terry: i think that scott smith is a hero. is how the fathers should act. we need more fathers all across this country seeking up with her daughters and for the children the same way that scott smith did an allotment and involving county and this parted if anything came to leave and i'm not going to criticize it, i'm just so grateful, the glenn 90 sittingthere that and i knowf terry would've 12020 when it no press rights started in virginia, this would be a totally different situation so we need to normalize a stuff. liz: totally different ethical what you think sleep scott smith speak his mind 11 have a say in his daughter was just attacked the guy, is teenager went on to attack another student let's watch virginia governor glenn youngkin, watch this. >> let me just start with our policies arrested and empowering parents to be engaged in their lives in previous policy specifically excluded as we know this is not right. i too cannot go on a field trip without parental consent to the child in school cannot get an aspirin or tyl

scott smith. subsequent to our hearing two years ago, 26 states left the association and resigned on november 23rd of 2021, last week mr. smith was pardoned by governor youngkin. you have an opinion on whether the governor was correct? >> i don't know the facts of the case. >> have you resend the memo that you issued in 2021, yes or no ?>> what we are discussing here -- or no? >> the memo is intended to have meetings within 30 days. when the 30 days have finished, nothing has happened in more than a year and a half.>> it has not been resend it. despite evidence that has come out from the national school board association commission report that white house officials discussed this with doj more than a week before the letter was sent, have you apologized, yes or no? >> i have testified seven times since that original -- >> this is the first time you are back here since we talked about it. have you apologized for putting up memo out that implicated scott smith as a domestic terrorist, something the go

y nicole: i want to go around the table, what you thoughts on scott smith being parted.immy: as a. i will start at the top we cann get past speech rights and pardons but understand what went on in the school district andn' covered up the sexual assault oa a girl because they did not want to draw negative attention to their agenda within the school, they transferred the kid to another school where he sexually assaulted the second girl, that is disgusting and that is criminal. d showed upok the da and got aya little vocal, to be clear if it was me i don't knowp that i would've showed the measured restraint that he did c but understand this is a byproduct when it comes to the specific issue the left keeps characterizing pushback on the trans agenda as violence.sa i don't want thiyis going on so much so that they're pushing back against actual violence, these girls were sexually assaulted in their pushing back against the guy whyoo wants to verbally critique that as if he's the violent one. there's a broken compass inus society and people don't seee that you have to hope tha

we will speak with that parent, scott smith, in his first televised interview since governor youngkin announced his pardon. >> we have not forgotten, we will never forget. >> 22 years ago hatred, terror, did not win. it did not destroy america. >> first responders, sacrificed themselves in order to save their fellow americans on that fateful day. >> try to live up to their example and their memory. >> never forget. we begin with a day of reflection as the day marks 22 years since the september 11th attacks. americans gathering at memorials across the country, including the three attack sites to pay respects to the nearly 3,000 lives lost that day. i'm john roberts in washington. sandra, good monday afternoon to you. >> sandra: good to be with you, sandra smith in new york. "america reports." top leaders observing the occasion at ground 0, the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. but the commander in chief is breaking from the tradition, the first u.s. president to commemorate the day away from the white house or the sites of the attacks. >> john: instead, he will stop at a military

jon: for virginia fathers scott smith on today's.l board meeting back in 2021. you probably remember this video. after speaking up about his team down to being sexually assaulted by a trans a student in a school bathroom. that student was later convicted i am sorry scott smith was later convicted. but ultimately pardoned by virginia governor. he said the school board tried to cover up the attack on his daughter. ian prior is the author of the appearance of the world unite. he joins us now. give us your opinions your thoughts? >> it is fantastic. this family has really had to go through a lot over the past two years and to continue the prosecution of mr. smith is appalling. what is even more appalling it's just a last thought you had commonwealth attorney i think it was one llama in the morning going after mr. smith on twitter and going after the pardon. can you not just leave them out alone? it is just insane at tapping out here. one office on his support for parents rights. that does not seem to be resonating with people like the at

and one of the examples was scott smith. subsequent to our hearing two years ago, 26 states left the national school board association and he resigned on november 23rd of 2021. last week mr. smith was pardoned by governor youngkin. do you think the governor was correct? >> i don't know the facts of the case -- >> have you rescinded the memo that you issued in 2021? yes or no. >> what we're discussing -- >> have you rescinded the memo, yes or no? >> what we're discussing here -- >> does the memo still exist? yes or no? has it been rescinded? >> the memo is intended to have meetings within 30 days -- >> has it been rescinded? >> the 30 days have finished. nothing has happened in more than a year and a half with respect -- >> but it has not been rescinded, pulled back -- >> there's nothing to resend. >> white house officials discussed this with doj more than a week before the letter was sent. have you apologized? yes or no. >> i testified seven times since that original memo -- >> the first time you're back here since we talked

