trump appointees at the justice department blocked it. prosecutors at sdny reportedly tried again after the election. they again told main justice after the election they wanted to execute this search warrant against rudy giuliani now that the election was over, could they pursue it. the answer was no. trump appointees at the justice department still blocked it after the election. up to and including the deputy attorney general. well, now, all those trump folks are gone. "the washington post" reporting that giuliani's under scrutiny for a whole bunch of potential federal crimes. foreign lobbying registration violations, destruction or alteration of documents, aiding and abetting federal crimes, foreign contributions to u.s. candidates. is that still live? is there still an investigation into him potentially committing any of all of these crimes? what does the biden era justice department do with that now? both with the veer material issue of the fact that this investigative step they wanted to take against rudy giuliani has been delayed by

justice. i hope the department of justice continues these initiatives under you, judge garland. what i do not want is a return to the obama years. i do not want in attorney general who brags about being a wing man -- and those are his words -- to the president. that was eric holder notoriously describing himself. i do not want a justice department that abuses process to spy on american citizens. i do not want consent decrees that federalize law enforcement and caused murder rates to soar. i do not want to return to catch and release on the border. i could come up with many other examples. unfortunately, a lot of what we have seen so far from the justice department is -- they have whiplashed in inducing changes. they are going through excessive memoranda throughout the gate. president biden is reportedly even firing nearly every senate confirmed u.s. attorney regardless of what investigations they are supervising. that is troubling. that is why i am especially concerned about the term investigation regarding january 2017. i began an investigation into how the justice department a

so my question is, as you leave the justice department, having -- as you lead the justice department, having oversight over the drug enforcement administration within that department and they will be addressing the spread of fentanyl analogs and related substances by pushing for continued probation of fentanyl. -- continued prohibition of fentanyl. i did not make my question clear. would you lead the justice department in pushing for continued classwide prohibition of fentanyl dialogues? judge garland: senator, i am familiar with this problem. one of my roles was to serve on the pretrial services committee for the -- committee for the pretrial services agency for the district. and we were constantly advised of the fact that the formula was being slightly changed, constantly. this was a problem both for detection as well as for the problem of enforcement. to be honest, i am no chemist. it is one of the reasons i ended up being a lawyer instead of a doctor. but, i would need to look at what would be proposed. but i do understand the scope of this problem and i am in favor of doing somet

tasked with leading the department of justice is vowing to prosecute the domestic extremists involved in the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol january 6. >> and also promising a department of justice re-set, restoring the century and a half old legacy of political independence. and the supreme court clearing the way for the manhattan district attorney cy vance to obtain donald trump's tax returns. this is a huge loss to trump who had fiercely fought to shield his financial papers from prosecutors but he is not able to do that now said the high court. >> no doubt a loss for the president there. and we wan to bring in our experts. manu, if i could begin with you. it is been 30 years, you have to go back to janet reno for an attorney general that had to wait this long for a confirmation hearing. why so long and what do we expect to happen now? do we expect him to get bipartisan support? >> it is expected that he'll get bipartisan support and for the delay here is a mixture of politics and politics. republicans did not want to move forward on the the proceedings during the impeachment tri

justice. i hope the department of justice continues these initiatives under you, judge garland. what i do not want is a return to the obama years. i do not want in attorney general who brags about being a wing man -- and those are his words -- to the president. that was eric holder notoriously describing himself. i do not want a justice department that abuses process to spy on american citizens. i do not want consent decrees that federalize law enforcement and caused murder rates to soar. i do not want to return to catch and release on the border. i could come up with many other examples. unfortunately, a lot of what we have seen so far from the justice department is -- they have whiplashed in inducing changes. they are going through excessive memoranda throughout the gate. president biden is reportedly even firing nearly every senate confirmed u.s. attorney regardless of what investigations they are supervising. that is troubling. that is why i am especially concerned about the term investigation regarding january 2017. i began an investigation into how the justice department a

many of the policies that the justice department developed during those years are the foundation for firming the norms that will ensure that the department adheres to the rule of law. these are policies that protect the independence of the department from partisan influence in law enforcement, that strictly regulate communications with the white house, that establish guidelines for fbi domestic operations and foreign intelligence collection, that ensure respectful treatment of the press, that read the freedom of information act generously, that respect the professionalism of doj employees, and that set out the principles of federal prosecution to guide the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. in conversations that i have had with many of you before this hearing, you have asked why i would agree to leave a lifetime appointment as a judge. i have told you that i love being a judge, but i have also told you that this is an important moment for me to step forward because of my deep respect for the department of justice and for its critical role of ensuring the rule of law. celebrating do

