben williamson and kayly mcenany. and ivanka trump notably did not get a subpoena. she got a polite interview request. we will see if the committee ups it to a subpoena because she has shown no inclination to testify. >> and people in the former vice president's inner circle. >> they had access. they were in the room. and they don't have that kind of loyalty to donald trump. we know the committee heard from kellogg, short, jacob. the big question, though, is will they try to get testimony from this guy, former vice president mike pence. will he testify? i think it's unlikely. we are seeing a growing rift between mike pence and donald trump. he has the ability to come forward and testify. >> keith kellogg said if he had to choose between pence and trump, i'm with trump. there are outside advisers. >> colorful group. steve bannon subpoenaed, outright defied his subpoena. he was held in contempt. doj is prosecutorsed. he will be tried in july. r

in 2018, to applause from both sides of the aisle, the trump doj introduced the china initiative.protesters stood outside the department of justice last month begging for an end to the 3-year-old program. >> stop the china initiative as we know it catch a spy not a chinese american scientist. >> nearly 200 yale professors recently wrote and signed this letter to attorney general garland arguing the strategy contains fundamental flaws is and is problematic on many levels including racial profiling. national security experts argue the mission is stopping espionage. >> china is closing in on on us. they 75% or even 80% of the size of our economy already. and the way they are doing this is better technology that they develop and also that they steal. >> initiative yielded multiple prosecutions. former harvard professor dr. charles lieber will go to prison for covering up his intellectual and financial ties to the communist country. but the justice department recently dropped the case against mit professor gong chen over a procedural mistake. >> we just hope that they will end the pros

how it planted information inside ever the doj and fbi to go after trump.ry? >> well, a couple of things. first is, remember this is not really opposition research. when you create entirely false stories, implant them with a very receptive fbi i think we're in the world of potential criminality, not just dirty swamp of washington politics. the other thing to keep in mind that is really interesting, kind of the first integrity test for our attorney general, i'm very nervous how he will do on the final exam which will include questions about the durham probe and hunter biden but for a pop quiz, if durham sees evidence of other crimes and what he is charged with investigations as special counsel he has to get a permission slip, a little expansion request goes to the attorney general. so you know, be really interesting to behind the scenes to see what kind of relationship durham is having with the ag. he still has to answer to them. he still has to get his permission when he starts to see the extra avenues. >> that is an important point. let's show the viewer w

. >> airlines have asked doj to create a no fly list to keep unruly passengers from boarding in the first place. transportation secretary says he agrees. >> there is no acceptable amount of unruly behavior on aircraft. >> doj says it is working with federal agencies to create no fly lists. >>> on the fire watch, a new wildfire is prompting evacuations in central california's remote owens valley. it started yesterday outside the town of bishop. yosee the the okapse a mile-per-ho winds are driving rd bi ne e iac ill wi nontuse under >>> co n. million proposal to build a line of fire breaks. com fire is asking for a grant to surround the area with safety lovers to help slow down fires. >> the areas to our south, the wilderness, which has a lot of vegetation which has become a threat especially since california is entered into the mega fire time. >> it really gives a good buffer that if something is coming over the ridge it will provide plenty space to slow it down and put the fire out. >> whatever it takes to help. it's 4:48. let's get a check of our weather and traffic. >> we have gianna st

and our ongoing work on doj and b.o.p.'s implementation of certain provisions in the first step act. b.o.p. is responsible not only for the super vision and custody of more than 157,000 federal inmates but also for their health care, safety, and rehabilitation. the covid-19 pandemic has strained congregate living facilities such as prisons which are more vulnerable to infectious disease outbreaks. as of yesterday, b.o.p. attributed 279 inmate deaths and seven staff member deaths to covid-19. our report examining b.o.p.'s covid-19 response found that while b.o.p. developed updated guidance with input from the cdc, b.o.p.'s staff reported confusion about how to implement the guidance. we recommended that b.o.p. routinely evaluate how it communicates its guidance to facility staff and to ensure its protocols are clearly communicated. b.o.p. has taken some actions, such as surveying its staff on covid-19 guidance. we will continue to monitor b.o.p.'s ability to review and modify as needed. we also monitor b.o.p.'s ability to sh

we went to the criminal tax division of doj. they said no.ll look at the actual allegations one by one. is your al -- >> and the conduct of the government prosecutors. >> so you're doing both. actual innocence claim saying you did not access to money or is more the claim about the unfairness of the -- >> certainly both. we lead with the motion to dismiss the indictment based on bad faith and bad conduct on the part of the conflicts on the part of the government prosecutor and then secondly, we're ready for trial. we want to take this to trial within 60 days because ms. mosby is still running for reelection. let find out. >> let me play with the announcement. you came out forthrightly and stood in front of your workplace and made an announcement. i want to play a little bit of it now. take a look. >> i offered to prove my innocence by making myself available to present evidence to the grand jury but the u.s. attorney and the lead prosecutor in the case who is donated to my political opponents and who has personal animist towards me didn't allo

we'll talk about the doj a little bit tonight, thank you have a great night.ppy lunar new year to all throughout the asian culture celebrating. tonight marks the start of the year of the tiger and the lunier new year is a time for renewal and rebirth. we begin "the reidout"

