i mean, let's say the president does pardon enrique tarrio.ou know, maybe lindsey graham will put out a stiffly worded statement. but they're not going to do anything about that. and it will be news for a couple of days. so i actually expect at least maybe commuting the sentence. i expect donald trump is going to go pretty far on this stuff. you know, it's not going to be great for justice. and by the way, the justice department absolutely should have started this investigation. they basically started the investigation after we on the committee began presenting our evidence. and we didn't have near the tools they had. so it's really sad, disappointing and upsetting. >> to that reporting, evan's reporting, it is stunning. you heard what congressman kinzinger's saying. they could have gone so much earlier. they could have, should have. but evan's reporting also says there are people within the justice department who are saying they wasted time. >> evan's reporting is incredible because it's talking about prosecutors themselves, people inside the

enrique tarrio's lawyer today just wrote to president-elect trump formally asking trump to pardon his client. enrique tarrio's family have been publicly counting down the days trump is sworn in as president because they're convinced enrique tarrio will be one of the january 6th he pardons on the day of his inauguration. the guy shooting the video, the guy screaming at nancy pelosi, filming people pounding on the door to try to intimidate here, saying the proud boys are there, that guy is now in prison for trying to overthrow the u.s. government. but the other thing to know about that video is that the guy who he's actually filming doing the pounding on the door, this guy right here in the red circle, he has just been named by donald trump as his choice to be the next u.s. ambassador to the nation of panama. because apparently that is what our country is looking for in ambassador now. will you make yourself a physical menace for donald trump? now, that man who's now donald trump's ambassador pick, after this happened in coral gables, he later defended his conduct there saying he was ju

enrique tarrio at the time lived in south florida. he now lives in federal prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 22 years in prison for what sedition is, which is trying to overthrow the us government. enrique enrique tarrio, his lawyer, today, just wrote to president elect trump, formally asking trump to pardon his client, enrique tarrio, whose family have been publicly counting down the days while trump is sworn in as president because they're convinced that enrique tarrio will be one of the january 6th felons who trump pardons on the day of his inauguration. so that's one thing to know about that video of what happened that day in coral gables. the guy shooting the video, the guy screaming at nancy pelosi, filming people pounding on the door to try to intimidate her, saying, the proud boys are there. that guy is now in prison for trying to overthrow the us government. but the other thing to know about that video is that the guy who he's actually filming, doing the pounding on the door, this guy right

enrique tarrio is serving a 22- year sentence in federal prison.eader of the proud boys who was convicted of seditious conspiracy. the judge who sentenced him called him, quote, the ultimate leader of the proud boys and noted that he had an outsized impact on the events of january 6th. my congressional source tonight served on the house january 6th committee and has just been re- elected to house democratic leadership, the chair of the democratic caucus, congressman pete aguilar of california and it's great to have you here. i want to o'ask you about enrique tarrio in a moment, but on today just of itself your colleague jamie raskin of maryland called it a very tough pill to swallow. it's obviously your constitutional duty to certify the election, but you know, how did you feel watching today play out? >> it's very personal. and there's a lot of emotions for many of us who were on the house floor that day. i not only served on the january 6th committee with jamie raskin but i stood right behind him on the house floor when all of this happened. whic

enrique tarrio at the time lived in south florida. he now lives in prison after being sentenced to seditious conspiracy for 22 years. sedition is trying to overthrow the u.s. government. enrique tarrio wrote to president-elect trump asking him to pardon him. his family has been counting down the days till trump is sworn in as president because they're convinced enrique tarrio will be one of the january 6th felons who trump pardons on the day of his inauguration. so that's one thing to know about that video of what happened that day in coral gables. the guy shooting the video and screaming at nancy pelosi, filming people pounding on the door to try to intimidate her saying, "the proud boys are there," that guy is now in prison for trying to overthrow the u.s. government, but the other thing to know about that video is the guy he's actually filming doing the pounding on the door, this guy in the red circle, he has just been named by donald trump as his choice to be the next u.s. ambassador to the nation of panama because apparently that

i don't think stewart rhodes or enrique tarrio or people who beat up police officers or who grabbed aolice shield and broke a window, i don't think those people are going to be pardoned. i think people who maybe were, were convicted or pled guilty to parading without a permit or demonstrating inside the capitol in violation of the capitol rules. i think he'll probably pardon some of those those folks, and i don't think it will be that controversial when he does. but i think if he were to pardon stuart rhodes or enrique tarrio or any of the instigators from the oath keepers or the i mean, he asked trump for a pardon yesterday, i think those pardons will be controversial. and they should be. >> i mean, it's telling that you still don't know. i mean, we have no idea how far he's going to go with this. and there is sort of a feeling on many issues within the trump orbit of this sort of invincibility, given all all the things that he overcame over the last two years, lawsuits, assassination attempts, everything else. and there's definitely a feeling of sort of exuberance that, well, just,

