merritt garland has a really hard job in trying to remake the department of justice and get americansd to get the people within the department of justice to trust that they can do an honest job and do justice without fear of favor. he has a really tough job, as did edward levy. the two were picked for the same reasons. they are very credible people. >> ari, barr fascinates me. it fascinates me when he chose to resign. i understand jill's point. i think barr might argue, he is the executive. he can call the shots here. does barr think that anything he did was illegal? that in the -- going back to barr's theory of executive power here, trump ultimately is the justice department. >> yeah, i think that's a fair question. i think you are giving it its maximal intellectual benefit of the doubt. >> generous there, i admit. >> as devil's advocate. i do agree with what you are gesturing at. between a general counsel who decides to just become a criminal, which is worse given their deep knowledge of where the lines are, with regard to their intent, and someone who can continues to skirt up to t

the doj under bill barr said yes but now the doj under merritt garland says they agree, yes, they shouldto the public and press on matters of public concern is undoubtedly part of an elected official's job, the questions were posed to him in his capacity as president." to be clear as far as the original acquisition of sexual assault, doj is not going to defend him on that. the allegation predates his presidency. they'll defend him for calling the alleged victim a liar, that happened during his presidency. we'll watch what vice president harris does in mexico and cover that on twitter. follow me i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thanks, scott. >>> new details on a time line for a vote to recall governor newsom from office. the website calmatters spoke with political experts. many believe a recall vote will happen on a tuesday between mid-september and early november, and it may be sooner rather than later. the confusion comes because of some of the steps leading up to a vote that could take up to three months or as little as a few days. some estimates have pegged special election costs of up to $400 m

. >>> attorney general merritt garland is sending a warning to gop-led states trying to attack voting rights. fighting new laws will be a priority of the justice department. on friday he announced he'll double the staff within the civil rights division dedicated to protecting the right to vote and will review newly passed state laws aimed at restricting ballot access. >> to meet the challenge of the current moment, we must rededicate the resources of the department of justice to a critical part of its original mission, enforcing federal law to protect the franchise for all voters. we are scrutinizing new laws that seek to curb voter access, and where we see violations, we will not hesitate to act. >> joining me now msnbc contributor joyce advance, a former u.s. attorney and professor at the university of alabama school of law. joyce, always good to see you. i want to start with the announcement from the attorney general. is this move alone enough to protect free and fair elections? >> i think the answer is it's a good first step. what really needs to happen here is restoration of the

today, doj, the merritt garland, current doj, says park was lawfully cleared for presidential security. shannon? >> shannon: david, we're officially in june. it becomes the busiest month of the year for the supreme court as we now wait for it to finish out its term in several key cases. >> as you know very well, several key hot button issues. four were specifically tracking from the justices. one is the future of the a230sh8d care act or obama care. specifically the individual mandate. the funding mechanism that forces people to buy insurance. some people say it's not lawful. we'll see what the justices have to decide. the other case is out of pennsylvania, shannon. it deals with a religious liberty case specifically a foster group, does this group have the right not to place foster children with same sex couples. on voting rights the justices will tackle the issue of ballot harvesting a controversial practice during the last election, where groups collect absentee ballots and deliver them to a polling place. then there is the story of the teenager who i interviewed in april when she f

that's the reason why today you have this investigation from the inspector general, merritt garland, the attorney general and deputy attorney general asked for this investigation to be done because there clearly is unusual things about this. >> indeed. to say the least. thank you, evan perez for your reporting. appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> joining us now maggie haberman and chief political analyst gloria borger. let me start with you. this new reporting illustrates how big the scope of this actually was. 73 phone numbers, 36 email accounts looking for records dating back to inception. this really sounds like a huge dragnet. >> as we peel the young in, we might discover there were more email addresses and phone numbers that they were looking at 1k3 what becomes clearer and clearer is that this was really a fishing expedition by people who were interested in finding out where these so-called leaks came from. had the president of the united states screaming from the r rafters as you illustrated before he believed adam schiff was a leaker and democrats were leakers and as a result his j