>> well, senator, i'm again always happy to accept more resources for the department of justice. n't know what that might take away from in other areas of the department. but i personally that i that body cams are a very important tool to protect both officers and the citizens. and just as everyone -- you all are on the inside and i was on the outside watching what happened on january 6th and the fact that we were able to see exactly what was happening to the officers and the way in which they were carrying about their duties in the best way they could is only possible to be captured because of the body cameras. i think it is important tool for accountability, yes, i do. >> thank you, your honor. i think it is important that we increase investment in a variety of programs. i've long worked for the victims of act, and covid-19 has demonstrated a challenging rise in abuse and this allows state and local law enforcement to address child abuse, the bulletproof vest partnership program which helped save 3,000 officer lives and these and other grant programs i look forward to working wi

we have seen the justice department, the u.s. department of education, hud, and a number of poor federal agencies really abandon the project of enforcing and instituting the protections afforded by our federal civil rights laws. as a result, what we've seen has been a resurgence of discrimination across the country. we have seen the resurgence of discrimination in the fair housing market and affordable housing opportunities for vulnerable communities. we have seen abandonment of the principal, the principle of diversity abandoned. we have seen the resurgence of -- -- suppression is adjusted to barb and turned its back on important work that must be done. we have seen rampant police abuse, police misconduct and police brutality that has largely gone unchecked because again this justice department over the past four years has abandoned the work of investigating systemic policing misconduct. we also know hate crimes have been on the rise across the country and we have not seen this justice department do enough to hold the perpetrato

>> senator, i'm, again, always happy to accept more resources for the department of justice. i don't know what that might take away from in other areas of the department. i personally think that body cams are a very important tool to protect officers and to protect the citizens. just as everyone -- you are all on the inside. i was on the outside watching what happened on january 6th. the fact that we were able to see exactly what was happening to the officers and the way in which they were carrying about their duties in the best way they could is only possible to be captured because of the body cameras. i think it's an important tool for accountability. >> i do think it's important we increase investment in programs. i have worked for the victims of child abuse act. covid-19 has had an increase in that. this allows state and local law enforcement to effectively address child abuse. the bulletproof vest partnership program which saved 3,000 officers' lives, these and other grant programs are things i look forward to working with you on. there's needed legislation that will move

that is not the only tool available to the justice department. we can use grantmaking to provide funds for police departments to reform themselves, to make themselves more accountable. we can provide technical assistance and incentives. all of these are a set of tools and the justice department has been given these tools by the congress and it should use all of them. sen. hirono: you emphasize accountability of police department and the justice department that consent decrees, which by the way are not one-sided, they are entered into after much dialogue and discussion with the respective police department. i hope that you pledge to reengage the justice department in enforcing and abiding by the existing consent decrees. i know that the previous administration has undermined the existing consent decrees. judge garland: if there is an existing consent decree will require adherence. sen. hirono: you have been asked a number of questions about voter suppression laws that are being enacted particularly after the shelby county decision. the voting right

people who worked in the department very much believe in the department of justice. they believe in the merits and norms and values of the traditions of their service and the department. people across this country need to believe. and there was a lot that happened in the last administration to cause doubt about whether the department of justice met that standard, they were worthy of the public's trust and belief. as your closing comments, that me ask you to respond to how you view the importance of your -- of the public's trust and belief in the department of justice and your commitment to salvaging if necessary, restoring as needed and upholding those ideals. judge garland: look, i cannot agree with you more. it is not just at the department has to do justice. it has to appear to do justice and the people of the united states have to believe it does justice. otherwise, people lose their faith in the rule of law. they take the law into their own hands. they become cynical about law enforcement, about public servants. i would like for the time i am in the justice depar