today, enrique tarrio, the former leader of the proud boys, is asking trump for a full pardon. he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the attack. >> pardoning the criminals who assaulted police officers and tried to halt the democratic process would be a dangerous endorsement of political violence. >> in a letter to trump, tarrio's lawyer says his client is nothing more than a proud american who believes in true conservative values. prosecutors say he helped rally his members ahead of january 6th to stop the transfer of power. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> canada's prime minister is stepping down. this will end justin trudeau's nearly decade long reign of power north of the border. the liberal party leader has been asked to resign publicly by his own party members. the public has been unhappy with the prime minister's handling of the budget and immigration issues. trudeau says parliament will be suspended until march the 24th, while a new leader is chosen. now to the east bay, where oakland police are investigating a series of burglaries overnight. all

those people that are in jail, like paula said about enrique tarrio, the organizer, leaders, people who committed the most violence towards police officers. they attacked police officers, savagely beat them. those are the people in jail. putting them back on the street, they were there on january 6th because trump motivated them to be there, arguably the most powerful person in the world said go to the capitol and they will do it. if he pardons them, that says the most powerful person said it's okay, i can do this again and again and be forgiven. and that sets a bad precedent going forward. >> how has your life changed personally and professionally since that day? >> i thought i was going to retire as a capital police officer. i wanted the opportunity to fulfill by career there. i left because i felt like donald trump was a threat to our democracy. i did what i could do to stop him, to bring awareness to people who ran for congress, their campaign with kamala harris. now i feel like i'm in the space where i'm searching for what's next. so many people's lives, like the last correspondent

today one of them enrique tarrio who is serving 22 years formally requested one. his lawyer called him a young man with an inspiring future ahead of him. as for the president-elect he posted this photo today. that is the ellipse four years ago and the crowd he summoned to washington with the words "will be wild." of course, the biggest difference between then and now this time he won just two weeks from tomorrow he will become president again. hire to talk about it david axlerod, and david urban. how do you square what we saw at the capitol today and how the president-elect is describing what happened four years ago? >> reporter: how they described what happened four years ago is fantasy. donald trump in 2020 told a lie and sold it to his supporters who came to washington on the basis of that lie and stormed the capitol on the impression that the election was fraudulent. and that has been proven, disproven, and disproven over and over and over and over again and that was that was a sin against our democracy. he was elected president again. we only have one preside

rewriting history and the importance of fighting back against that, in today, the lawyer for enrique tarrio who is serving 22 years filed a request for a pardon. do you think trump will pardon him? >> look, the pardons have been used for three kinds of cases as far as i can tell from reading the decisions. one, if a person is innocent and new information turns up. two is if there is some kind of profound procedural miscarriage of justice. three is if the person was guilty but they are rehabilitated. i don't hear anybody saying the people we see on all these video clips were actually innocent and nobody has identified any miscarriage of justice. i think trump is basically saying when he wants to pardon these people that they are rehabilitated, and they do not constitute a danger to the public safety today. is that true or not true? we should go through each one of these cases. that's why there is a pardon attorney at the department of justice. if trump does not want to wait for the attorney and the department of justice to go through the cases, he is placing his personal seal of approval, vo

let's say the president does pardon enrique tarrio, maybe lindsey graham puts out a stiffly worded statement. they will not do anything about that. it will be news for a couple of days. i expect maybe commuting the sentence. i expect trump is going to go far on this stuff. and, you know, not going to be great for justice. by the way the justice department absolutely should have started this investigation. they basically started the investigation after we on the committee began presenting our evidence and we did not have near the tools that they had. it is really sad, disappointing and upsetting. >> to that reporting that evans reporting, it is, it is stunning. you heard what he was saying. they could have gone earlier, could of, should of, there are people in the justice department saying they wasted time. >> his reporting is incredible. talking about prosecutors themselves. people inside of the justice department. look, we spent the last year. we just lost an entire year because we are investigating if there is a tie between trump and the proud boys and the violence at the capitol. remarkab

