matt gaetz is right about one thing. it is about power. but it is about the power of the nra to throw in so much money for campaigns that the republicans just -- that's how they vote. it is no longer about what the people want. the polls all say that 88% of the country wants tighter background checks. all of these things are important. one of your callers from california spoke about israel. israel is the size of new jersey. israel has been attacked for 70 something years by some of their neighboring countries. that is a different kind of security. and i challenge anyone who does not even want to consider gun laws to look at the data in every other country -- the united kingdom, australia, new zealand, canada -- who have tighter controls. there are a minimal number of these kinds of mass shootings. how do you explain that? it's guns. the only way we are going to change this is that every person needs to get out and vote this coming november, if this issue is important enough for you, and that is all i have to say. thank you, greta. host: ma

congressman matt gaetz and jim jordan have just received a letter from perkins coy's attorneys.hat letter, perkins coy admit the fbi has maintained a "secure work environment" within perkins coy offices for more than a decade, going back to 2012. what to according to the letter "perkins coy as was possible to the fbi for maintaining a secure work in burma that work space, whatever it is, is still in operation today. ever heard of anything like this? no when we spoke to has. matt gaetz is the man who found this, a member of congress from the state of order, he joins us tonight, thanks so much for coming on. this is bizarre. tell us what it is and what you think it means. >> we got a report from a whistle-blower that we confirmed through multiple admissions, including this letter, showing that the democrat party's law, the law firm that received $42 million from the democratic party, has this colocated work space that they operate in concert with the fbi. why in the world without be the case? why would christopher wray allow it to continue? you also have to ask yourself, why withi

as you see, he emailed the white house "pursuant to a request from matt gaetz, requesting a pardon fortative gaetz himself and unnamed others." witnesses told the select committee that the president considered offering pardons to a wide range of individuals connected to the president. let's listen to some of that testimony. >> and was representative gaetz requesting a pardon? >> i believe so. the general tone was we may get prosecuted because we were densive , you know, the president's positions on these things. e pardonhat he was diussing reqsting was as broad as you can describe, from beginning -- i remember he's -- from the beginning of time up until today for any and all things. then he mentioned nixon. and i said nixon's pardon was never nearly that broad. >> and are you aware of any members of congress seeking pardons? >> i gue mr. gaetz and mr. brooks, i know, have both advocated for there'd be a blanket pardon for members involved in that meeting, and a handful of other members that weren't at the december 21st meetg as the psumptive -- preemptive pardons. mr. gaetz was persona

matt gaetz for example asking for a pardon even before january 6th. why? >> right. well, why?y were the ones involved in the lawsuits, the ken paxson lawsuit to the supreme court, decertifying the election results in arizona and pennsylvania. it's worth noting the only republican congressman who has come forward to confirm it is mo brooks. he's confirmed it, defended it. he said he did that because he was concerned in his words of the socialist democrats coming after him. and he said, though, in that email that was shown by the committee yesterday that he then released a longer version of that matt gaetz also wanted a pardon. matt gaetz has not denied it, hasn't confirmed it, but he's calling the committee a side show, as we have heard him say repeatedly. and then scott perry. scott perry continues to deny this, the pennsylvania congressman. he denies he has ever asked for a pardon, but we saw the video of cassidy hutchinson, the aide to former chief of staff mark meadows under oath saying scott perry asked her directly for a pardon. and then louie gohmert, also another name m

scott perry, matt gaetz, mo brooks, louie gohmert and marjorie taylor greene.er from the first hearing when liz cheney talked about members of congress asking for pardons. i think all of our ears perked up and we wanted to know, okay, who are they and what do they have on them. they, carrie cordero, had the receipts yesterday. >> they brought an actual white house aide to the president who testified in her deposition which is under oath and they have it on video and showed it in the hearing yesterday that specific members and she named them gaetz, brooks, biggs, gohmert, perry and she said marjorie taylor greene had asked another white house lawyer for a pardon. what i think is remarkable about these was the scope of the pardons that some of the testimony indicated they were asking for prospective, so a pardon based on crimes that haven't even been charged that they didn't know necessarily were being investigated but it reflects what i think several of the hearings have drawn out which is that so many people knew at the time that what they were doing was probab

