and merrick garland said, yes, i will. well all he did for the next 20 months was focus on the ground level until he finally got around to belatedly appointing jack smith well, and waited until three days after donald trump had announced formally that he was running for his old office. >> i mean, i think that's significant. ellie exit interview now concluded thank you, as always thanks, mike. >> we'll talk to you soon. >> okay. social media reaction. by the way, you can find me on all the usual social media platforms these made for tv charges that the mainstream media continue to beat to death out of it. should be put to death. this was a political persecution. good for you. i'm simply one last time going back and saying, what if the missteps by prosecutors had not been made? i agree with you that the perception of the american people is that it all became political. and i believe largely that was determined dictated by alvin bragg being first on the hush money payment case could have gone a different way could have gone a

a lot of people pointing the finger have pointed the finger squarely on one man, merrick garland, theorney general for slow rolling this from day one. let me read to you what politico wrote about merrick garland citing delays per serving his prosecution. he writes, garland's defenders over the years claimed that government and the department were following standard bottom- up investigative effort. prosecutor start with the rioters on this and ended up with trump. it never made sense, it did not reflect unwritten playbook for criminal investigations. specific relation to january 6th and insurrection that donald trump inspired. what do you make of that argument? >> it is a pretty compelling argument. the fact they were trained to sell the idea of we will get these low-level people first and work our way out. the way that never materialized, even throughout the january 6th house hearings, the reporting at the time was congress was here, really shook the justice department, we should do something about this. the biggest what happens of merrick garland had decided to start the process earl

i would say in addition to, you know, garland, of course, garland didn't just walk into the justice departmentwas selected by joe biden, right? and there was reporting even during the 2020 transition about how biden himself did not want his justice department to be investigating trump because he thought that would sort of overtake everything that they were trying to do. he picked an attorney general who matched his sensibilities. so joe biden owns this situation too. >> you mentioned earlier that ag garland doesn't bear full responsibility. you did mention republicans, particularly mitch mcconnell and senate republicans. why do they bear some responsibility for trump basically getting away with everything? >> yeah, so as we all know, after january 6th, trump was impeached over that conduct. the house impeached him and then there was a trial in the senate. >> yep. >> and had he been convicted of -- the charge was inciting an insurrection in the house impeachment articles. had he been convicted by the senate, he would not have been able to run for reelection given 14th amendment prohibition. on

of course garland didn't just walk into the justice department on his own.tion about how biden himself did not want his justice to to be investigating trump, he thought that would overtake everything they were trying to do. so he picked an attorney general who masked his sensibilities. so joe biden is part of this, too. >> you did mention republicans, particularly-- mitch mcconnell and senate republicans-- why do they bear some responsibility for trump basically getting away with everything? >> yeah, so as we all know after january 6th, trump was impeached over that conduct. the house impeached him, then there was a trial in the senate. and had he been-- the church was inciting insurrection in the house impeachment articles. had he been convicted by the senate he would not have been able to run given the 14th amendment prohibition. so on allowing some of misconduct to serve in the presidency. mitch mcconnell though and almost all the senate republicans voted to acquit him. only a handful had joined democrats, then he would have been done for. if mcconnell vo

please welcome back the honorable merrick garland. [applause] >> good morning. thank you, shaun. thank you, ann for your leadership of the extraordinary men and women. dea. and thank you for fighting for the victims, the overdose epidemic and their families. to the families who have joined us today. on behalf of the entire department of justice, i want to thank you for being here. your presence today is an act of love for those you have lost. and it is an act of extraordinary courage in their memory. although you may have been brought here by pain, you are united by a shared purpose. that purpose is to vent others from experiencing the heartbreaking loss of loved ones that you have experienced. thank you so much for sharing your stories. thank you for honoring them. i want you to know that you are not alone. all of us at the department of justice are united in our commitment to honoring the memories of your loved ones through our work. first, we are united in our commitment to supporting education and awareness efforts that we know save lives. sec, we are united in our commitment

as attorney general, merrick garland turned the doj into a weapon -- a weapon against president trump donald trump, republicans, and law-abiding u.s. citizens. the perversion of law that merrick garland embraced at the doj makes third world about a -- banana republics blush. secretary of transportation pete buttigieg received 36 republican votes. his qualification for the job -- quote, his personal love for transportation. okay. apparently liking trains as a kid makes you qualified to be in the cabinet. secretary of state antony blinken, who is in large part responsible for the blatant lies pushed in a letter written by 51 former intelligence officials right before the 2024 election received 28 republican votes in the senate. secretary of education cardona received 14 republican votes. secretary cardona supported mandatory covid vaccines for schoolchildren of all ages. he doesn't believe parents should have to have any say in their children's education. it's up to the teachers. he has also directed his department to destroy -- and i will repeat, destroy title 9 and allow men to compet