if he pardons enrique tarrio, what do you think will be the consequence of that? >> it's obvious he has no real belief in the rule of law at that point. it's just like go out, break the law. i'll pardon you. and that's just political violence. that's what we're going to do when he pardons all these people he's going to pardon any way. i think it sends a bad message. i'm not convinced he'll pardon enrique. i'll say that. i wouldn't be surprised if he commutes the sentence and keeps the conviction. don't let people believe that's anything -- that is a pardon basically. because this guy will still be a proud boy then. look, it's awful. but it's going to be four years of awful probably. i hope i'm wrong. i hope i'm wrong. >> should he pardon him? >> i don't condone the pardoning of commuting the sentences of people who committed violent acts. and i have never denied what happened on january the 6th was bad. people who committed violent acts or assaulted police officers should face the consequences of their action. so no, i'm not for -- >> by the way, that's hundreds o

defendants and now many are pressuring him to make good on that promise including this man, and enrique tarrio. remember him? the former chairman of far right extremist group the proud boys. he requested a full pardon from trump and he is serving 22 years in prison for his role in orchestrating the proud boys assault on the capitol. the longest sentence to date under january 6. robert garcia of california, member the oversight and homeland security committees and has seen some of those defendants in the d.c. jail. his attorney wrote his client is, quote, nothing more than a proud american who believes in true conservative values. you were at the capitol during the riot. i want your reaction to that. i ask you explain to our audience exactly who the proud boys are. it's not somebody who fell prey to conspiracy theories, followed some friends to the capitol, and things got out of control. this is someone who orchestrated it. >> absolutely. let's be really clear. i mean, the proud boys, their leadership and what they have done, has been nothing but inflict violence, racism, and destruction on thi

many of them are pressuring him to make good on the promise, including enrique tarrio, the former chairman a complete pardon, serving 22 years in federal prison for his role in orchestrating their assault on the capitol, the longest sentence to date. robert garcia, member of the oversight and homeland security committees, you've seen some. thanks for being here. wrote his client is a proud american who believes in true conservative values, his attorney said. you were at the capitol, i want your reaction to that. and explain to our audience who the proud boys are. wasn't somebody who fell prey to conspiracy theories and followed friends to the capitol and things got out of control. this is someone who orchestrated it. >> absolutely. first be really clear, the proud boys, their leadership, what they've done has been nothing but inflict violence, racism and destruction on this country, including trying to overthrow a fair election. this idea that somehow donald trump is going to pardon these insurrectionists is shameful and unpresidential. about 1 1/2 years ago, i had a chance to go to the d.

one of the most notorious convicted leaders, proud boy chief enrique tarrio who got the longest sentence, is publicly asking for a pardon. the president-elect's attempts to basically say what was terrible and widely condemned at the time is now okay or even good involve trying to lie people out of what they saw with their own eyes. whatever donald trump does in his second term, which he lawfully won, it will not erase those convictions and those prosecutions i just told you about. some of those people have served years in prison already, but he may in a very real way try to convince you, the country and history, that what happened didn't. the january 6th committee had that 800-page plus report. it detailed how this was a multipronged effort, all the different arrows and strands to try to overturn a lawful election. democrats are trying to balance this today to acknowledge they did lose the raise, to uphold a type of civility about that, to certify the election peacefully in contrast to last time while also explaining this is not some return to normal and this certainly should not play ou

today, enrique tarrio, the former leader of the proud boys, is asking trump for a full pardon. his role in the attack. >> pardoning the criminals who assaulted police officers and tried to halt the democratic process would be a dangerous endorsement of political violence. >> in a letter to trump, tarrio's lawyer says his client is nothing more than a proud american who believes in true conservative values. prosecutors say he helped rally his members ahead of january 6th to stop the transfer of power. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> today, president biden announced a ban on offshore drilling on most american coastlines, including california's. the ban covers the pacific and atlantic coast, the eastern gulf of mexico and a section of bering sea off alaska. in a statement, california governor gavin newsom thanked biden's actions, saying in part, quote, for decades, we have led the fight to protect the pacific coast and the millions of californians who call these coastal communities home. new offshore drilling has no place in california. >> the state is offering more guidanc

former proud boys leader enrique tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 22 years in prison. his lawyer has written a letter to the president elect saying his client is nothing more than a, quote, proud american who believes in conservative values. but take a listen to what tarrio said on video. just days before the january 6th insurrection. >> there's ways that you can enact change. you can get armed and go to the capitol, attack the as crazy as that sounds like. yeah, i think that's the way that you make the biggest noise. >> trump has repeatedly trump has repeatedly pledged to pardon the rioters and attackers on day one of his second term, but it's still unclear who would receive them. and more trouble we should note for rudy giuliani. a federal judge is holding him in contempt for not giving information to the two former georgia election workers he defamed in 2020. giuliani was ordered to pay ruby freeman and shaye moss nearly $150 million so far. he's turned over luxury watches, furniture and baseball memorabilia, but he's still holding back details about othe