you aware of any conversations or communications regarding the possibility of giving congressman matt gaetz a pardon? >> i know he had asked for it, but i don't know if he ever received one or what happened with it. >> how do you know that congressman gaetz asked for a pardon? >> he told me. >> tell us about that. >> he told me he'd asked meadows for a pardon. >> were you involved in or did you witness any conversations about the possibility of a blanket pardon for everyone involved in january 6th? >> i heard that mentioned, yeah. >> do you know whether the president had any conversations about potentially pardoning a family member? >> i know he had hinted at a blanket pardon for the january 6th thing for anybody, but i think he had, for all the staff and everyone involved, not with january 6th, but just before he left office, i know he had talked about that. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you've committed a crime. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> i want to thank our witnesses for joining us today. the members of the select committee may have add

and this was important to matt gaetz. he wouldn't let it go. >> mr. ally pushing for a pardon, and he was doing so since early december. i'm not sure why. >> stephen: i am. i'm pretty sure there's a major reason. and it involves a minor. we'll be right back with beto o'rourke. stick around! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) hey, got you a drink. thanks! ♪ ♪ it's right around the corner. do you see that? hiiiii! that's what's so good about it! ok, you can look. i like it. ahhh! (laughter) what are you doing tomorrow? (laughter) can dove stop 98% of daily hair damage? sandra treats one lock of hair with dove. glowing areas represent hair damage. dove precisely repairs so there are almost no signs... of visible damage. dove intensive repair. number one beauty brand not tested on animals. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire a dental tool is round for a reason. so i

are aware of any conversations or communications regarding the possibility of giving congressman matt gaetz a pardon? >> i know he had asked for it, but i don't know if he ever received one or what happened with it. >> how do you know that congressman gaetz asked for a pardon? >> he told me. >> tell us about that. >> he told me to ask meadows for a pardon. >> were you involved in, or did you witness any conversations about the possibility of a blanket pardon for everyone involved in january 6th? >> i had heard that mentioned, yes. >> do you know whether the president had any conversations about potentially pardoning any family members? >> i know he had hinted at a blanket pardon for the january 6th thing for anybody but, i think he had for all of the staff and everyone involved, not for january 6th but just before he left office, i know he had talked about that. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you've committed a crime. thank you, mr. chairman. yield back. >> that testimony coming at the end of today's hearing, confirming that the committee has evidence tha

now, this could add complications to matt gaetz. a the this point, you know, again, these members of congress are saying there is nothing to see here. as you can tell from the testimony from people inside of the white house this actually happened. >> not all of them but several of them did. >> you mentioned mr. gaetz -- >> mr. biggs did, mr. gohmert talk about it but never asked me about one. more on an update if the president is going to pardon members of the congress. mr. perry asked for a pardon, too. i am sorry. >> today, we got a clear reminder it is still going on. federal agents searching former justice official jeffrey clark's home. what do we know? >> we know it is part of of the investigation they are doing into the effort to overturn the election. and clark, it appears, was, the search occurred at his home predawn hours, he was outside in his pajamas as the federal agents went in there, retrieved whatever evidence they were looking for according to one of his office. he was, they took his electrics. again, we don't know e

congressman matt gaetz is a member of the judiciary committee and he joins me now.ng on here? >> call me old fashioned but i thought the heaviest artillery and irs agent would need would be a calculator. i imagine the irs in green eye shades and cubicles not busting doors down and emptying glock clips on our fellow americans. certainly it's troubling that in 2022 alone. the irs has spent around $725,000 on ammunition so. here's the biden plan, disarm americans, open the border, empty the prisons but rest assured they will still collect your taxes. and they need $725,000 worth of ammunition apparently to get the job done. >> jesse: i'm sure they have a couple agents that are armed that kick down the doors of white collar criminals once in a while, right? those aren't the guys that are going to go out in a blaze of gunfire, right? these guys probably have lawyers. they will probably, you know, arrange something where they can walk in and get booked and leave. >> tax cheat isn't usually a term we hear alongside armed and dangerous. and there was a report that showed ov