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that is merrick garland, the attorney general, for basically slowing this from day one.ou what pundits and politicos set about merrick garland, citing delays in his prosecution. he writes garlands defender, prosecutors would start with the riders and eventually end up with trump. this never made any sense. it did not reflect some unwritten playbook for criminal investigations. this is in specific relation to january 6th and the insurrection that donald trump inspired. what do you make of that argument? >> i mean, it's a pretty compelling argument. the fact they were trying to sell the idea of all these low- level people first and work our way up, the way that never materialized, even throughout the january 6 house hearings, like the reporting at the time was that congress is here, what really shook the justice department. they said oh, wait, we should probably do something about this. if merrick garland had decided to start the process earlier and we got the same amount of delay tactics from trump's lawyers, that was always going to be there issue. they ran out the clock

the proversion of law that merrick garland makes republics blush.e buttigieg received 36 and i repeat 36 republican votes. his qualification for the job, quote, i wills personal love for transportation. okay. apparently liking trains as a kid makes you qualified to be follow the cabinet. secretary of state, letter written by 51 former intelligent officials right before 2024 election received 28 republican votes in the senate. secretary of education cardona received 14 republican votes, mandatory covid vaccines for school children of all ages. he doesn't believe parents should have to have any say in their children's education, it's up to the teachers. he's alsohe directed his department h to destroy and i wl repeat, destroy title 19 and allow men to compete in women sports. secretary of interior, deb haaland, career politician received several republican senator votes. i could go on and on but i'm not going to do that. many senate republicans had no issue voting to confirm the democrat nominations and this is their prerogative even though more were

over two camps in that transition, one that wanted someone like merrick garland and merrick garland in particular who was a former -- than a federal judge nominated to the supreme court. they felt he was the best choice but others wanted jones, the alabama senator who they thought would be better able to navigate this political moment. obviously, the merrick garland camp went out and we are seeing the results of that mentality. it's true this has been a sore spot for many in biden's orbit for quite some time. >> jasmine, i was advising the biden campaign at that time and worked as a member the transition. i remember that debate vividly. hindsight is 2020 but i'm sure especially today, there are a number of democrats saying should've picked doug jones. >> elections have consequences. >> as we have been saying for weeks. the consequences of an election, if you win, is you his cabinet is, to clear focus. let's talk about these picks because there's been a focus on maybe some of the character, if you will . cabinet picks in public services qualifications, character, and also maybe -- rule

a report whereas everyone else -->> i know there there wondering, why did jack smith and merrick garland fight these cases all the way to the last date, january 20th, inauguration day.jack smith making these decisions to wrap these cases this way, now? >> i think there are pluses and minuses and members can make up their own minds by doing this. jack smith has maximized his chances and in fact, they came to fruition that these would be dismissed without prejudice and it makes it much harder for president trump on january the 20th to try to have these cases dismissed with prejudice because the case is over and the judge has made her decision. if he had waited, the advantage would be, you know what? we are not going to do your work for you. if you want to dismiss this case, you will have to do it and take whatever hit comes. memos, the department of justice policy, you are going to have to do it and we are not going to do it but if that happens, there is no question that trump's department of justice would have been dismissed with prejudice so viewers can decide which one they think is bet

garland as attorney general.t did the attorney general going there on gaetz specifically, but this is an outgoing attorney general who is pumping up the team, or at least trying to. >> yeah that's been a part of garland's legacy or the legacy he wants to build in restoring confidence in the department after it was badly damaged among the career rank and file by bill barr at the end of the previous trump administration. and now he was speaking to the southern district of new york last night at a time where many in the justice department don't have great morale about what the incoming attorney general, matt gaetz may feel like as the leader of that department and the legal community. from what i hear is in total um, they just do not believe that gaetz will be the attorney general. it hasn't sunk in. here's a little bit more of what garland had to say to the prosecutors of the southern district of new york on his tour of that office yesterday i may be coming to the end of my tenure at the justice department, but i k

[background noises] >> night on c-span2 next attorney general american garland saks at the national conference on youth justice. house approiations subcommittee hears tesmony mr. f communities. supreme court case a lawsuit against the parent company of facebook, meta allegedly misleading investors about a data scandal involving a british consulting firm. all coming up tonight on cspan2. c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> are you thinking this is just a community center? it is way more than that comcast is part of the 1000 committee centers to create wi-fi enabled comcast support c-span as a public service. giving you a front row seat to democracy. u.s. attorney general merrick garland spoke at the national conference thinking that in attendance for their promotion for juvenile justice. most levels of violent crime in 50 years. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning everyone. thank you for your leadership, your commitment to this work into your vision. i am grateful to you and the entire team at the office of juvenile justice and deli

