attorney general garland was not who we on this side of the aisle would have chosen to lead the department of justice, we recognized president biden won that election and he was entitled to choose his attorney general. we were ultimately disappointed with some of the things that general garland and his department did, but at the time of his nomination we gave him the benefit of the doubt. as the recent terrorist attacks in portland and around the world -- in new orleans and around the world has shown, national security must be a high priority. the american people deserve a secure homeland and borders. safe streets, orderly markets, civil rights, and a protected environment. so, delivering on these promises required this with confirmation of an attorney general. this committee should give ms. bondi the same benefit of the doubt that this committee gave to attorney general garland. president trump has selected a nominee whose qualifications speak for themselves. ms. bondi made history in 2010 as the first woman to be elected florida attorney general. she held that role for eight years and was comfortab

i do not want a republican department of justice. i do not want a democrat department of justice. i wanted department of justice that follows the damn law. i think the american people do, too. that should not be too much to expect. now, i am grateful to president trump for nominating you. i think on any objective level you are clearly qualified for this position. you have been a prosecutor for decades. you have been the elected attorney general of the state of florida, the third-largest date in america for eight years. let me ask you, in terms of your practice, how many criminal cases over the course of your career have you personally handled? >> handled, thousands. >> how many of those were before a jury? >> hundreds. i do not want to overstate. hundreds. i was in a courtroom for many years. i think you had to try at least 20 and misdemeanor before you went to felony and you were in court every day and i was also trial attorney for many years trying many cases. >> county of those cases would have been before a judge? >> hundreds and hundreds as well hundreds before a jury, i would

agencies that fall within the department of justice. they're out there risking their lives, especially the law enforcement officers. every single day. >> can we agree, though, that there there have been and may be today, some bad people at the department of justice? >> yes, senator, we don't know for sure, because for the last four years, the curtains there have been tightly drawn. >> but but i think some a minority of people there have delegitimized america's criminal justice system the most. destabilizing act that i saw in the past four years, maybe in the history of the department, is when attorney general garland decided, on the basis of. dubious facts and untested legal theories. to criminally prosecute a former president of the united states. and and not only that, this is this is the special part. he decided to do it after the former president of the united states had announced that he was going to run against attorney general garland. boss, didn't he? >> senator, are you referring to going after a political opponent? >> i think s

let me give you a really good example of a bad lawyer within the justice department. a guy named clinesmith who altered a fisa warrant. one of the most important things we can do in this country. so will everyone be held to an equal, equal, fair system of justice? if i am the next attorney general? absolutely. and no one is above the law, under what circumstances will you prosecute journalists for what they write? i believe in the freedom of speech only. if anyone commits a crime. it's pretty basic, senator. with anything, with with any victim. and this is this goes back to my entire career for 18 years as a prosecutor and then eight years as florida's attorney general. you find the facts of the case, you apply the law in good faith, and you treat everyone fairly. >> and it would not be appropriate for a prosecutor to start with a name and look for a crime. it's a prosecutor's job to start with a crime and look for a name, correct? >> senator, i think that is the whole problem with the weaponization that we have seen the last four years. and what's been happening to do

the justice department should serve the interests of the american people, not any one president. for those who need a reminder, richard nixon ordered department officials to fire archibald cox, the special prosecutor investigating watergate. two of those officials, elliott richardson and williams -- resigned rathe carry out his order. when they considered loretta lynch, a republican member of the committee emphasized what we need from our next attorney general more than anything else is independence. that same member who now still serves on the committee said and i quote, the job is not to be the president's wing man. the job is to represent all americans. the attorney general must be willing to stand up to the president and say no when the office demands it. when attorney general nominee merrick garland came before this combaty another one of my republican colleagues told garland my sole criteria for voting for your confirmation is your pledge to make sure that politics does not affect your job as attorney general. so the view that the justice department must be insulated from po