and they include scott perry, matt gaetz, mo brooks, marjorie taylor greene. more now from manu raju. >> he just told me it is your job to seize machines and you are not doing your job. >> reporter: top justice officials testifying about the lengths donald trump went to use the power of the federal government to pursue this conspiracy that the election was stolen. despite being told repeatedly there was no merit to his claims, trump demanding they declare the election corrupt and leave the rest to him and members of congress. >> were any of the allegations he brought up found credible, did you find any of them credible? >> no. >> reporter: trump's pressure campaign was relentless. >> between december 23rd and january 3rd, the president either called me or met with me virtually every day. >> reporter: all of it came to a head in a tense january 3 oval office meeting when trump threatened to replace acting attorney general jeffrey rosen with jeffrey clark, a doj official who was willing to act on trump's plan. >> i do recall saying to people that somebody should

matt gaetz released a tweet earlier earlier just before i came on, not denying it but of course trashing committee as he has done all along. this is interesting to see more of what the committee has in terms of republican congressmen allies of terrorism asking for pardons. >> thank very, very much. i want to dig deeper right now with correspondents and analysts, jeffrey tube been, let me start you. how disturbing was that message we learned today? then-president trump sent this message to the justice department, to all these officials, "just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me." >> and the republicans in -- in the -- in the house. you know, the -- the intensity and duration of the president's efforts to use the justice department with no evidence of actual fraud to stop the counting of votes and overturn the election in advance of january 6th -- it was simply astonishing. and was the most direct evidence we have had of possible criminality by the president. and it wasn't even, in my opinion, the biggest news of the day, which was that the justice department which many p

former president, for their involvement in january 6th, specifically representatives mo brooks, matt gaetz, andy biggs, louie gohmert, marjorie taylor greene and scott perry, the just tipt department officials you put at the top there, was really at the center of this effort to replace rosen with clark. saying perry brought him to the white house to introduce him to the former president. the committee also saying that former president trump also kind of skirted with the possibility of presidential pardons for white house staffers, family members, and anyone else involved in january 6th, the committee suggesting that this is proof that these people, the ones who formally requested them, had some sort of acknowledgment that their aks were criminal. >> you talked about the lawmakers who were requesting pardons, some in realtime, obviously on the hill this was a shock wave. i'm curious, those lawmakers who were mentioned, how did they respond to their names? what did they say about the pardons that they requested? >> so we heard some immediate responses yesterday, others took a couple of hours

congressman matt gaetz's office -- congressman scott perry tweeted a short time ago that he stands byial of seeking pardons for himself or others. if someone pleads the fifth in court under oath, it's not necessarily an indication they've done something wrong, but when someone, in this case several members of congress allegedly contact to an aide to the white house chief of staff seeking pardons, that certainly is an indication they at least have something they're concerned about. >> if you're asking then-candidate trump, pleading the fifth is enough to actually confirm your guilt. so the idea we're talking about it is at this point in time is different. it's a red flag for an investigator to figure out why it is you're doing so 147 times. that's more than a red flag. but the idea of actually saying and suggesting that you're not going to answer questions. you have the corroboration of other people saying, here's what this person is doing and what they've done. and they've been so bold and audacious in trying to go an end round around the acting attorney general. you heard from jeffre

and joining me now isma the mentioned florida congressman matt gaetz who got his hands on this video. congressman, now what does any of this have to do with furthering the mission of the department? >>sing what am i missing here ? well, what's bizarre is that in the name of inclusion, our government ission embracing the policies of exclusion and it's really state sponsored racism for your money to be used by the department of labor to try to say that all of society's flaws are the faultso of white men. so i believe we have to expose t these things when they happen. i believe when we retake the house we havey to actually use the power of the purse to stop this . and then when we retake the white house, we have to reorient these agencies where they actually work for people'sh freedoms. i mean, the department of labor is goingnt to oto be focused on pronouns instead of the freedom of people toor actually work in our country. >> why even have a department of labor? i think that'ss a greatis questn and that's that's what we should do is get rid of the whole department. now i want to play a

republican members of congress who say they asked for presidential pardons including congressman matt gaetz, mo brooks, louie gohmert, andy biggs and scott perry, all spread false claims about joe biden's victory. perry's office calls the claim a soulless lie. mo brooks didn't deny the pardon request but said it was unnecessary after all. and while gaetz hasn't denied the pardon request, he dismissed the committee as a political sideshow. republican congressman adam kinzinger ending yesterday's hearing with this statement. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you've committed a crime. >> reporter: and last night the chair of the january 6th committee saying he can prove those pardon requests were made. andrew, mona. >> all right, jay, thank you. >>> investigators are looking into a collision on the tarmac at new york's jfk airport. the pilot of an air france flight reported that his plane was hit by a jet from italy's ita airways, but the air traffic controller had trouble understanding his accent and by the time the controller contacted the pilot of the italia