john has me preserving garland's legacy has life work as the curator of the judy garland museum in grand. >> judy garland's parents owned this house for seven years. reporter: born in 1922 garland lived here until she was four and got her start performing at a local theater. more than 10,000 fans make the trek each year to biz or her childhood home and the museum. >> the slippers were exhibited on top of the pedestal. reporter: over the years the museum displayed a pair of the ruby slippers on loan from michael shaoul. in 2005 the slippers were at the museum for the fourth time and everything was shattered. >> used a handheld sledgehammer. reporter: a thief in the night walked right in. >> he creeped along the wall. we are a small town museum that had security but there were a lot of lapses. it was almost a perfect storm. reporter: the doors alarm had been disabled because schoolchildren kept tripping it. there were no cameras recording and no motion detectors and the gallery. the museum director arrived the next morning -- >> i said there is a sequined. reporter: all that was left was a

garland: good morning, everyone. you for your leadership, commitment to this work and your vision. vision. i am grateful to you and the entire team at the office thank you for your extraordinary leadership for the office of justice programs. because of liz, brent and their teams, the 2024 national conference on youth justice, our first in 13 years, has been an incredible success. [applause] [applause] to the justice department partners looking to advance juvenile justice, i know you have heard from a lot of people over the past few days. the most important thing i want you to hear from me is thank you. u. thank you for traveling from across the country to l thank you for traveling across the country to learn from each other. thank you you to the young leaders who helped shape this event and have share their perspectives over the last three days. if you are one of the many young people who helped to plan this conference or participated in a presentation or panel, could you please wave or stand up and get some of the c

for heaven sake, that merrick garland not sit on it, but make it public. to rely on in the future. >> the precedent i think is already there, for example, the special counsel report on the investigation of president biden, which i believe was released within days of it actually being submitted to the attorney general. so that seems to be the controlling precedent for merrick garland. >> well, i hope you things as much about what is right as what is technically controlling precedent. because so far, by deciding to proceed always buy the book, he is not remembering that the book has not just a cover, but a content. that each book that we go by teaches and it is a deeper lesson that ought to guide us. >> professor lawrence tribe. thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. thank you. >>> coming up, another woman has died in a texas hospital because of a miscarriage. a miscarriage that was not properly treated. the woman dying in texas hospitals because of miscarriages are not the wives or sisters or daughters or girlfriends of texas repu

there were two camps in that transition, one that wanted someone like eric garland. merrick garland in particular, who was a former federal, or than a federal judge nominated to the supreme court. they felt that he was the best choice to show that independence. others wanted doug jones, the former alabama senator who they thought would ever be able to navigate this political moment. obviously the merrick garland camp went out and we are seeing the results of that sort of mentality. but it is undoubtedly true that this has been a sore spot for many for quite some time. >> i had a smirk on my face as tyler was talking because i was advising the biden campaign at that time and worked as a member of the transition, has been vice president-elect's spokes person. i remember that debate vividly. hindsight is 20/20 but i'm sure especially today, there are a number of democrats saying, could've picked doug jones. elections have consequences. >> we've been saying it for a couple of years. but elections have consequences, as we've been saying that for weeks, and the consequence

attorney general garland: good morning. thank you, sean. thank you, ann, for your leadership of extraordinary men and women of the d.e.a. thank you for fighting for the victims, the overdose epidemic. and their families. to the families who have joined us today, on behalf of the entire department of justice i want to thank you for being here. your presence today is an act of love for those you have lost. and it is an act of extraordinary courage in their memory. although you may have been brought here by pain, you are united by a shared purpose. that purpose is to prevent others from experiencing the heartbreaking loss of loved ones that you have experienced. thank you so much for sharing your stories. thank you for honoring them. i want you to know that you are not alone. all of us at the department of justice are united in our commitment to honoring the memories of your loved ones through our work. first we are united in our commitment to supporting education and awareness efforts that we know save lives. second, we are united in our comm

rumors claimed that garland fended off unwanted advances of studio executives. >> even several months, guns over the years. legends grow that the little people were drunks, rowdy and lewd rumors that surviving actors have all done. know which way lock that a very nice for his part, ray bolger claimed the rubber scarecrow mask. you war left him with facial scar. >> a hot costumes and makeup under the sweltering bites added to the misery of the actors, especially bert lahr as the lion temperatures often swelled over 100 degrees causing several actors and crew members to fete amid some wicked working conditions. but with all the efforts to bring to life a land where skies are always blue global love affair with the wizard of oz is still going strong. nearly 125 years since the original american fairy tale was written truly oz. >> that was reporting for us tonight. still ahead. >> this small battery posing a big threat. why medical experts are pushing for safer designs to protect children. and welcome septic town. usa. we'll take you to the city in kentucky where more people are using wei