department of justice, target parents who dared to question the wisdom of a school board in this case of scott smiths, you know, assaulted in a bathroom in a public school. and scott just wanted to protect his daughter and he's the one that gets made into a so-called domestic terrorist by this department of justice. and the attorney general refused to answer the question. right? and then, when i pushed on him and i said hey, why have you not rescinded the memo he said there is nothing to rescind yes, there is. you took a position to target parents. you should rescind that. more importantly in the early part of that hearing, he was refusing to acknowledge the extent to which the doj has been slow-walking, very obviously, going after hunter biden. it was clear hunter biden is on burisma. you know, they didn't want to go after those issues and i asked him point blank at the end i said, look, don't tax cases go through main justice he? didn't want to answer that he said oh, you are talking about hunter biden, i said no, no, i just asked you a simple question. do not tax cases go through main justice? he

happened where he was around it has not been since resolved until governor glenn youngkin pardoned scott smithws sunday" yesterday. here's the governor. >> we righted a wrong. he should have never been prosecuted here. mr. smith did what any father would do, what any parent would do is stand up for their child. and even worse, what then happened was the perpetrator was moved to another school and sexually assaulted another young woman. this was a gross miscarriage of justice. >> brian: the judge is upupset. we should be able to run through this process ourselves and, you know, i think the governor is wrong to get involved. but for scott smith, he said i have no faith in the system. i had to accept this pardon. listen. >> this has been a long battle, a battle that should have never happened in the first place mile. constitutional rights were violated. i had to accept this pardon from governor youngkin because i couldn't trust the justice system. and that's really scary. that should scare every american. >> ainsley: isn't that sad that you have to accept the pardon because you don't trust that y

scott smith. a father in loudoun county, virginia, arrested at a school board meeting, he questioned the rape of his daughter in the bathroom of a public school there. you said at the time you were unfamiliar with the case. are you now yes or no. >> only that i've read about it in the press. >> memo to address harassment of skooldz school boards, yes or no. >> memo to address violence and threats of violence in connection with school personnel. >> directed at school boards. >> not directed at school boards, but school personnel, school administrators. >> throughout the country, a priority for the federal government for the united states attorney's office, that followed a letter from the national school board association to president biden and emails from the national school board association to the white house in which the white house asked for specific threats. one of the examples was scott smith. subsequent to our hearing two years ago, 26 states left the national school board association and sl

e-mails from the national school board association director chip slavin, in one of the examples was scott smithour hearing two years ago, 26 states left the national school board association and slavin resigned on september 23rd, of 2021. mr. smith was pardoned by governor young kin, do you think the governor was correct yes or no. >> pardon authority belongs to the governor. >> you don't have an opinion of whether the governor was correct? >> i don't know the facts of the case. >> have you rescinded the memo you issued in 2021? >> have you rescinded the memo yes or no? >> what we are discussing here. >> has the memo been rescinded? >> the memo was intended to have meetings within 30 days. >> has it been rescinded? >> the 30 days have finished. nothing has happened in more than a year and a half with respect to that. >> it has not been rescinded. >> there's nothing to rescind. >> despite evidence come out from the national school board association that white house officials discussed this with doj a week before the letter was sent, the nsba apologized, have you apologized, yes or no? >> i've te

scott smith was arrested for disorderly conduct after his daughter was sexually assaulted by a transgendermale student in the bathroom. she still wants to go after the father after lashing out at youngkin and accusing him of doing it for political gain. >> she is one of the most evil people i have ever met. i had to deal with her face to face. if you live in a -- somehow it has not made news headlines. everyone is talking about the big city. from the prosecutors, somehow buddah has flown under the radar. >> tell me, this guy was extremely angry for his daughter being raped and the school covering him up. he is arrested, pardoned, and they still want to put him in prison. >> yeah, i think the timing is really important here. on may 28th his daughter was assaulted by someone who identified as a female that day, put a skirt on, went into the girl's bathroom, are and raped his daughter. she reports it immediately and on june 22nd the guy is still not arrested, all right? he goes and says to the school board my daughter was raped and she reported it. they all said that is a lie, no one reported

. >> so let's go around the table quick and what are your thoughts on scott smith being pardoned, jim my? >> it's disgusting and getting past speech rights and pardons and understand what went on in the school district and covered up the sexual assault of a girl because they didn't want to draw negative attention to their agenda within the school and transferred the kid to another school where he sexual assaulted a second girl. that's disgusting and that's criminal. the fact that this dad showed up and got a little vocal, okay. to be clear, if it was me, i don't know that i would have showed the measured restraint he did but understand this is all a by-product when it comes to the specific issue. the left keeps characterizing pushback on the trans agenda as violence. someone saying i don't want this going on, so much so they're pushing back against actual violence, okay. these girls were sexual assaulted. they're pushing back against the guy that verbally wants to critique that as if he's the environment one and you have to hope this is a wakeup call because two sexual assaulted girls