decide here, to allow this report to be buried, the lack of justice would be followed with a lack of any kind of accountability by the department of justice. for those most responsible for inciting that violence. so i think it would be indefensible. not surprised, i suppose, that they are trying, and it is again not a shock that the criminal defense lawyers for president trump, who are representing him, will be effectively running the justice department shortly. so unless this is made public, and made public very soon, it will be buried. and as you pointed out earlier in your show, this case can be brought once again once the president is out of office, nothing precludes that from happening. whether he will or not may be another question, but nevertheless, allowing this report to be buried, particularly when there's so much effort at revisionist history, would be just indefensible. >> it took you at the house of representatives a week after january 6th two impeach donald trump, to investigate what donald trump had done leading up to january 6th and to vote for impeachment, which is to say, send it to the united states senate fo

let me give you a really good example of a bad lawyer within the justice department. a guy named clinesmith who altered a fisa warrant, one of the most important things we can do in this country. so will everyone be held to an equal -- equal, fair system of justice if i am the next attorney general? absolutely. and no one is above the law. >> under what circumstances will you prosecute journalists for what they write? >> i believe in the freedom of speech. only if anyone commits a crime. it is pretty basic, senator, with anything. with any victim. this goes back to my entire career for 18 years as a prosecutor and then eight years as florida's attorney general. you find the facts of the case, you apply the law in good faith, and you treat everyone fairly. >> and it would not be appropriate for a prosecutor to start with a name and look for a crime, it's a prosecutor's job to start with a crime and look for a name, correct? >> senator, i think that is the the whole problem with the weaponization that we've seen the last four years and what has been happening to donald t

him that the justice department, quote, wasted time. her former justice officials telling evan that the charges could have been brought a whole year earlier. now, that is a wow moment. that is something that could have changed where trump is standing tonight. what happened today and in fact the entire arc of american history. evan perez is out front. telling evan that the charges could have been brought a whole year earlier. now, that is a wow moment. that is something that could have changed where trump is standing tonight, what happened today and in fact the entire arc of american history. >> the incoming president is not -- >> first that breaking news on a possible pardon tonight. what more are you learning about request by former proud boys leader enrique tarrio for a full pardon from trump? >> erin, the incoming president is not really saying exactly how he's going to go forward with these pardons. but enrique tarrio is one of the ones that i think would get a lot of pushback from people like lindsey graham, people in the -- in the

i don't want a democrat department of justice. i want a department of justice that follows the damn law. and i think the american people do, too. that shouldn't be too much to expect. now. i'm grateful to president trump for nominating you. i think on any objective level, you're clearly qualified for this position. you have been a prosecutor for decades. you have been the elected attorney general of the state of florida, the third largest state in america, for eight years. let me ask you. in terms of your your practice, how many criminal cases over the course of your career have you personally handled? >> handled? thousands. >> how many of those were before a jury? >> hundreds. i don't want to overstate, but hundreds. i was in a courtroom for many years. i tried for when i was an intern. jury trials. i think you had to try at least 20 in misdemeanor before you went to felony. then you were in court every day. and i was also lead trial attorney for many years, trying many cases. so. >> and how many of those cases would have been bef

and in four years time the justice department could not bring that offense to trial, not as against the main perpetrator of donald trump. if the attorney general were to decide to allow this report to be buried, the lack of justice would be followed with the lack of any kind of accountability from the department of justice, for those most responsible for inciting that violence. i think it would be indefensible. not surprised, i suppose, that they are trained. and it is another shock that the criminal defense lawyers for president trump will effectively be running the justice department shortly. unless this is made public very soon, it will be buried. and as you pointed out earlier in your show, this case can be brought once again once the president is out of office. nothing precludes that from happening. whether it is or not, that is another question. but allowing this to be buried, particularly when there is so much revisionist history is just indefensible. >> it took a week after january 62 impeached donald trump and investigate what donald trump had done. leading up to january 6th. a