the ruby slippers worn by judy garland are up for sale.12,000 and expected to go up from there. the specific pair was stolen from the judy garland museum back in 2005 but recovered by the fbi 13 years later. now the lucky bidder may actually get the price list props at a discount. after recovering them, the fbi valued them at $3.5 million. you might remember earlier in the year, the judy garland museum was trying to raise money no get them back. no such luck. so here we are to see who actually will get this pair of ruby slippers. >> i'm sure they're going to pay given all the hype about "wicked". >>> starbucks is brewing up new menu items. >>> and a cute new addition. tem. >>> and a cute new addition. sometimes your work shirt needs to be for more than just work. like when it needs to be a big, soft shoulder to cry on. which is why downy does more to make clothes softer, fresher, and better. downy. breathe life into your laundry. this charmin ultra soft smooth tear has wavy edges. it's no ordinary square. charmin ultra soft smooth tear has

museum in grand rapids, minnesota, a small city three hours north of minneapolis. >> judy garland'suse for seven years. >> born francis gum in 1922, garland lived here until she was four and started performing in a local theater. 10,000 fans make the trek each year to visit her childhood home and museum. >> the slippers were exhibited on top of this pedestal. >> over the years the museum displayed a pair of ruby slippers loan from michael shaoul. it august 2000 five the slippers were at the resume for the fourth time when everything was shattered. >> he used a handheld sledgehammer. >> a thief walked right in. >> creeped along this wall like that. we are a small time you see them. we had security but there were many lapses. it was almost a perfect storm. and you might say, the affairs. -- a comedy of errors. >> the alarm was disarmed. >> i said, there is a sequent. >> all that was left was a single sequin. >> you feel violated and trust is gone. our credibility for borrowing other artifacts was destroyed. >> when you think of the wizard of oz and the magic of the wizard of oz, they

anyone who has done this job could already tell the clock had run out from eric garland.k smith never had a chance from the moment he was put in place. november of 2022 , doj had already whittled away almost 2 years of the four years they had. there was no way he was going to come in two years get this case investigated, indicted, deal with the obvious immunity issue, and try it. it is not jack smith's fault, the blame goes to mary garland. >> no one is ever happy with their attorney general. not biden, not trump. >> it's too. janet reno. not even. i will think of one. >> a new book idea for you. we will see what jack smith does here. up next, she was the future of the democratic party 72 hours ago, now there are questions. what does vice president harris's future look like? we will speak to one of the best reporters covering her after this. >>> 73 days from now, vice president harris will leave office as a private citizen. will be the first time in 21 years she will not be holding a public office. obviously, a stunning political whiplash for someone who, on tuesday, was

are you alleging that garland is part of a cover-up?tigated gaetz on sex trafficking allegations involving a 17-year-old. that investigation is over and gaetz was not charged. but he was also not formally cleared. again, gaetz has always denied these allegations. meanwhile, the house ethics committee has been carrying out its own investigation for years and was preparing to vote to release a report on gaetz. that is, until gaetz resigned from congress, extend wishing the committee's jurisdiction over him. it is now unclear if that report will ever go public. according to politico, there are two main options facing the committee. it can, one, released the report and risk facing the wrath of gaetz and the president-elect. or two, the committee could keep it all under wraps. although doing so would certainly expose the committee to claims it has buried relevant and perhaps highly damaging information about the man who could become the nation's top law enforcement officer. and just like everything else these days, there is a partisan divide

>> it is cynical when they talk about this and you look at merrick garland, because that is all he hass of joe biden and kamala harris. they have corrupted the doj and it is trump's prerogative to choose who he nominates and that is what you see here. someone very outspoken about reforming the doj. >> you were being considered and might still be, for a variety of positions. the state department was one. that has gone to marco rubio for the time being. the president-elect of defense, your name had come up for that. is it fair to say, maybe you are running out of potential cabinet positions and does that bother you if that is true? >> i haven't been involved in the speculation. i am honored to serve the people of tennessee. it was my great honor to serve and trump's administration and i did so admirably but i have been able to have a wonderful business career. i am just fine with whatever the outcome of decisions are. my goal is to make sure we heed the mandate that was voted on last week. i will work on it from any posture i need to to make sure it happens. >> treasury has come up. comm

twice, you had a quote in your book from last year, when considering the glacial pace of merrick garlandne for the 1993 chess prodigy movie "searching for bobby fischer" comes to mind, you have lost, you do not know it yet. >> it is really good if you have not seen it yet. i wrote that in mid-2022, a year before jack smith was appointed to anyone who has done this job could already tell the clock had run up on merrick garland. jack smith never had a chance, from the moment he was put in place, november of 2022, doj had whittled away two years, no way he would investigate it in two years, indicted, deal with the immunity issue, not jack smith's fault, the blame goes to merrick garland . >> no one is happy with their attorney general. >> janet reno, no, bill clinton was not happy with janet reno. >> we will see what jack smith does. >>> she was the future of the democratic party 72 hours ago, questions about the future of vice president harris, we will speak with one of the best reporters covering her right after this. what if your mobile network wasn't just built to work out here... ...bu