matt gaetz saying this is a political sideshow.apidly losing the interest of the american people and now resorts to sicking law enforcement on political appointments -- political opponents. scott perry said at no time did i speak with ms. hutchinson or any other white house staff about a pardon for myself. this never happened. another statement saying i requested pardons for brave military contractors who were railroaded by the justice system, saying i have nothing for which to seek a pardon in my request were for others unassociated with government and washington, d.c. any assertion to the contrary is false. andy biggs saying, like the many selective leaks from this illegally formed committee, today's video testimony was deceptively edited to make it appear as if i personally asked her for a presidential pardon. these hearings without cross-examination or advanced disclosure of evidence have become a soviet style show trial. the truth is less important than the outcome. back to your phone because. patricia, upper marlboro, marylan

you aware of any conversations or communications regarding the possibility of giving congressman matt gaetz. >> how do you know that congressman gaetz asked for a pardon. he told me. >> tell us about that. >> he told me to ask meadows for a pardon. >> were you indulging or did you witness any conversations about the possibility of a blanket pardon for everyone involved in january six? six? i >> heard that mention, yeah. >> you recall the president having conversations about potentially pardoning any family members? >> i know he had hinted at a blanket pardon for the january 6th thing for everybody. but i think he had, all his staff and everyone involved -- [inaudible] had talked about that. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. >> thank you mr. chairman, i yield back. >> that testimony coming at the end of today's hearing, confirming that the committee has evidence that at least a half dozen republican members of congress sought presidential pardons against potential criminal prosecution in the waning days of the trump administration.

wondered if you heard yesterday the -- what we read -- what representative another head to atlanta matt gaetz. host: do you have a question? caller: he is an ultrabright commercial. host: that is funny. if you have a question -- i will go to lupe in california, independent line. caller: i have it, and a question. this is for the republicans, democrats, independents. much before trump ran for president -- months before trump ran for president, at one point, he was being interviewed and said, what did you get at it your uncle -- what did he teach you to do to be important and their way with things? he said, just say it long enough until they believe it, even if it is a lie. they will believe it. that is what happened here. for those who have ears and eyes, you can see what happened. that is all i can say. guest: she is right in that donald trump has demonstrated time and again that he does not feel compelled to be bound by the truth. the washington post, fact checking:, when donald trump left office in 21, they said that they had chronicled over 30,000 false statements from donald trump just du

the special assistant to the president at the time also testified that representative matt gaetz of florida was pushing for a blanket pardon since early december. representative andy biggs of arizona also sought a pardon, according to witnesses, as well as louie gohmert of texas and scott perry of pennsylvania. david, tonight, reaction is starting to come in from these republicans. scott perry's office denying this, calling it a ludicrous lie. mo brooks not denying it at all, but saying the pardons were unnecessary after all, but the worlds from republican adam kinzinger who says the only reason you would think to ask for a pardon is you think you committed a crime. david? >> rachel, thank you. >>> of course, the other major story tonight, the landmark supreme court ruling striking down new york state law on the books for more than a century. it required gun owners to show a proper cause in order to carry a concealed handgun. the court ruling that violating the second amendment's right to keep and bear arms. the three liberal justices dissenting. justice clarence thomas for the majority wri

host: that statement from matt gaetz garnered a response from a democratic congressman. here's what he >> had to say. this is a radical position being authored by our friends on the others the aisle. they claim we should support ensuring people who are in imminent danger to themselves and others, that might commit mass murder, have a constitutional right to access a firearm and to deny them that right would trample on an individual's due process and second amendment rights. you know who did not have due process? you know who did not have their constitutional life to write respected? the kids at parkland and sandy hook and the list goes on. spare me the bullshit about constitutional rights. i will not yield, to do not ask again. these risk protections ensure that people who are a grave danger to themselves or others do not have access to a firearm. this is an idea that the former republican president said, we must make sure that those judged to pose a great risk to public safety do not have access to firearms. if they do so, this firearms can be taken through due process.