they all had their hobbyhorse but the securities exchange commission, justice department and department of defense, cia, the department of agriculture, department of commerce, department of the interior. and just a blizzard of opposition. as commerce will describe to you in detail because he was right there at the time. the opposition was always couched in general terms like these are proprietary information. and we couldn't get that information from the business community unless we protect the privacy . whether they use the privacy argument or the national security argument, the one example was quite notable that for years the navy department would not provide any existing air pollution agency in the executive branch at that time with information about the volume of sewage disposal from their naval bases. their argument, that some of our antagonists overseas might be able to use that data in order to estimate the number of sailors at the nato base. thus the extent to which the excuses dissented. the opposition always wanted exemptions or dilutions for waivers . the banking industry was

that the justice department quote wasted time. other former justice officials telling evan that the charges could have been brought a whole year earlier. now, that is a wow moment. that is something that could of changed where trump standing tonight. what happened today and in fact, the entire arc of american history. we go out to evan, i have to talk about your breaking reporting here, exclusively. first the breaking news on a possible pardon tonight. what more are you learning about this request by former proud boy's leader for a full pardon from trump? >> reporter: erin, the in-coming president is not saying exactly how he is going forward with the pardons. enrakeo tarreo would get a lot of push back from people like lindsey graham, in the president's circle who support law enforcement. remember, he had one of the longest sentences, a 22 years. he is one of over 1500 people charged with crimes related to january 6th. you will know that 600 of those were charged with assaulting police officers and other crimes related to the vio

they rejected the federal department of justice position. t, everything merchan and bragg did violates this memo the position of the department of justice for half of a century which is why there's not a single federal prosecutor who would do what's being done now which is why they had to drop their cases except the case in new york goes on. and it goes on. now this is a big deal this a jurisdictional issue. it is a big deal because they have not resolve the issue. let me go further by these two justices who are absolute cowards in outrageous and what they did and want wh white whatd was abandon their responsibilities. bush v gore decision the court stepped in without any statutory authority. basically an emergency appeal filed just like an emergency appeal was filed by president trump's lawyer call it whatever you want it is a common law process at that point because it's not a statutory appeal or a statutorily sanctioned appeal. you call it what he said the other day you call it a kumquat, whatever you want it's an emergency appeal. this co

in a move that was widely expected, special counsel jack smith departed the justice department, cappingrs worth of federal investigations into president-elect donald trump. buried in a footnote in a court filing this afternoon, federal prosecutors revealed smith had, quote, separated from the department. smith handed over his findings to the department of justice on two criminal investigations into the former president. one focussed on alleged mishandling of classified documents and the other on allegations of election interference. >> let's remember that the two federal criminal cases pending against former president trump will never move forward. and so, all that's left for the department of justice to show their work is to provide that final report to the public. >> reporter: a federal judge stopped the release of smith's report earlier this week. leading to a last-minute appeal by the department of justice. >> merrick garland has said that he will release the part of the report related to the federal election interference case but not the part related to the mar-a-lago retention of

i don't want a republican department of justice. i don't want a democrat department of justice. i want a department of justice that follows the damn law. and i think the american people do, too. that shouldn't be too much to expect. now, i'm grateful to president trump for nominating you. i think on any objective level you are clearly qualified for this position. you have been a prosecutor for decades, you have been the elected attorney general of the state of florida, the third largest state in america, for eight years. let me ask you, in terms of your practice, how many criminal cases over the course of your career have you personally handled? >> handled thousands. >> how many of those were before a jury? >> hundreds. i don't want to overstate but hundreds. i was in a courtroom for many years. i tried four when i was an intern jury trial. i think you had to try at least 20 in misdemeanor before you went to felony. then you were in court every day and i was also lead trial attorney for many years trying many cases. >> how many of those cases would have been before a judge? >> hu