he's required to do that and if it comes before january 20th, merrick garland, the attorney general, has promised to release that report, alex, and could reveal a lot more in that report. >> evan perez with the breaking news. thanks very much. our panel is here with reaction to this breaking story. elie honig, i want to start with you. trump has now officially evaded any accountability before taking office for the january 6th attack, as well as his apparent and alleged mishandling of the classified documents down at mar-a-lago. break down for us the significance of what has just happened today. >> well, alex, the bottom line is it's over. both of these cases are over. >> yes. evan's correct. technically, they were filed without prejudice, which means theoretically, they can be revived in 2029. that's not going to happen. let's be realistic. some prosecutors are not going to come in foreign change years from now. and revive these cases. for all intents and purposes, it's over and it's really important to understand why jack smith is making these moves. he's not making them because don

special prosecutor jack smith is writing a report for attorney general merrick garland of all of hisions of donald trump. will we ever see that report? and, how much damage could on attorney general matt gaetz do? andrew wiseman joins us next to answer both of those pressing questions. starting a business is never easy, but starting it eight months pregnant, that's a different story. with the chase ink card, we got up and running in no time. earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase with the chase ink business unlimited card from chase for business. if you have generalized myasthenia gravis, picture what life could look like with... vyvgart hytrulo, a subcutaneous injection that takes about 30 to 90 seconds. for one thing, could it mean more time for you? vyvgart hytrulo can improve daily abilities and reduce muscle weakness with a treatment plan that's personalized to you. do not use vyvgart hytrulo if you have a serious allergy to any of its ingredients. it can cause serious allergic reactions like trouble breathing and decrease in blood pressure leading to fainting and aller

if you can vote for garland to be attorney general, i mean, come on.ou can vote for matt gates. >> okay. you opened up that pandora's box listen, this is what democrats do. this is what garland does. this is what the democratic liberal media does. it is called false sex smearing. in this case going after matt gates. they are going after pete. they hate every single cabinet. it is like a chorus. this one is terrible. this new one is worse. this new latest one is absolutely worse. one after another. they are all worse. and it is a bunch of smearing. you know this, claudia, not even the justice department could bring those charges against matt gates. i don't know everything there is to know, i have acknowledged that. i am just saying that i do know that a former tax collector in seminole florida who is now serving out an 11 year jail term is a guy behind the accusations, he and his two, shall we say, sex worker friends in the justice department under garland could not even what the knights the case. i am with byron. stop already. i just get these guys thr

go ahead, mask mandate. >> merrick garland's legacy which still haunts many parents who were demonizedstic terrorists, you remember. that needs to be overturned. and i'll say just because of selection is uncon conventional or unexpected it is not bad. part of trump's mandate to disrupt bureaucracy with -- i think he will be antithesis to merrick garland, in terms of loyalists, that is good governance to prevent defectors and leakers. i think that is good for the american people. i would argue, opposite of you are appointing cronies that is just making it aecho chamber, that is what he was elected to do. larry: i don't know anything about did, you look at his credentials on paper, and you look at he was called up on ethics investigation by demographic justice department, what the humanhell they make a living out of that. that is why biden is out of office, people are fed up with those lies. and pete hegseth, democracied h military hero, well educated princeton, harvard graduate school wants to get woke out of the pentagon wrote a book on that subject. and there may be a review of genera

it is all going to be a question of what merrick garland does.nd treatment for the public to get this. the main argument for it is the public had a right to a speedy trial. that has been denied. there needs to be some way that there is a public accounting. there are arguments against it. which is, until somebody has been charged and convicted absent their consent, that you don't besmirch them. here, the former president has already been indicted for both these things. there's a whole lot of evidence in the public record. there's a reason -- >> what about the mueller report where donald trump was not charged but the attorney general barr released the entire report with some redactions? >> yes, there, either people, the people who were named had been charged, had pled guilty, or consent to it. so there was an effort to deal with what i referred to as the jim comey problem. you don't talk about people, about their potential criminality if they have not been charged. and that was when people looked at jim comey. they said one of his sins that the dep

they believed that this was an effort by merrick garland and the justice department through president there were never any direct connections president biden, to attack a political opponent of the republicans. and so this is something that may not end here. even though republicans have gotten a win here, even though donald trump is going to avoid prosecution when it comes to january 6th, that doesn't necessarily mean that there will be an effort by republicans to just let this go. there is the possibility, especially now that republicans have control of both the house and senate, that congressional investigations could be launched that could happen through the house judiciary committee and congressman jim jordan, the chairman of that committee, he has has not ruled out the possibility of investigating the investigators to find out and look as to whether or not there was some sort of political motivated effort by the justice department to go after donald trump in a way to prevent him from winning the election. we should point out this has been tried before, right. the durham probe, the