host: that statement from matt gaetz garnered a response from a democratic congressman. here's what he >> had to say. this is a radical position being authored by our friends on the others the aisle. they claim we should support ensuring people who are in imminent danger to themselves and others, that might commit mass murder, have a constitutional right to access a firearm and to deny them that right would trample on an individual's due process and second amendment rights. you know who did not have due process? you know who did not have their constitutional life to write respected? the kids at parkland and sandy hook and the list goes on. spare me the bullshit about constitutional rights. i will not yield, to do not ask again. these risk protections ensure that people who are a grave danger to themselves or others do not have access to a firearm. this is an idea that the former republican president said, we must make sure that those judged to pose a great risk to public safety do not have access to firearms. if they do so, this firearms can be taken through due process.

. >> i am going to ask of the congressman matt gaetz of florida this question, what is more irresponsible for the next chance for congress to be reacted to yet another mass shooting, or be proactive and try to prevent them in the first place? we may not have all the answers from uvalde but i just told you the number of mass shootings occurred this year alone. led alone the past decade and vice president spoke to the families of sandy hook. that statement for me is reminiscing from from what we heard from chief arredondo last night, saying the answer will come whso families can quit grieving. that does not exclude us to explore failures of congress to reach uncommon ground on important issues. families all across the country des deserve answers as to why it feels like our leaders are failing time and time again to find common ground to stop these mass s massacres. among other things would raise the purchase age of assault weapon from 18 to 21. now to move onto the full house for a full vote. the measure is not expected to pass the senate. the uvalde killer was able to buy two assault rifle

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. >> laura: we have congressman matt gaetz.any of this have to do with furthering the mission of the department? what am i missing here? is bizarre is that in the name of inclusion, our government is embracing the policies of exclusion and it is state-sponsored racism for your money to be used by the department of labor to try to say that all of society's flaws are the fault of white men. so i believe we have to expose these things when they happen. i believe went too take the house, we have to actually use the power of their stop -- first to stop this and we need to reorient these agencies. the department of labor is going to be focused on pronouns instead of the freedom of people to actually work in our country. might even have a department of labor? >> i think that is a great question. i want to play another clip from this panel. >> for a long time, i had this trans identity and did not allow me to -- my femininity. i often walk that line of being androgynous. i have allowed myself to go completely into what i like to call m

host: that is matt gaetz, the red flag law he is proposing is one that is likely to come to the floor in the house in the coming weeks protecting our children act which is what the house was marking up yesterday is on the agenda as well as the risk protection order act. it would encourage states to take up their own risk protection laws. and the active shooter alert act. nancy pelosi announcing that she will put gun legislation on the floor next week. let me go back to the constitution committee and show you the reaction from david cicilline. >> this is a radical position from our friends on the others of the aisle. they claim that we should support that people who are in imminent danger of themselves or their others, that they have a constitutional right to access a firearm and to deny them that right would trample on their due process. do you know who did not have their right to life respected? the kids at parkland and uva lde? so spare me the bull--. they ensure that people who are a grave danger to themselves and others don't have access to firearms. the former republican presiden

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senator matt gaetz, republican congressman matt gaetz of florida, earlier this month, during a markupf a house bill to prevent gun violence, had this warning for senate republicans. [video clip] let this message to senators be astonishingly clear. if you back red flag laws as a reflexive response to some emotion you have, you betray your voters. you are a traitor to the constitution, the second amendment, the fifth amendment. you do nothing to make mass shootings less likely and you put a target on the back of your constituents. to be subject to bizarre proceedings that you wouldn't see in any other type of circumstance that has a profound impact on your rights. these would end are being abused. someone probably red flag your colleagues in the senate. how long until those conversations about kicking senator hawley off the aircraft turn into conversations about taking his guns away. it's not just about guns, it's about power. what the democrats want is to make sure the government has the power to take your guns away without giving you due process. shame on any republican in the senate

imagine how different all four of these hearings would have been if you had the jim jordans, the matt gaetzs, introducing new narratives, false conspiracy theories, all the things we normally see during normal proceedings like during the confirmation hearings, that's not part of it. we're able to get a seamless story without interruption, chaos or nonsense. it is a powerful way to present what's going on for the american people. it was a massive blunder by kevin mccarthy to not seat any of his members in this proceeding. i can't believe he did this. trump is out of his mind watching this. he can't understand why kevin did it. it may cost him the speakership down the line. >> we have a new interview from the former president this morning expressing his real displeasure there aren't republicans on that committee who can defend him. as we've been saying all morning, yesterday i'd argue the most powerful of the hearings yet because it came from this testimony from those who were the subjects of these threats, particularly ms. moss and her mother. we have another hearing tomorrow. what's on tap t