under the department of justice you are leading? judge garland: senator, without trying to comment specifically on that matter, it is totally appropriate for the department to target any individual because of their politics. the only basis for targeting has to be evidence of risk of a foreign intelligence problem or for a criminal problem. if that is a -- that is a nonpartisan issue and it can never be an efforts to help one party over another party. investigations and prosecutions, there is no party. that is my job to ensure that that is the case. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator cruz. we now understand senator leahy is in zoom range. do you read me? can you hear me? >> i hear a voice. >> i seemed there is a picture here somewhere. >> is there a way to turn up the volume so that we can hear senator leahy? there he is. >> i am moving this camera around just a little bit. >> all right. >> ok. >> take it away, senator. >> thank you very much. judge, it is great to see you seated there. i wish five years ago we would have seen you si

especially in policing, he does not believe in implicit bias or that it's a problem at the justice departmentre things that blindsided democrats later on in bill barr's term as attorney general, especially when the racial justice protests over the summer. now, garland, in his hearing, by contrast, was asked a broad array of questions on a wide array of topics so you really do understand where he's coming from and he not only made clear that he wanted to keep the justice department independent, he made clear that he believes that principles in all cases should be very even handedly applied and he was very -- he was emphatic about it. he could not kprs more emphatically that he is going to look at the facts and the law and he's going to take cases that are presented to him and he's not going to take orders from the white house. >> you know, one of the most striking things that was said today was about chris wray, and matt miller, merrick garland quoted chris wray in a piece of tape that we play on this show all the time, because it's almost unbelievable that it happened. he testified in septemb

department of justice became the trump department of justice. attorney general was the president's lawyer, not the nation's. and what were the results? too many in the department's senior roles cast aside the rule of law. trump appointees in the department sidelined career public servants from attorneys to fbi agents, limited their roles, disregarded their nonpartisan input, overriding their professional judgment and falsely accusing them of being members of the deep state and the department pursued policies of almost unimaginable proportions. from separating thousands, thousands of innocent migrant children from their parents, to banning innocent muslims from traveling to our shores, from defending and even ardoring violent crackdowns on peaceful protesters to parroting baseless lies about voter fraud. the misdeeds of the trump justice department brought this nation to the brink. in fact, as we learned after president biden's inauguration, a senior official in the trump justice department jeffrey clark plotted with president trump for one final

to part one of justice, if confirmed will protect them -- u.s. department of justice, if confirmed will protect them. leaders have condoned radical positions like those i have described. judge garland: i will say it again. i don't believe either of them condone those positions and i have complete faith in them but we are a leadership team along with lisa monaco that will run the department and the final decision is mine. the buck stops with i will assure the people you're talking about, i am a strong believer in religious liberty, and there will not be any discrimination under my watch. sen. lee: thank you. >> i might remind the committee the statements being alleged can all be asked of the actual witness. the committee is going to have a hearing on these individuals, and it would only be fair to take the question to them, as opposed to asking for a reaction from someone who did not make that statement. senator klobuchar? sen. klobuchar: thank you. i appreciate your full throated defense not only of religious liberty, but also of your team and the people yo

host: when he was nominated by president biden for the top post at the justice department had this to. >> i have loved being a judge. but to serve as attorney general at this critical time, to lead the more than 113,000 dedicated men and women working the department to ensure the rule of law is a calling i am honored and eager to answer. as everyone who watched yesterday's events in washington now understands, if they did not understand before, the rule of law is not just some lawyers turn of phrase. it is the ferry foundation of our democracy. -- very foundation of our democracy. the essence of the rule of law is that like cases are treated alike. that there not be one rule for democrats and another for republicans, one rule for friends and another for foes, one rule for the powerful and another for the powerless. one rule for the rich, and another for the poor. or different rules, depending upon one's race or ethnicity. and the essence of its great corollary, equal justice under law, is that all citizens are protected and may exercise their civil rights. those ideals have animated t