and out of the whirlwind of glitter and garland will come the warmth and comfort of the season. ♪ >> thank you for being here. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: congress tus monday following the thanksgiving holiday break. the house andene are facing a government funding deadline and must psddional spending legisti by december 20 two evert a shutdown. both chambers plan tvo on the white house's request of $100 bli in emergency disaster relief r rricane victims over the next few weeks. congress will ao take up the final version of an annual defense programs and policy bill. house speaker mike johnson and senateajity leader chuck schumer both spoke about these must pass bills that there chambers plan to vote on before adjourning. >> we have a disaster relief package that has been presented by the biden administration, their request. even before, i want to point out, even before hurricanes milton and helene hit sure, house republicans ensured appropriate funds will be provided to fema as we did in the last package. now that we are back in session, we will continue to provide for the american pe

>> merrick garland's legacy, that haunts many parents that were demonized as domestic terrorists andfrom his department-over justice needs to be overturned and just because of selection is unconventional or unexpected. doesn't mean it's bad, i would argue that part of trump's mandate was to disrupt the bureaucracy with innovators, with people who are outsiders and matt gaetz, he did shock a lot of people, but to your point, i think he'll be the an tiff sis to merrick garland and in terms of loyalists, isn't that good governance to prevent cohesiveness in his administration and that's good for the american people. i would argue it's the opposite of you're appo appointing cronid that's the echo chamber. larry: i don't know everything and look at credentials on paper and they're fine. look at fact that he was called up on ethics and that's why biden is out of office because people are fed up with those kind of lies. liz, pete hegseth, decorated military hero, well educated princeton and harvard graduate school. wants to get the woke out of the pentagon and wrote a book on the subject. w

the attorney general himself, merrick garland. they argue that he dragged his feet by not appointing jack smith until nearly two years after january 6th. now others, they say, look no further than this man, mitch mcconnell. he could have rallied republicans to convict trump in his second impeachment trial and that would have barred him from running for president again. but the blame game is not done because there is the judicial nine and the supreme court. it is. it closed the door on a trial before election day by granting trump partial immunity at least some of them did. that's, of course, after it slow walked that very decision fueling trump's tried and true and frankly prudent strategy of delay, delay delay starting to feel like the scarecrow in the wizard of oz and doing all this pointing different directions. well, now the president elect has taken a bit of a victory lap, and he is telling the cases should have never, ever been brought and he says he persevered against all odds and won. elections do have consequences. they d

he was critical in that way of both smith and garland. waiting patiently there. congressman goldman said that he thinks donald trump was elected to lower prices, not for retribution and revenge. 62 public thought these charges were politically motivated. now, that includes a lot of people who voted for kamala harris and the department of justice has long since already been weaponized and going after political enemies. you had the richmond field office saying that peosaying that people who are conservative catholics should be considered potential terrorists. you had merrick garland himself authored a memo that said parents who go to school boards conservative parents to complain. they should be treated as domestic terrorists. i mean, this justice department is in ill repute in the united states, right now, and they earned it and so i would hope that pam bondi goes in and restores the confidence of the american public in the department of justice that may be require a little investigation, but it won't be political retribution. it'll be in the public interest. >> w

i happen to know that biden picked garland in part because he wanted somebody who was apolitical, above the fray. someone who would do things by the book. that all sounded great, at least on paper. on that same day, a couple of hours later, rioters would breach the barriers leading to the u.s. capitol. the culmination of a months long attempt by trump to steal the 2020 election. in the aftermath of that day, there was definitely a demand for accountability which was a good sign. one week later trump was formally impeached by the house for inciting insurrection, but by the time the senate trial was underway, only a month later, republicans got cold feet. i think we know how that ended. during that senate trial, just before trump was acquitted, trump's lawyer, his lawyer, said something that has stuck with me, especially in this moment. >> after he is out of office, you go and arrest him. so, there is no opportunity for the president of the united states can run rampant in the end of his term and go away scott free. the department of justice does know what to do with such people. >> a ver