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you aware of any conversations or communications regarding the possibility of giving congressman matt gaetz> i know he had asked for it, but i don't know if he ever received one or what happened with it. >> how do you know that congressman gaetz asked for a pardon? >> he told me. >> tell us about that. >> he told me he'd ask meadows for a pardon. >> were you involved in or did you witness any conversations about the possibility of a blanket pardon for everyone involved in january six? >> i had heard that mentioned, yeah. >> do you know whether the president had any conversations about potentially pardoning any family members? >> i know he had hinted at a blanket pardon for the generous exchange for anybody, but i think he had for all the staff and everyone involved. not for generous six but before he left office, i know he had talked about the. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime, thank you, mister chairman, i yield back. >> our panel will react to that and more from the fifth hearing after the break. ter the break. but, at upwork, w

jim jordan, marjorie taylor greene, a white house aide testified that matt gaetz, scott perry -- allen explicitly asked for pardons. what action should be taken against your fellow lawmakers? >> we have sent them letters and subpoenas to them. what is important that we tell the truth. but as my colleague adam kinzinger mentioned, there really isn't -- i think the american public understands folks asking for pardons generally feel they did something illegal. so i think it is important that the public understands that. i think what people understand about the january 6 committee is that we only present things based in evidence and fact. that is exactly what we laid out this week. we look forward to laying out more facts about what happened, as well as this topic. >> brennan: and we will look for those further hearings. thank you, congressman, for your time today. we'll be right back. ca and that's... how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. dry skin is sensitive skin, too. and it's natural. treat it that way. aveeno® daily m

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we asked scott perry, matt gaetz, archery terror alert green -- marjorie tara green that the committeeasked -- have asked forardons for themselves. very serious accusations especially from members of congress against another so we are waiting to hear a response. judy: we heard former white house aides and advisers making some of those statements. finally, this was the last hearing we know has been scheduled but we are told there will be more in the future. what do we know about that? looking back on what we have learned so far, how do you put it together? reporter: we expect more hearings in july but we don't know how many or when. one source told me they are still deciding that and they have a mountain of evidence to go through and they are getting more evidence now. one example is a representative from alabama. they now know tonight, there is reporting that he has been subpoenaed and has agreed to testify. it is the kind of testimony the committee wants to get and see what they do with it. representative liz cheney said there is not much more to say. we expect to hear more from trump

and according to cassidy hutchinson, mo brooks, matt gaetz, andy biggs, louie gohmert, scott perry, marjorie taylor greene, mark meadows, and rudy giuliani were seeking pardons. there's broad knowledge that criminality had taken place. you know, the republican sort of twitter official twitterdom has tried to dismiss this testimony today as no biggy, but it seems like they all thought it was a biggy at the time. >> without question, there were a host of senior white house officials and powerful congressional republicans who worried that they would or in fact did at least face the prospect of criminal prosecution because of what happened on january 6th. and remember, cassidy hutchinson worked in the white house as office of legislative affairs before she became mark meadows' top deputy. she knew all these people. part of her job was getting to know every single house republican really closely. what do they want, what do they need? what makes them tick? that's what staffers in any administration do. it's part of the gig. and because of that, she would have been very much aware, even in these fi

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he had this to said to republican matt gaetz's objections in a hearing last week that they infringe on the right of do you process. >> spare me the bull shit of contusional right. you know who didn't have due process? you know who didn't have their right to life respected? the kids at parkland and sandy hook and uvalde and buffalo and the list goes on and on. >> congressman cicilline is here with us now. how confident are you in the senate to get this over the finish line? >> ah, well, good evening. i don't have a lot of confidence about the senate deliberations. i hope i'm wrong. what i can tell you is that we have passed two really important pieces of legislation already, one to strengthen criminal background checks. we know criminal background checks work, because 3.5 million gun sales have been denied because someone went to buy a gun that wasn't allowed to. the problem is, thousands happen without a criminal background check. so, we sent that to the senate to strengthen criminal background checks, to strengthen the loophole if the background check doesn't come back quickly enough.