is not the president's personal justice department. it is the department for the people of the united states of america. >> there's another point that the president got into that you could see his reluctance to get into it and it almost sounded like he'd been advised not to. it was that question that everybody has, when are we going to get back to normal under this pandemic. basically he aimed toward september of the academic year. having said, though, that he's been advised by people involved in the science that you can't really make these protections, so he didn't make it as a scientific certainty, but he suggested that the way he sees things, this is the way it will probably work out. let's listen to the way he said it. >> we don't know for certain, but it is highly unlikely that by the beginning of next year's traditional school year in september, we are not significantly better off than we are today. but it matters, it matters whether you continue to wear that mask, it matters whether you continue to socially distance, it matters

and endless attempts to continue corrupting the justice department. but some of them, even while cloaked in that disgrace, asked for assurances from merrick garland that he would not operate like a trump attorney general. >> i can assure you i do not regard myself as anything other than the lawyer for the people of the united states. and i am not the president's lawyer. i am the united states lawyer. and i will do everything in my power, which i believe is considerable, to fend off any effort by anyone to make prosecutions or investigations partisan or political in any way. my job is to protect the department of justice and its employees in going about their job and doing the right thing according to the facts and the law. >> merrick garland's jewish grandparents fled russia during a waive of anti-semitism. when senator corey booker closed his questioning by asking why he decided to give up a lifetime appointment to the circuit court of appeals to take on the relentlessly demanding job of attorney general of the united states, merrick garland said thi

there was one under justice department or federal provision the last justice department to investigationtionalized persons which would cover a lot of people who were in the nursing homes. and then there is another civil authority that enables the civil division of the justice department, which i know it's confusing but different from the civil rights division, which enforces the civil rights laws. the civil division can go after them on false claims and they don't have to prove a criminal case. they can file civil suits. >> bill: i'm looking at some of his opening remarks. call for number three, guys. here is what he will say. if confirmed i will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the capitol january 6. heinous act to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy, the peaceful transfer of power to the newly elected government. we'll see where that debate goes. would you expect republicans to ask him about hunter biden? >> i would. i would expect they will ask about hunter biden, they'll ask about the durham report. those things are important. they want to get

that is the woman that joe biden selected to lead the justice department.er creepy college comments about supremacy were just the beginning. that is coming up, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ >> mark: kristen clarke is joe biden's nominee to lead the justice department for civil rights. that is an odd selection because kristen clarke has repeatedly made it clear that she does not believe in the idea of racial equality or any kind of equality. when she was a student at harvard, for example, see she adjusted that black people mighe genetically superior to other races. as recently as 2018, kristen clarke appeared on this program to defend the idea that skin color is incredibly important. in fact, she believes it's more important than merit. >> do think that airlines should apply the same rules, that they shouldn't take the people who score the highest on the pilot test but also on appearance customer >> every workplace whether you're talking about federal agencies should hire the best but should place a premium on diversity. >> the way that you look or what you are capabl

july 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the department of justice, making this a fittinge to remember the mission of the attorney general and of the department. it is a fitting time to reaffirm that the role of the attorney general is to serve the rule of law and to ensure equal justice under law. it is a fitting time to recognize the more than 115 thousand career employees of the department as law enforcement agencies and their commitment to serve the cause of justice and protect the safety of our communities. if i am confirmed as attorney general, it will be the culmination of a career that i have dedicated to ensuring that the laws of our country are fairly and faithfully enforced and the rights of all americans are protected. before i became a judge almost 24 years ago, a significant portion of my professional life was spent in the justice department. as a special assistant to ben, the last of the trio of's watergate -- of post-watergate attorneys general, as a supervisor in the criminal division and as a senior official in the department. many of the policies of the