. >> if you can vote for merrick garland to be attorney general, come on. you could vote are in matt gaetz. larry: yeah, you know, okay. you -- this is good. you opened up that p pan pandora's box. this is what democrats do. this is what merrick garland does. this is what the democratic liberal media does. it is called false sex smearing. this case, they are going aftermath matt, they are going after pete hegseth. they hate every single cabinet, you know like a chorus this one is terrible oh, wait this new one is worse, no, wait, this is new latest one is worst, one after the other. they are all worse. and a bunch of smearing that is what they do. claudia, not even the -- you know this, not even the justice department could bring those charges against matt gaetz. i don't know everything that there is to know. i acknowledge that but i know that a former tax collector and sy seminole florida serving out an 11 year jail term is the guy behind the accusations he and his two shall we say sex worker friends and justice department under merrick garland, not weapon

and i also think we need to take a look at how long it took merrick garland to appoint jack smith right. it took him, what, almost two years to to to get this done. but for that, it could have been a very different result today this case could have gone to trial if this case had been brought promptly. >> the delay in naming jack smith at all and in the whole investigation at the higher level, is something that, you know, is is going to be an important legacy of this. >> well, congressman goodman said the same thing is critical in that way of both smith and garland. brad, i know you've congressman goldman said that for retribution, and revenge. >> well, well, you know, i think that 62% of the american public thought these charges were politically motivated. now that includes a lot of people who voted for kamala harris and the department of justice has long since already been weaponized. and going after political enemies. you had the richmond field office saying that people who are conservative catholics should be considered potential terrorists. you had merrick garland himself authored a

the ruby slippers worn by judy garland in the 1939 wizard of oz. heritage auctions. the current bid is $812,000. and it's expected to go up from there. the specific pair was stolen from the judy garland museum in 2005 but recovered by the fbi 13 years later. the lucky bidder may actually get the priceless props at a discount after recovering them. the fbi valued the slippers at $3.5 million. there are only four other pairs. so you can imagine, people, especially if they're die-hard fans, they're going to be going after those. >> if you can't afford it, they've got a collab with the crocs. >>> up next, a little exercise can go a long way for your blood pressure. >>> and it's beginning to look a lot like christmas at starbucks. a lot like christmas at starbucks. sometimes your work shirt needs to be for more than just work. like when it needs to be a big, soft shoulder to cry on. which is why downy does more to make clothes softer, fresher, and better. downy. breathe life into your laundry. this charmin ultra soft smooth tear has wavy edges. it's no

and to close out the half levert takes it away from buddy hield finds garland. warriors they made the final respectable. but they lose 136 117. now on to okc. while the cavs are ten and zero. klay thompson returns as a member of the mavericks on tuesday night. every fan at chase center that night will get a klay captain's hat modeled by steph, just like klay wore on many of his boat trips around the bay. nfl news the 40 niners visit tampa on sunday and christian mccaffrey is expected to make his season debut. mccaffrey has not played a single down this season due to achilles tendinitis. needless to say, the 49 ers are really pumped to have cmc back. >> anytime you can have a player of that caliber come back and not just like his talent level, but just kind of what he brings to the field and the team with his energy and the playmaking ability stuff. it's just a whole new level of energy that we're going to have out there. >> obviously, he's a, you know, one of our key players on the team and extremely talented. so you know i'm excited to see him back out there. >

we need to recognize and praise merrick garland for following the rule of law. >> the message that it sends is really important that even the former president of the united states can be held accountable and should be and will be. >> and trump's aides and allies were forced to spend hundreds of thousands ever dollars in legal fees. people's lives were turned upside down then it is who will turn on trump first? who will take a plea deal and give up the goods. all the speculating was so stupid. then let's not forget following his motorcade in manhattan to the courthouse. what about fingerprints? what about the mugshot? >> everything you're going to be able to see live on tv. there are going to be mug shots. there are going to be fingerprints. >> donald trump will be fingerprinted. he will be photographed. and end up with a mugshot. >> the picture that will live in infamy. the first mugshot 6 an american president splashed across the front pages this morning. >> laura: of course he turned that into a huge coup for himself because he is smarter than they are. what about all the taxpayer d

so merrick garland, when we throw you in prison and jack smith in prison, remember, it was jeff clarkow, joyce vance from the northern district of alabama. what a long and winding road we have been on. let me just first start with the threats that have been made, levied explicitly at jack smith and merrick garland. the head of trump's department of justice policy during this transition posted on x, president trump will not use the doj for political purposes, that is, to go after individuals simply because they are political opponents. but just because you are a political opponent does not get you a free pass if you have violated the law. does jack smith need to be worried that trump's doj will come after him? >> well, look, he absolutely does, alex. and it is the expense and the stress of defending against this sort of an investigation. something that could come from the legislature and the doj and congress at the same time. because smith by all account has conducted himself in an above-board manner. and there is no doubt that he anticipated from the start that this day might come and

there was there was not an even application of the law with merrick garland as attorney general. not they, of course, vehemently disagree with that characterization. they can disagree all they want, but they're wrong they do not. even just with dealing with donald trump. you have parents who are just trying to protest their schools being labeled as domestic terrorists by this same department of justice, the american people are done with that. they institutions of our government to be evenhanded and fair. matt gaetz will bring that. >> we will see if the senate, who will confirm, will agree with you. we'll see what happens. thank you so much for joining us i'll see you on set this evening. congressman byron donalds up next. it is the huge question for democrats who's going to lead them out of the election funk that they are presently in. my next guest says that he is the one who's up for the job it's former governor martin o'malley and is now running to be head of the dnc. he's here with me next there were 66 americans that were being held hostage that was being led across the emb