i'm going to ask of the congrcon congressman matt gaetz of florida this question. more you are responsible? that is the word that was used. what is more irresponsible? to wait for congress to be reactive to yet another mass shooting or to be proactive to prevent them in the first place? we may not have all the answers from uvalde, but i just told you the number of mass shootings that have occurred this year alone, alone in the past decade since then-vice president spoke to the families from sandy hook. frankly that statement from me is reminiscent from what we heard from chief arredondo last night, who said the answers will come when the families quit grieving. should we all wait for legislation to come until people quit dying? of course we need to explore the failures that happened in uvalde. that doesn't preclude of exploring failures of congress to reach common ground on very important issues. families all across this country deserve answers as to why it feels like our leaders are failing time and time again to find common ground to help stop these massacres. af

they were bodyguards at matt gaetz's events and good friends with robert stone who counts tarot as onet only embraced them but it celebrates them even after january 6th. >> what do they want? they were founded by the guy who started vice news, you know, and now tarrio -- what is it they want? what is their end game? low taxes for the rich like republicans want? what do they want? >> well, gavin mcguinness the founder of both vice and the proud boys wanted them to be the enforcement arm of the gop. they wanted them to bring violence into the streets and bring violence to anything that the gop wants them to because they recognize that these old crusty conservatives aren't going to get out there and fight these guys are going to get out there and fight and give it such a political bent that it has justification and so they've done that very, very successfully and we found that even after their leaders have been arrested for sedition charges and january 6th, these guys are still out in the street every weekend fighting the battles pointed out to them by tucker carlson and the republican el

mo brooks, louie gohmert, matt gaetz, marjorie taylor greene, and andy biggs are the ones that the committeemony today said asked for pardons for themselves in relation to the 2020 election, and what they had said, again, very serious accusations, especially from one -- from members of congress against the other. so we're waiting to hear for their -- from their response. judy: yes, ande heard white house -- former white house aides and advisers making some of those statements. and, finally, lisa, this was the last hearing that we know has been scheduled. but we are now told there are going to be more hearings in the future. what do we know about that? and looking back on what we have learned so far, how do you put it together? lisa: we expect more hearings in july. we do not yet know how many. we don't know when. and one source told me that they're still deciding that, that they have a mountain of evidence to go through. and, in fact, they are getting more evidence now. one example, representative mo brooks of alabama, i just mentioned him as someone who was in the hearing today, testimony s

people in the oval office, asking her what the status was and specifically requesting a pardon for matt gaetz, mind you at the same time gaetz is also facing other criminal potential criminal challenges with regards to his communications with underage women. and this was not well received very clearly by eric hershman who has become a recurring role in these hearings as a brash talking expletive laced former white house official when you boil it down to the simplest terms found all of the proposals to be insane, that is the language that he used. >> wow. >> but yesterday night, after votes, we caught up with a bunch of the gop lawmakers who mostly remain silent about their request for pardons. but also marjorie taylor greene who was one of the names that cassidy hutchinson who had heard who had asked for a pardon said that people who are unfairly prosecuted ask for pardons just look at julian assange. >> reaching there. barbara, let me ask you about this quote that so many people have zeroed in on from the hearing yesterday came from richard donoghue, the former acting assist attorney general

committee also revealed that several of the president's closest allies, including republican reps, matt gaetzand marjorie taylor. greene requested pardons for their roles in the plot to challenge the election. the next hearing is scheduled for july. for your health. a bay area health departments put out a warning urging people to protect themselves against the monkeypox virus. monkeypox looks a bit like this. a rash with blisters or pimples. it spreads through prolong skin to skin contact and bodily fluids, which could happen with or if you're in a crowded setting for an extended period of time. now, health officials say you can protect yourself by covering any exposed skin. and if you're going to be in a packed crowd indoors, you don't want to be sharing bedding or clothing with others. and you should be aware about countries that you're traveling to see if there might be any outbreaks there. a monkeypox is not new, but this is the first time this virus has spread in so many countries at once. and with summer travel expected to really take off in the next couple of months. officials are afra