when he joined as director in 2022 he had been a long staple department of justice community. when he was u.s. attorney in cleveland, ohio he hired me to the department of justice. since 2010 it has been the honor of my life to serve this country. it has been an even bigger honor for my friends here at atf. today is my last day, too. [laughter] [applause] thank you for your patience with my emotional turmoil. when steve asked me to come here with him that summer, i do not hesitate, because i knew from him being a friend and a mentor and a phyllo buckeye fan -- and a fellow buckeye fan -- sorry texas, i think tonight will be a rough one -- i had no doubt what he could achieve to fight violent crime and make this country safer. it is because of his leadership, passion, intelligence, creativity, unyielding drive, and not giving up and pushing and pushing that i did not hesitate to join him. i had no doubt he would be an outstanding leader that would work tirelessly to protect the people of this country that is exactly what he has done. working at atf these past two and a half year

when he joined atf as a director in 2022, he had been a staple in the department of justice community. when he was u.s. attorney in cleveland, he hired me to the department of justice. it's been the honor of my life to serve this country. and it's been an even bigger honor to work with my friends here at atf. thank you. today is my last day too by the way so thank you. thank you for your patience with my emotional turmoil. [applause] when steve asked me to come here with him that summer, i did not hesitate because i knew from him being a friend, a mentor, a fellow buckeye fan -- sorry, texas fans, but i think tonight will be a rough 1 -- i ha no doubtd what he could achieve. it's because of his leadership, passion, intelligence, creativity, unyielding drive and not giving up and pushing it pushing that i did not hesitate to join him. i had no doubt he would be an outstanding leader and work tirelessly to protect the people of this country and that's exactly what he has done. working with atf has been a privilege not only because i was able to serve as his counselor and chief of staff

you know, the justice department did act slowly here. and in many respects, wolf, the justice department is victims of its own morality here and sort of a set of conduct and norms that simply don't exist anymore. by taking the time they did to pursue these cases, by pursuing them the way they did and frankly, far less aggressive manner than they could have. and donald trump's very successful litigation strategy over the course of the last several years. we are now literally on the eve of the exam, and everybody's cramming at the justice department for sort of how to study and get it done. so, no, i think both things are very much true here. >> norm, button this up for us. >> let's not forget the most responsible party here. it's not just donald trump's tactics. the united states supreme court issued a reprehensible immunity decision. the dissents were some of the most excoriating. there's no legal basis to say a president can do these things. in addition to that very serious criminal conduct charged with the holding classified documents,

having worked at the department of justice and also at the white house. the relationship between counsel and and the leadership at the department is extremely important. and they each have to know their. i think it's very important that the department of justice have the liberty the flexibility to make law enforcement decisions without political influence by the white house. when was the white house counsel dealing with john ashcroft as the attorney general and i i know this has continued as a matter of practice as there was a limitation on the number of the people that could talk, the department of justice personnel and on what subjects they could talk to them about. and generally, i would be involved, me having a conversation with larry thompson, the deputy attorney general or our john ashcroft. but those conversations would be very very limited because. it was important for president bush that the white house not be putting any not be placing any influence on investigations or prosecutions at the department of justice. so there was a clear separation th

he's separated from the justice department. but trump has suggested that he may go after him in some way. what do you think? especially this letter that accompanied the report was, i thought, particularly striking. >> the the letter was particularly striking. so back up, what is the purpose of the special counsel report? the law says that whenever a special counsel does his or her work, he must submit or she must submit a report to the attorney general detailing the reasons for why they either chose to prosecute, would have prosecuted, or did not. all these questions at some extent, even what stephen was talking about, about the politics behind it, don't matter, at least for the purposes of the report it's laying out. these are the crimes that we think were committed, and this was all of the evidence that we think did so. so and that's there. i mean, the it's clear that regardless of what anyone thinks of jack smith or donald trump, evidence was there to convict on any number of offenses, including conspiracy to obstruct an off