garland's childhood home. >> yes.>> the ruby slippers have been around the world with another stop inat the heritage auction. good morning. we should point out, we are wearing gloves because touching these is for bidding with your bare hands, how come?>> well, the body oil can degrade the dye on the sequence. if you want to hold them, hold them from the bottom, if you don't mind. there you go. ought it each one has a name. >> how much do you think this will go for at auction?>> i think, 3 million+, but they were considering $6.2 million recently, i think these are going to do pretty well.>> who is the sort of person that buys something like this? >> it could be a private collector, institution, we've had interest from all across the globe, frankly.>> and this is such a crazy back story, being stolen and found again.>> they are infamous, people buy these for their back story and they have a distinguished back story for sure.>> let's look at the hat on the wicked witch, we won't touch this either, tell us about this. >> this is the hat worn by margaret hamilton when she arrives to munch

merrick garland, the current attorney general needs to get out of there and the massive work of fixingartment of justice needs to begin in earnest as soon as the president is sworn in on january 20th. maria: i want to get your take on some of the behavior against president trump these last 10 years, matt whitaker, because we all know about crossfire hurricane and what happened with the fbi and the doj and how they worked against president trump. do you believe there was criminality there and do you believe there should be accountability for the people who wronged donald trump around crossfire hurricane? >> you know what, maria? there absolutely has to be accountability and what we saw whether it's crossfire hurricane, whether it was the raid at mar-a-lago, where they took way too strong a stance in the department of justice overruled the fbi in order to execute that search warrant, we can point to and we've talked many times on this show as you know about all of the things that the department of justice and the fbi has done directed at donald trump that has always not turned out to rea

and to close out the half levert takes it away from buddy hield finds garland. warriors they made the final respectable. but they lose 136 117. now on to okc. while the cavs are ten and zero. klay thompson returns as a member of the mavericks on tuesday night. every fan at chase center that night will get a klay captain's hat modeled by steph, just like klay wore on many of his boat trips around the bay. nfl news the 40 niners visit tampa on sunday and christian mccaffrey is expected to make his season debut. mccaffrey has not played a single down this season due to achilles tendinitis. needless to say, the 49 ers are really pumped to have cmc back. >> anytime you can have a player of that caliber come back and not just like his talent level, but just kind of what he brings to the field and the team with his energy and the playmaking ability stuff. it's just a whole new level of energy that we're going to have out there. >> obviously, he's a, you know, one of our key players on the team and extremely talented. so you know i'm excited to see him back out there. >

stephanie frost and frank garland. >> steve: garland, wow. >> jimmy: imagine the odds of that.eing there, yeah, it's amazing. and finally, this is gonna be huge -- "wicked" hits theaters this week and we -- [ cheers and applause ] we actually had ariana grande and cynthia erivo on the show last week to talk about the movie. and they were nice enough to break down their characters for us. check it out. ♪ elphaba glinda elphaba glinda ♪ ♪ i'm a witch and i'm a witch but which is which well here's the sitch' ♪ ♪ we were roommates back at school elphie's awkward glinda's cool ♪ ♪ we were strangers that's no lie but now we're besties ride or die ♪ ♪ the school we go to it's called shiz ♪ ♪ i study hard for every quiz while glinda chases boys with rizz ♪ ♪ but one day we'll both meet the wiz ♪ ♪ green pink green pink green pink stop ♪ ♪ this song's good kind of a bop ♪ ♪ green pink green pink green pink pause ♪ ♪ no better team in all of oz ♪ ♪ bffs you know it bet ♪ ♪ we'll tell the haters say less ♪ ♪ good one thank you that was great ♪ ♪ not as great as my roommate elphie glinda ♪

donovan mitchell escort 13 points and darius garland had a game-high 25.inning 114-106. here is garland on the street. >> we know we've got a target on our back so we need to go in with that confidence that we've had every game. like i said, long nights, not a lot of sleep. we just have to stay together and continue to be great. >> they host the bulls on friday. yunus, a man on a mission last night, he scored 22 of the bucs 24 points. going on to score 59. beating the pistons in overtime, 127-120. the spurs announcing that head coach popovich had a minor stroke, and in a statement, he has already started a rehabilitation program and is expected to make a full recovery. but there is no timeline for him to return to the sidelines. they are back on the floor hosting the wizards on wednesday. and it was another career night for victor wembanyama. on his way to a career best 50 points. the fourth youngest player ever to score 50 in a game. they beat the wizards 139-130. also a nice night for lebron james, he had yet another triple-double against the grizzlies w