we already know that the doj is prosecuting him for seditious conspiracy.e oath keepers in the time around november and december of 2020 as well as on january 6th, instead his attorney told us he spoke about the oath keepers' history and the way it typically worked but not those moments that could poe bls incriminate him. >> let's talk about jeffrey clark, why he's important. >> chris, he's one of the doj officials in touch with president trump at the time after the 2020 election and also one of the doj officials who wanted to pursue urn founded claims of election fraud after the 2020 race was called. he's someone who the committee previously voted to hold in contempt because he wasn't cooperating with their subpoena. he came back to the table, he is cooperating. now based on the roughly two hours of testimony he gave yesterday, we'll see whether or not the committee decides to refer that contempt referral to the full house floor or if he complied sufficiently that they feel they got what they need from him. >> nicholas, a big question in front of the commi

the doj is complete status on this. it alarms me because we don't have very many road blocks left to try to save our democracy from this man and his party because they're all willing to go along with it. all of them. mitch mcconnell. lindsey graham. he will take the need to trump, as well. all of them will. so i don't know what else to do other than for the doj to step up. your thoughts? >> we can't win the case we don't bring and i agree with claire. we don't want to bring a bare probable cause case. we could have stapled volume two of the mueller report to an application for an arrest warrant on as many as ten counts of federal felony obstruction of justice and ten federal judges out of ten would have signed that arrest warrant. i will also say as a former career fed, the determination of the feds to try to investigate things exhaustively and to perfection is well-known but when public safety is at risk and when democracy hangs in the balance, once you have probable cause plus and you decline to bring a prosecution, y

last july, the justice department had a research report that went out that said for decades the doj has declined to prosecute 82% of the people who are suspected of hate crimes. why is this case today -- what does this case say about your path going forward, why has it been so difficult in the past to secure a conviction, and do you think now in hindsight that entering into a plea in this case would have taken light of the victory? attorney general garland: your second one was just asked, the same answer i gave on that one. on the first question, every case is decided on its own merits, we got a number of hate crimes and prosecutions already in the last two years and we will continue to bring those cases where we have the facts and the law on our side. now you have a third question. >> does the justice department have any concerns with, hypothetically, bringing charges against a former president which has not been done before? is that on the table? attorney general garland: i don't answer hypotheticals and i can't make any comments about whether we have investigations or not. this is ou

and the state doj. there's claims. the following is part of a quote from our founder felicia jones. there's an urgency to address the injustices of black san franciscans and use of force, arrests and traffic stops by sfpd. i have grown tired of talking to the police commission to sfpd and the board of supervisors and tired enough to go looking for sources who find this antiblackness to be an urgency so we sought help from attorney general end quote. according to sfpd's own reporting a black san francisco is six times as likely to be subject to a traffic stop than a white san franciscan and nine times to be subject to use of force and 11 times likely her to be arrested. we lean you to look at racial disparity data. thank you. >> thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> >> caller: i'm shannon directing 5 homeowner and public school mom. i'm calling to thank the police commission for their volunteer service representing the people of san francisco. providing oversight to chief scott

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. >> todd: in the meantime senator tom cotton failing to block doj nomination if the department does defend u.s. marshals and blm riot lawsuits. >> ashley: life with the details, good morning, brooke. >> good morning, senator cotton threatened to block doj nominations with reports indicate the justice department will not defend four u.s. marshals who are facing lawsuits stemming from the black lives matter protest back in 2020. now, and a letter to attorney general merrick garland, writes a refusal to represent the deputy marshals would violate the department's long-standing practice in moral duty to defend the law enforcement officers when they are sued for actions and the line of duty. several lawsuits have been filed against law enforcement in response to the blm riots beer the justice department said at this point, it is reviewing senator cotton's letter and will respond soon. but the white house seemingly has yet to read it. listen. >> there is a letter from tom hutton threatening to block the doj nominees over the department of justice allegedly denying four deputy u.s. marshal

listen. >> there is a letter from tom cotton today threatening to block the president's doj nomineesr u.s. marshals legal defense stemming from the portland riots. is he aware of this and any speculation why this is happening? >> i'm not aware of the specifics, jackie but i will check to see if there is something more specific and get back to you. >> during the riots seattle times reports seriously consider transferring the police departments east precinct building to the black lives matter will seattle chapter. protesters set up an autonomous after the police abandoned the building june 282020. but the official transfer never happen. this seattle times shows officials recommended working with the law department to draft real property transfer documents. on july 1, 2020, ultimately returned to the building which is said, by the way i've million dollars, but only after they cleared the autonomous bill set up by anarchist protesters, ashley, todd to. >> todd: brooke, thank you very much. >> ashley: thanks, brooke appeared spilling over into hospitals and nurses are demanding additional

there is the plot at the doj, where the former justice department official helped the president come up with a plan for him to replace the acting attorney general, and have the doj intervene in georgia to overturn it's about and give the state to none other than the former guy. >>> clark who stonewalled the committee for months made good on his promise to plead the fifth more than 100 times. then there is congresswoman zoe lofgren she is a member of the committee think that they are considering granting him immunity to get him to answer questions. sure seems like there's a whole lot of things that he doesn't want the committee to know, right? sources telling cnn that two aides to mike pence answered most of the questions they were asked in an exclusive interview only declining to discuss direct conversations with then- president. they saw a lot, and they know a lot about what happened on that day. when pens had to be hustled out of the capital. well, he had to do that while rioters were chanting about him. the pieces of the potter coming together and they are coming together slowly b

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