but before we get into the latest justice department judiciary committee-related news, i want to talkbout joe biden. he is leaving office in less than a week. his campaign in 2020 posited that his election might be ready to turn the page of the trump years and reinvigorate american democracy in the way he envisioned. trump is now coming back, so that project seems to have failed. what do you make of biden's legacy under the circumstances? >> first of all, thanks for having me. it's appropriate to be talking about joe biden here at union station, mr. amtrak himself. i barely recognize union station. pretty amazing that we have done it i. biden did put those trump years behind us and he beat donald trump by more than seven million votes, 300-6200 32 in the electoral college. we should never forget that. donald trump beat kamala harris by 3 million votes in this last election, but i think we need to keep some perspective about where america is. it is one of the great things about democracy that we have these pendulum swings and times and of course, anybody who was an incumbent during the

from the screen and could see matthew colangelo, who used to be a top senior official at the department of justice and took a career downgrade to go join alvin bragg and prosecute donald trump. he pointed him out and said this is evidence that the department of justice was involved. that was his perspective. and then he said i thought it was an effective line. he said speaking to judge merchan he said people watched the trial in your courtroom and the people voted decisively. i won all seven swing states and as he was saying that i was thinking about as i walked into the courtroom that the only protestors per se who were here were trump supporters, as i stand here now i look into a square looking at people holding trump flags, looking at a person who has a sign that says a enough is enough. we voted. we don't want this lawfare anymore. on the audio playbook we're about to get from the court, it is noteworthy that during the trial there was no audio, there were no cameras, but for this particular sentencing judge merchan agreed to have audio. i can't help but think if it is because he wants the wor

justice department. bay area's kris sanchez in our newsroom for us this midday. so, kris, what do we know about the new leadership? well, hi there, marcus and laura. this new leader might seem familiar. within the last hour, the city of antioch announced that former acting chief joseph vigil will once again lead the department on an interim basis as the city continues its search for a permanent chief. transparency, community trust and crime reduction are our priorities. i will update our residents on milestones as we progress on these initiatives. i ask for the community's involvement, feedback, and support as we take onhese challenges together. how acting chief vigil also added an additional priority of recruiting and hiring to bring the department to full staffing within the year by the end of this month. antioch should have 91 sworn officers. now, acting chief joe vigil will also be familiar in the antioch community. he is a former police department captain who was elevated to acting chief in august o

treatment plan 100% online@forhours.com. >> breaking news out of the justice department.cial counsel jack smith has officially resigned. it happened yesterday, but the revelation was made in a court filing today that urged a federal judge to not continue blocking the release of his report. smith's resignation yesterday is no surprise. he signaled months ago that he would step down before trump's inauguration. what this all means is that some of the special counsel's findings could become public as soon as tomorrow. all that's needed is permission from the 11th circuit court of appeals to release smith's volume on his january 6th investigation. meanwhile, in just nine days, trump, a convicted felon, will become the first of his kind to serve as president of the united states. as peter baker writes in the new york times, the nation will soon witness the paradox of a newly elected president putting his hand on a bible to swear an oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states, the supreme law of the land. barely a week after being sentenced for vi

when i ran the office of public affairs at the justice department, if somebody came into my office aseporter and said, anthony, we're going to report on x, y, z about a grand jury proceeding, i could not even i could not i couldn't even confirm the mere existence of a grand jury proceeding, much less who appeared in front of it. so what happens is that a narrative gets sets in, and people don't always know what the truth is. and so that's why it's important for this final report to come out. and my hope is that in this report, it has a conclusive timeline of how aggressively this justice department was investigating trump and those around him from the very beginning. that should be the final word. >> i think that would be very useful, but just a narrative. i understand it's a narrative. it's a narrative that's been advanced by thorough investigative reporting by some of the nation's best investigative reporters and legal reporters at cnn, at the new york times and the washington post. and by the way, now that this administration is over, i'm quite confident we're going to be hearing m