how is the justice department sorting all of that out as they proceed?runa: in this case, because they are kind of more explicitly focused on the violence committed in capitol hill on january 6, they are not going to face as many issues with the first amendment protected activities, specifically in those cases. the evidence is on camera that these people were in the capital, the ones charged with assaulting officers are on video essentially pushing, punching, spring officers with bear spray. -- spraying officers with bear spray. i think those will be on relatively solid ground. as the months progressed, -- as the months progress investigators have said they , will also be looking at other aspects of who may have motivated some of the rioters, whether anyone might be held responsible for inciting the rioters or anything like that. it's not clear yet if we are going to see cases along those lines or not, but if they start looking at those cases, those are ones that would definitely raise more first amendment questions. because people can say what they want

we're here for you. >> mark: kristen clarke is joe biden's nominee to lead the justice department civilrke has repeatedly made it clear she does not believe in the idea of racial equality or any kind of friend demarco quality. when she was a student, she suggested black people might be genetically superior to other races. we broadcast them last month but as early as 2018 she appeared on the program to defend the idea that skin color is incredibly important. in fact, she believes it's more important than merit. >> do you think airline should apply the same rules that they shouldn't take people who score the law highest on the pilot test but also on appearance thee way people look. look. >> every workplace -- they should place a premium on diversity. >> the way that you look are what you're capable of doing. when you're flying a plane, how important is that you look like? >> incredibly important. it's also important and we plact a premium on diversity. the fact that -- >> diversity means what you look like. you're talking about the shallowest possible criteria. >> mark: it gets worse than

he's saying essentially this is the nation's justice department, not my justice department. think he's very anxious especially on these racial issues when there is so much distrust in minority communities about how the government has handled these issues, how the police have been handled. it's extremely important to have someone like garland. i think they're fortunate to have him despite the lingering feeling in the democratic party. democrats continue to believe the republicans stole the seat from them and they're still very angry about that. >> they are, which is why there is a lot being made, susan, of this fact -- photo alone, we will see, pictures we will see of merrick garland in that nomination hearing sitting there. that's an important moment in and of itself. >> well, i do think it's very politically resonant. certainly tomorrow in washington that's what people will be thinking of. this is a hearing that came many years after the fact for merrick garland who, of course, was president obama's choice to serve on the supreme court and in many ways i think it was a prec

i think the justice department ndc had to charge these -- in d.c. had to charge these guys and hold them until their trial. it just shows that this pervasive racism in this country will not be dealt with. so, i like your comments on that. i will hang up. guest: sure. so, the question of bond is one also that has been widely discussed. in particular since covid when there is awareness that there are people being held pretrial for very long periods of time because they could not pay bail and are now potentially at risk of covid. bond is decided by judges in the federal system based on a statute where they have to assess various factors to determine whether the person opposes -- poses a risk of violence or danger to the public, or whether they are a risk of flight, and that is done by a judge after arguments are presented by the prosecutor and defense counsel. and, that is how that decision is made. it is hard to say that based -- and a lot of that is based on the nature of the charges. and so, it might be that there is some inherent bias in the system

judge garland will be taking the helm at the justice department after four chaotic years. t of turnover, lots of politicalization of the department. what are the biggest challenges facing garland and the department of justice for that matter? >> first of all, i think judge garland will bring that integrity to the department that is badly needed. i think he's going to be the kind of person that the attorneys -- remember he spent time in the justice department, as an assistant united states attorney. that's important to those career lawyers. i think someone who has been there, has done that is going to bring that system to them that they're going to have the confidence in. as a judge for 20 years, he's bringing independence to them and his integrity is beyond reproach. that's going to be the biggest thing i think that's going to help this justice department get on its feet, move forward. i think that the biggest challenges they've got right now are dealing with that january 6th insurrection, dealing with all the political things that have gone on, the stop the steal, everythi

unfortunately partisanship of the justice department under joe biden.izer court can and should investigate this -- fisa court. if they fail to do something about the director of the fbi potentially lying to them, that will be a sign to the public that they are not willing to police the misconduct and misbehavior of federal agents and federal lawyers at the justice department and that will be a very shocking development, particularly with regards to the use of the fisa statute. elizabeth: yeah. then it is full-on katy-bar-the-door. you're allowed to commit perjury for the fisa court. >> right. elizabeth: that is meant for terrorists. not meant for political opposition campaigns. all right, so, in june of 2017 comey deafing to congress that the steele dossier was salacious and unverified. the fbi was told by that carter page was a fbi asset. told by steele's own source, it was gossip said over beers. they knew the trump-russia probe and flynn case was falling apart. they were told that the hillary clinton campaign and the dnc paid for, financed the steele