virginia governor glenn youngkin pardoning scott smith arrested for his conduct during a local school meeting after his daughter was assaulted by a transgender male student in a school bathroom. that's not sitting well with a george soros backed prosecutor who brought the charges she still wants to go after the father. after lashing out and accusing him for doing it for political gain. the guy hits back. >> she's one of the most evil person i's ever met. i had to deal with her face to face with my daughter. somehow has not made news headlines. everybody is talking about the big city soros funded prosecutors. somehow buddha's flown under the radar. >> she is partially funded by. >> let me tell you, she's one of the worst. >> jesse: so judge, explain this to me. this guy was extremely angry for his daughter being raped and the school covering it up. they arrest him, prosecute him, he gets pardoned and the soros da still wants to put him in prison. >> judge jeanine: she wants to put him in prison for disorderly conduct. i think the timing is really important here. on may 28th his daughte

the father of the sexual assault victim was a quote wrongfully prosecuted and convicted priest scott smither was sexually assaulted in a bathroom by another student and a loudoun county high school in 2021. that same year the suspect was later transferred to a different school for a second student was sexually assaulted. smith then attended a school board meeting saying the board failed to protect his daughter and accusing board members and trying to create a cover-up. smith was dragged out of the minute you can see right there on the screen the father was arrested and convicted of two misdemeanors one charge was later dismissed but the dead set to appeal the missed conduct later this month he will not need to do that anymore because that conviction is now officially pardon by glenn youngkin who says parents have a fundamental right to be involved in their children's education, listen. >> mr. smith did what any father would do what any parent would do was stand up for their child. and even worse what then happened was the perpetrator was moved to another school and sexually assaulted anoth

but this is a story much more about trying to silence a parents. >> scott smith is expected to speak publicly about his pardon from the governor, eric. eric: alright cb thank you, arthel? >> president biden is in vietnam today working to strengthen u.s. ties with hanoi pretty tried to dispel fears of a potential cold war with china as he puts it. he says he wants to meet sooner rather than later with chinese a president xi jinping escaped the g20 summit. white house correspondent peter doocy has more. >> arthel, after several days of meeting in south asia president biden wants to make sure everybody back home knows he only wants the best for china. >> so really what this trip is about, it was less about containing china i do not want to contain china i am not looking to hurt china projects president biden also said it was to make sure china abides by the international rules of the road and it touched on what many market watchers have been saying the chinese economy is struggling right now. they've got some work to do to improve negative trends. president biden at one point talked abo

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scott smith joins us now for his first television interview following the pardon. chatting off camera, he had an offer for pardon before and you said no thank you, i don't want that. why? >> well, to be clear, it was only a month ago. it wasn't months ago. but because i didn't want to drop my appeal and accept responsibility for the charges that i was convicted of in the lower court. that was unacceptable to me. i wanted to win it straight up on my own merit in court, but unfortunately, you know, as things have played out and, you know, our justice system across this land is unfortunately politicized and weaponized to the hit and that should scare every american. >> john: you believe there's no way you could have won in court. >> i think i might have been able to win in court with a judge, if it would have been the right judge. but no, i think in a jury, i think it would have been a hung jury, at best. but you know, what everybody didn't really understand is you know, i wasn't really fighting to clear my name from a disorderly conduct charge. i mean, i'm a country

scott smith was forcibly removed by police from a school board meeting in 2021 while protesting the school'scase. he was convicted of obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct. the case drew national attention over the issue of parental rights. >>> "the arizona republic" says after a record-breaking weekend, cooler temperatures are expected in phoenix. temperatures hit a high of 112 degrees yesterday, breaking the previous record for that date by a degree. it was also a record 55th day this year that temperatures reached at least 110 degrees. there is some relief on the way, though. the temperature today is expected to hit only 106, and not reach 110 for the rest of the week. >>> and the "associated press" says new mexico democratic governor michelle luhan grisham issued an order temporarily suspending the right to carry albuquerque and the surrounding county. the order is in response to a series of recent shootings including the death of an 11-year-old boy last week outside a minor league baseball stadium. the order is in effect for at least 30 days. two gun rights groups have filed law

in 2021, scott smith made headlines when he loudly demanded to know why a known violent defender had been allowed to enroll in a local high school where he sexually assaulted smith's daughter governor youngkin announced the pardon in a fox interview on sunday he later said smith's case was emblematic of the parental empowerment movement that started in virginia. >>> turning to the forecast now, hurricane lee is really stirring up trouble already for american shores nbc meteorologist michelle grossman has her eyes on that impact as it swirls in the atlantic michelle, good morning. >> good morning to you both. we're looking at rough surf, life-threatening riptides along the northeast. the leeward islands, his ypanio, bermuda, rough surf. a category 3 storm that's a major hurricane it's also growing in size. it weakened a bit yesterday. starting to strengthen once again late sunday. and then it's going to strengthen more today. winds at 120 miles per hour. it's moving northwest at 8 miles per hour so it continues to slow. we're going to see it move painfully slow this is the story all w