i also served, as you said, as in the department of justice. for the past few months we have had a national debate on the merits of economic populism. it may be fashionable in elite circles on the left and the right to deny, discount or discredit these impulses. but they are real and they have had dramatic political consequences. as an emerging party of the working class, republicans are moving away from orthodoxies that reflectively support big business and toward an open discussion about tariffs, unions antitrust. the republican term for this is common sense economic populism. such populism is wary of the abuse of power in the hands of the government, or business. it embraces free markets and competition on the merits. it is skeptical of government intervention in the markets. but is also skeptical of corporate power, especially the kind that alludes with the government to harm consumers through the passage of anticompetitive regulations, or as we have seen recently, the blocking of procompetitive regulations. ftc nominate mark recently poste

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in both instances she says jack smith, attorney general, merrick garland and the department of justice employees and agents and those of the special council's office are precluded from sharing either the report or any information th beyond the department of justice itself. that means that for example, when the 11th circuit decides they want to have a crack at this, that those actors would be precluded from sharing with the circuit itself. the information about the report or a draft report. it is not clear to folks like many whether she has jury diction. because earlier this year, she threw out the mar-a-lago documents case explaining that from her reasoning, jack smith did not have constitutional authority to bring that prosecution under the appointments clause of the constitution. and so there is no basis here to block the report in part because it is not clear there is a case or controversy in front of her, but if there were, the argument that trump is making that presidential immunity also precludes the release of the report is a stretch of the supreme court's ruling. that a preside

. >> today we learned from the department of justice that special counsel jack smith has not only finishedrt on his two criminal investigations into donald trump, but is already submitted them to attorney general merrick garland. in a court filing the doj said garland will publicly release at least part of that report related to trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election but will withhold the portion that's related to the classified documents investigations, at least for now, while the case against trump's two codefendants remains pending. but that is only if a federal appeals court vacates an injunction put in place by none other than trump appointed judge aileen cannon, which temporarily blocks the release of any part of the report. back with me as senator adam schiff of california. he's a member of the senate judiciary committee and a former member of the house jen reese asked select committee. jack smith, for now that casey's on hold. what do you make of aileen cannon's role in this? isn't she no longer relevant to the case? she threw it out. >> she shouldn't be relevant to the case

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smith also resigned this week from the justice department. a life-saving deal for hundreds of thousands of people living in east side. san jose, the county of santa clara announcing today it's buying regional medical center for 150 million dollars purchase would save the only hospital equipped to handle heart attacks and >> strokes in the city. kron four's jack moment reports. >> today was a huge, huge, really. >> for myself for everybody that i've been working with. >> lora sandoval is a respiratory therapist at regional medical center. the hospital was for years. the only hospital in east side, san jose able to handle heart attacks and strokes. but since it started shutting down services, sandoval has been taking on shifts. a good samaritan in west san jose. you know, obviously it hasn't been easy road, but after fears of layoffs and the hospital losing more services, the county of santa clara says it's coming through to buy the hospital for 150 million dollars. this is a really critical milestone for the community. james williams as the co

you know how many people got prosecuted by the fbi -- by the department of justice?,500 people that were prosecuted. so that picture that trump puts out on the mall of all those people -- >> hold on. >> all those people weren't violent protesters -- >> i'm going to let you make your point but i want to pull that video up we were just showing. i think a lot of people share your perspective. >> those people should go to jail. easy. >> the barricades and the officers. those were not officers just letting them -- >> go to the -- go to the supreme court side. >> i know the video you're talking about. >> these people should go to jail. the people on the supreme court side, however -- >> they were trespassing. >> there's a difference -- >> there's a difference between trespassing and physical violence. >> shouldn't they be made an example? they shouldn't be allowed to trespass. >> everyone should not be treated equally like they were vitamin criminals. these people who were beating the police should go to jail. there's no excuse for it. some of the people -- >> do you think