think how many years you and others have been covering the department of justice, and how little attention there has been to the origins of the department of justice as having been created precisely to protect the rights of newly freed slaves, black people around the country. personally went to the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments and particularly to protect black voting rights. it was very powerful and important for this attorney general at this moment in our country when voter suppression is such a powerful issue for him to remind us of those origins at the department of justice. and that's going to be important in the coming weeks, not only through this confirmation hearing and through the confirmation of others in the department that we remember the very department of justice. because at this moment we're facing an 1870 moment sadly. i think that was critically important for him to frame his entire presentation today with that important history. >> and garrett, we see also that other cabinet members -- or at least one certainly, are facing trouble, tendon. he has seven nominations confir

the department of justice, i worked at the department of justice in the bush administration working forn, larry thompson, james comey, chris wray and robert mueller. and the justice department needs to be able to do its work. they are the people's justice department and they need to be the attorneys general, the attorney general for the people of the united states, not the private attorney for the president of the united states. so, i'm happy to hear him say that. and you know, as a child of a law enforcement officer, my dad was a new york city police officer for 30 years, my grandfather as well. it's also refreshing to hear him talk about community policing and police officers wanting to be a support to communities. we need to give them the tools to be able to do that, not to continue to make them military operations but to make them support and protect the communities in which they work, whether that's through education, whether that's through programming. you know, i am in favor of ion na presley's bill to get rid of qualified immunity, which has really been a blanket under which pol

president biden's pick to lead the justice department goes before the senate today.k garland field questions about the hunter biden probe, what about the nursing home scandal in new york. we are joined now with jamil to go over some of the questions. it's pretty confident that he will get confirm. in 2016 he was put up for the supreme court. but that was a much different situation. are we confident, though, that garland if he is ultimately accepted will allow the hunter biden probe, allow the john durham probe to continue unabated? >> well, those are great questions. these are questions that the republicans are going to ask about today at his hearing. they're obviously very concerned that after the break with the hunter biden probe, he's the president's son but the u.s. attorney in delaware has it kept in place so far. i think we can expect that probe will go forward, investigation into his financial dealings and tax dealings. the durham investigation looks at the beginnings of the russia investigation that began when now president biden was the vice president of the

, do you think judge garland will clean up the justice department?ps saying that but he did a lot of dodging and answering questions. again i was shocked when he said one of his top priorities would be gun-control. we have much more serious problems in this country including violence and organized attacks that were in american cities all across the country last summer which he by the way refused to label as domestic terrorism and he says gun-control is a big issue, the last attorney general who said gun-control is his big issue was eric holder which led to the reckless operation fast imperious. elizabeth: hans von spakovsky, thank you for joining us we will be staying on these issues with you, come back soon. we will keep the viewer updated on developments in the car crash involving tiger woods. we are monitoring the situation for you, this is exclusive series your voice, your standing up. just ahead shop owner karl menke took on the governor of michigan and he got criminally charged in his operating license revoked and he fought back. this is about

the long time federal judge tasked with leading the department of justice is vowing to prosecute the nvolved in the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol january 6. >> and also promising a department of justice re-set, restoring the century and a half old legacy of political independence. and the supreme court clearing the way for the manhattan district attorney cy vance to obtain donald trump's tax returns. this is a huge loss to trump who had fiercely fought to shield his financial papers from prosecutors but he is not able to do that now said the high court. >> no doubt a loss for the president there. and we wan to bring in our experts. manu, if i could begin with you. it is been 30 years, you have to go back to janet reno for an attorney general that hato