lawmakers who sought pardons, they named a whole lot of names in the hearing yesterday, people like matt gaetz, mo brooks, louie gohmert, marjorie taylor greene, a number of these folks said they didn't actually seek pardons or you're misunderstanding what was going on here, the committee says they have the proof. back to you. >> sara murray, thank you for all of that reporting, really significant day yesterday and federal investigators also, we learned in the middle of all of this yesterday, conducted a search of former justice department official jeffrey clark's home. that's who sara was talking about, this happened on wednesday. >> evan perez with us now. evan, tell us what exactly they were looking for in his home and why did they take the measures that they took to do so, to carry out this raid? >> yeah, jim and poppy, it is an extraordinary thing for the -- for federal agents to show up at the home of someone who was obviously a former senior, former justice department official, who as you can tell was very nearly the acting attorney general, the end of the trump administration, and they

matt gaetz down in florida also echoed trump's lies about the election saying he won when in fact joe biden won. he defended trump right after the january 6th attack on the capitol. it's not clear what his pardon request would be about because his request according to what we heard in the hearing was incredibly sweeping, it was for basically his entire existence up until this point. he should be cleared of everything. remember there's a big investigation in florida about possible sexual trafficking there that he has been imp implicated in in some fashion so we don't know about that. representative scott perry in pennsylvania, he pushed the whole scheme for jeffrey clark to take over the department of justice during white house meetings according to a former aide to mark meadows. he acted as a conduit between clark and trump in this whole effort to overturn the election. that's what the testimony has shown. andy biggs in arizona was pushing there for the arizona gop house speaker rusty bowers who we have heard a lot about to throw out the biden lake effecters and put in trump electors.

matt gaetz wrote that jim jordan is more of a fighter than kevin mccarthy and there should be a leadershiphouse. this is something that has upset quite a few of trump's biggest maga defenders inside the house of representatives and i think the reason that the former president did this and sort of the reason behind all of his calculated moves with mccarthy is to keep him close and keep dangling his power over mccarthy because he knows that there is a good chance republicans take back the house this fall and he can then utilize all of that capital that he has built up to control mccarthy and the things that he does if he becomes speaker >> control mccarthy. those are the keywords, i think, that you said there. he clearly thinks that he can. gabby, great reporting. thanks for sharing it with us. >>> a federal grand jury has indicted former trump white house adviser peter navarro for contempt of congress after he refused to cooperate with the house select committee on january 6 but here is the question, why him? why is the doj charging him and not others? joining us now former federal prosecut

more than, for instance, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky, staunch trump ally matt gaetzof florida. and then, on january 6th -- cheney, like most of her party, and the country, as a whole, was obviously and sincerely and genuinely outraged. at one level she appears to clearly be in a political calculation that not only was trump's political conduct morally indefensible, it was bad politics as well. you can hear her on a leaked phone call with house minority leader kevin mccarthy on january 10th, asking if trump will resign. >> and you asked -- you know, what happens if it gets there after it's gone? is there any chance? are you hearing that he might resign? is there any reason to think that might happen? >> i've had a few discussions. my gut tells me no. i'm seriously thinking of having a conversation with him tonight. i haven't talked to him in a couple days. >> if you are hearing that conversation that cheney and mccarthy are sort of on the same page. right? it didn't last. because at a certain point, other republicans, mccarthy among them, who had some first order abje

january 6 they're still very much focused on policy and republicans like marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetzdidates like that especially if they are in the majority in november that's going to create leadership challenges. >> i think they will welcome leadership challenges because that means they've won. they want to win more than they want to behave honorably. i think that's the thing that is so striking and frankly disturbing about what's gone on in the republican party is that they will not acknowledge the reality of joe biden's victory. they will not denounce donald trump's lies, all because they think it's going to get them the majority. >> how does it change congress? how does it change the republican conference when, look, you already have some january 6 sympathizers who are in congress, we know that, right? you have some true believers who aren't just sort of selling t but they believe that donald trump won the election. how does this really change things if you add a few more people to the mix? >> you have republican congressmen who sought pardons from president trump after january