that was one of the first vertical merger challenges from justice department department in a long time. they ended up not winning that one, but after i joined we had a steady drum beat of vertical mergers from lockheed arrow jets to where we ultimately prevailed. bill: prevailed in district court and ninth circuit. chair khan: microsoft-activision is still before the ninth circuit. bill: merger guidelines. 2010 guidelines had been around, but you and jonathan decided to take a fresh look. tell us what evolved from that process and to what degree there's been court acceptance and embrace of the merger guidelines. chair khan: this is a process we started quite early. i think we sent out the first rfi, request for information, december of 2021 posing a list of open-ended questions to the public. that informed our drafting around what should this next version look like. i think one of the most significant steps was even figuring out conceptually what should the scaffolding of the document even look like. when you open the 2023 merger guidelines, they look different than the 2010 guidelines

think about the department of justice's moves in the final days of the biden administration. what kind of tone is at the doj expected to take with private equity in the future? sara: this is the justice department also kind of sending a message to the market to say don't try to hide stuff from us. it's illegal. it can be very expensive. they can fine companies up to $60,000 per violation per day. they are alleging $650 million worth of violations. you are absolutely right. we are in a presidential transition moment. this is the last week of the biden administration. this team is going out the door. the case will be on the desk of the new antitrust team coming in under trump to decide how to pursue it. sonali: how is kkr fighting back? what is the legal case for them to do so? sara: kkr filed its own lawsuit in a washington, d.c. court seeking a judgment from a judge saying it did nothing wrong and this was politically motivated and based on a misinterpretation of antitrust law by the doj. sonali: we have to leave it there. thank you very much. find the story on bloomberg.com

the justice department has said they intend to do just that.and the ruling that we got earlier today from judge cannon in florida, who's generally been very favorable to donald trump, said he has no basis to block this, especially because he's no longer a criminal defendant. he's been dismissed from these cases. so he doesn't have the constitutional concerns about tainting the jury pool. so the arguments we've been seeing, wolf, are really hail marys. we'll see if they try again between now and midnight. but legally they've got nothing. >> so when do you think we will actually see this election subversion part of the report? and should we expect to learn anything new? >> so there is an injunction in place, meaning a pause that technically expires tomorrow, meaning technically at 1201 tonight, which will become tomorrow, tuesday, doge as of the current status quo, has the power to make this public. now, what we're watching for in the next five and change hours is will donald trump's team take that last hail mary? will they ask the court of appea

frustration from inside the department of justice putting blame on merrick garland for wasted time and, quote, it was a whole year of nothing. >>> and a political crisis may be coming very soon for america's neighbor to the north. new reports that the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, could announce that he is resigning as soon as this week. >>> and the winter storm taking a toll on millions of americans in states from coast to coast right now. the state of kentucky is one of those being hit so hard. the governor of kentucky is our guest. >>> this morning, a state of emergency has been declared in kentucky as a powerful winter storm has been bringing dangerous and potentially deadly conditions there and across huge swaths of the country. i'll show you what it looked like outside of lexington, kentucky, as some of the worst of the snow is hitting. a car flipped over, and a number of accidents like this one have also been reported. joining us right now is the governor of kentucky, governor andy beshear. governor, thank you so much for coming in. how bad of a hit is kentucky gettin

bondi: senator this is pending litigation within the department of justice. i can't talk about that. sen. blumenthal: it's not litigation within the department of justice. it's in the courts. and the department of justice is currently defending the constitutionality of american law. will you continue to defend the law passed by the congress, defending america's national security? ms. bondi: senator, i cannot -- i would be irresponsible for me to talk about any -- it is pending litigation. sen. blumenthal: i was attorney general. ms. bondi: i'm not trying to hedge on anything. i'm having -- sen. blumenthal: i'm having a problem with the idea that you won't tell me that the department of justice will continue to defend against a constitutional attacks the law of the united states. when i was attorney general of the state of connecticut, i would say i have an obligation to defend the law of connecticut against any attacks. you have an obligation or you did as attorney general of florida, to go to court when those laws were attacked. you have an obligation as unit