but i want these prosecutors at the department of justice, again, to be independent. if they need cooperation oh from us i know we would want to help any way we could to give evidence they may not have. but it has to go back to an independent department of justice. >> congressman eric swlle thank you so much. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> thank you. >>> and very interesting that he sort of put that out there earlier about pursuing criminal and civil charges. and obviously there are a slough of other issues that are our friends on the legal panel have been talking about separate and apart from what happened leading up to on january 6th but have been on hold when it comes to the former president. but it's pretty clear that they -- they the house managers, even though they can't say that now, because they are not only politicians but democrats who don't want to mess things up for the biden justice department and its independence, think that they could use it. >> there is obviously a body of evidence. but i have to say, there is probably a lot more that needs to be uncove

but those people usually aren't in a top leader position in the justice department.ith her? >> yeah, it's very clear just because obama had holder as his wingmen, but i biden is bringing in some really radical figures into the justice department. now, what is scary about this is that not the liberalism of vanita gupta, but the willingness to turn the police agencies of government into weaponized agencies against political opponents. that is not liberalism, that is actually i-liberalism. she targets people against her and his able to look away when it's people on her side. she is part of that coordinated action on the left to shut down and criminalize opponents. that is what makes her truly scary person. >> laura: i want to skip something to when she was describing what she wanted to do when she got into the justice department. watch. >> now is the time to ensure that our economic system works for everyone. we will harness all of the justice department's levers for civil rights, justice, and police reform, climate justice, so much more. >> laura: climate justice, abol

certainly, what we saw were glimmers of the next few justice department nominations. it seems republicans want to pick more of a fight about them. merrick garland didn't take the bait and defended them aggressively today. those are where the bigger fights will be. he will get republicans. i'm confident of that. john cornyn or somebody said so today. it will be interesting where the next ones go. >> garland would leave the justice department during -- he would lead during race and policing given the previous attorneys general did not do that. garland said he does not support de-funding the police. what did you make of his answers about this topic? >> this is where the biden administration is. biden pledged to increase funding to police departments all across the country, probably through the cops program. it's about community oriented policing. he pledged to have $300 million go to that program. this is where this administration is. it's very different from where pro bgressives are. it is in keeping with what merrick garland said where the biden administration is. it w

because none of the career people there think the way to move up in the biden justice department is afraid he's right the national security division of the justiceat department does nt investigate this then that is a sign of partisanship of the justice departmentt under joe biden but the fisa court also can and should investigate, if they fail to do something about the director, the fbi potentially lying to them than that will be assigned to the public that they're not willing to police the misconduct and misbehavior of federal agents and federal lawyers at the justice department and that will be a very shocking development particular with regards to the use of the pfizer statute. elizabeth: then it's full on katie your allowed to commit perjury before the fisa court that is meant for terrorist not political opposition campaigns. in june of 2017 comey testified to congress that the steele dossier was fallacious but unverified the fbi was told by the cia that carter page was a cia source he's an asset and we were told by steele's own source that the information is gossip set over beer

you want the justice department to investigate the cuomo administration, got it, what do you want to see happen. i ask because the constitution of the state means it cannot be recalled no mechanism for that he certainly will not resign, what you want to see happen question. >> yes, new york state law does not allow for recall like you have a california but we do believe governor cuomo's time is dwindling and he may resign if these getting pushback by even those in his own party which receive little by little or emerge and they have to have emergency powers rescinded which is something i called for in the department of justice inquiry which begin in august which begin in october and now urging that the expanded to investigate the alleged cover-up that is occurring even his chief of staff has admitted to while in a

in related news, the justice department said this week the u.s. has sold over a million barrels of iranian fuel seized by civil forfeiture as part of its sanctions campaign. u.s. officials say they seized the oil from tankers headed from iran to venezuela. the money will be transferred to the u.s. vtims of state onsored terrorism fund according to the justice department spokesperson. china has banned the bbc's world news channel after british authorities revoked the license of the state-run chinese broadcaster cgtn. the move was largely symbolic because the bbc was already unavailable to the vast majority of china's population. in immigration news, buzzfeed reports asylum seekers forced to stay in mexico by the trump administration will soon be allowed to start entering the u.s. efforts to phase out trump's remain in mexico program are expected to begin within the next two weeks. immigrant rights activists are calling for president biden to abolish the policy. the program s forced tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait in dangerous conditions