according to the justice department. and, you know, that is, you know, far more than we had ever known. and 55 people were brought to the grand jury, 55 witnesses were brought to the grand jury. again, that's brand new information. we didn't know exactly the scope of what this investigation had covered. >> i want to stop for a second. also, have we have some part of what the conclusion says in this report? is this the department's view that the constitution prohibits the continued indictment and prosecution of a president is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged. the strength of the government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the office stands fully behind. indeed, but for mr. trump's election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial. elie honig what's your reaction to that? >> so what jack smith is doing here is making clear why he ended this investigation, why he moved a

president that he had lost the election, starting with the vice president, his campaign, the department of justiceounsel, the people at the department of homeland security charged with whether there was election interference. i think we're going to be sort of overwhelmed with the details of that. but i also think there will be some new information because jack smith had the ability to interview other people and to put them in the grand jury. now, i don't think we'll get all of that grand jury material, but i think there will be sort of substantial details to fill out the historical record. >> all right. i'm clearing my schedule. andrew weissmann, thank you very much for your time tonight. good to talk to time tonight. good to talk to you, my this is steve. steve takes voquezna. this is steve's stomach, where voquezna can kick some acid, heal erosive esophagitis, also known as erosive gerd, and relieve related heartburn. voquezna is the first and only fda-approved treatment of its kind. 93% of adults were healed by 2 months. of those healed, 79% stayed healed. plus, voquezna can provide heartburn-f

president that he had lost the election, starting with the vice president, his campaign, the department of justice, the people at the department of homeland security charged with whether there was election interference. i think we're going to be sort of overwhelmed with the details of that. but i also think there will be some new information because jack smith had the ability to interview other people and to put them in the grand jury. now, i don't think we'll get all of that grand jury material, but i think there will be sort of substantial details to fill out the historical record. >> all right. i'm clearing my schedule. andrew weissman, thank you very much for your time tonight. good to talk to you, my tonight. good to talk to you, my friend. all right. we'll be tap into etsy for home and style staples to help you set any vibe. from custom lighting under 150 dollars to vintage jackets under 100. for affordable pieces to help you make a fresh start, etsy has it. the cameras back on. >> three. two. one. >> here's a hostage situation in >> here's a hostage situation in the oly ♪♪ vicks vapostick p

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remains eager to a race for joining our coverage, attorney general for national security, the department of justiceand former top official of the department of justice, andrew weissmann spock there also the co-host of msnbc's newly rebranded podcast, main justice. i love that. i love that name. i feel like we will talk about that every single day. first, on judge merchan. your thoughts? >> i think his decision was sort of old and trying to uphold the rule of law. it is important for people to understand he had very limited options. it was basically trying everything now or putting everything off for four years because the one thing that is true is there is this temporary presidential immunity while someone is president. so, the idea in many ways of having this linger or be over the presidents head for four years, you would think in some ways it is something that a president would not want, to be like him okay, i can appeal it. you know, i think that judge merchan did the right thing, but i think what is going on in the political realm, i think they do not want a bad day between now and the 20th, wh

remind us how active the justice department is in prosecuting those who broke the law. >> we have 300ases still. we have 1,500 people who have either pleaded guilty or been convicted. as you mentioned, about 600 of those were actual violent rioters. the question is, how does the new president -- the incoming president, how does he approach all of those cases? as you can tell, there are a lot of people who support him and also support police who are very concerned about the message sent about how he handles the idea of pardons. and keep in mind, i mean, the justice department, you know, has been pursuing -- you know, the idea was that you go after everyone involved, including donald trump. that hasn't worked out so well on the donald trump part. but certainly for those people, those people have been paying the price for what happened that day. >> yeah, of course, we should remind people that donald trump won the endorsement of many, many police unions. >> correct. >> -- after that attack, after that attack. >> right. look, you know, four years later we can look -- we can reassess what