hickenlooper, kaine, kelly, kennedy, markey, mcconnell, ossoff, padilla, romney, rosen, schatz, scott of florida, smith, and white house. no senator voted in the negative. mr. graham, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mrs. capito, aye. mr. cornyn, aye. mr. paul, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. ernst, aye. mr. hoeven, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. johnson, no. mr. young, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. merkley, aye. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. ms. collins, aye. clerk: mr. bo. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez, masto, aye. ms. c

first we want to deal with this, scott smith, was arrested at that school board meeting in june, 2021as just trying to speak out about the sexual assault of his teenage daughter in a school bathroom like transgender student but the media has been ratcheting this up as if school board parents are domestic terrorists. white house has gone after that, too. what's been reported is not really the truth of what -- of what happened. listen to this, watch. >> i was sitting in my little area and radical protester came and i heard this shouting behind me and i turned around and it was my wife, i didn't even know my wife was there so i stepped in and tried to explain what was going on. she looked at me dead in the face and said that's not true, that's not what happened, you are lying. they used me to silence moms and dads and grandmas and grandpa's and everybody starting this movement to protect our children and stand up for our rights and protect our children and say what we think is right for them. what this was all about was, is my free speech. that should not have happened that day. >> it sh

i was so invigorate to see that you pardoned scott smith whose daughter was attacked in a bathroom inm a parent who has participated in all of my children's education and it's a partnership and you ran on family values and seems to me there's a collision of super imposed philosophies and politics on top of education with the families fighting back. you're a leader for that. >> yeah, so let me just start with the fact that i don't believe there's controversy here. the idea that i hear from virginiaens every day, well of course parents are at the head of the table in their children's lives and children belong to families, not to the state. therefore constantly making sure that parents are empowered and they have the right to make decision withs their child and not be shut out of their child's life. it's imperative and it's also a fundamental right in virginia and the nation. we have got to save this generation that we're at risk of losing. at the heart of it is the role of parents and their children's lives. >> we've talked about the role of communities and families and the right help r

advancing a politicized form of justice, targeting former president trump, targeting dads like scott smith in louden county, which the governor just pardoned. a man in philadelphia, pennsylvania, for defending his son. and perhaps most of all for texans, and particularly for new yorkers these days, perhaps people paying attention to a border that is so devastatingly broken, that americans are dying. how many moms do i have to sit next to in another round table in texas who lost their son or their daughter to fentanyl? how many migrants have to die in the back of a tractor trailer in san antonio, how many have to die in the rio grande, how many girls have to get sold into the sex trafficking trade before this body will wake up and stop an out of control president? enough. why would we fund that? that's my question for the republican leadership. why will you fund that? let me be very clear. i will not continue to fund a government at war with the american people. we are here to change it. it is time to end it. and i'm proud to stand with these patriots to do that. i'm going to yield to the s

. >> after governor youngkin announced the pardon the father, scott smith, expressed relief. >> a lotlders today. this has been a long battle, a battle that should have never happened in the first place. a battle that governor glenn youngkin said today pretty solidly in his comments that my constitutional rights were violated. >> the loudon county virginia prosecutor handling the case expressed her anger on x formerly known as twitter. this political stunt by governor youngkin is an unprecedented inappropriate intervention into an active legal case. he chose to interfere in the legal process but not for justice but for political gain. glenn youngkin campaigned in 2021 on parental rights and parental involvement in schools after many parents were frustrated by covid lockdowns and by curriculum changes in the classroom. virginia congresswoman offered this reaction earlier today. >> we are very proud of it. we passed things like the parents bill of rights and great to see governor youngkin continuing to stand with parents and parents rights. >> youngkin has instituted policies increasing

the father again scott smith his legal team actually did not seek out this pardon from virginia governorngkin they are so grateful they think it is a vindication for parents to stand up about their child's educational environment that is what governor glenn youngkin told fox to come listen for chris mr. smith did what any father would do it any parent would do is stand up for their child. and even worse what then happened was the perpetrator was moved to another school and sexually assaulted another young woman. this was a gross miscarriage of justice. >> report by special grand jury found late last year the loudoun county school district looked dt for its own interest with the handling of the two sexual assault that occurred back in 2021. shortly after that report was released the district superintendent was fired and later indicted on three misdemeanor charges a superintendent has previously told the press he is innocent and local outlets report the trail for some of those charges he faces is set to begin later this month a teen who was ultimately convicted of the sexual assault at two

also, scott smith, loy done county father pardoned by the governor.he country. join us live as america reports top of the hour. >> never in my life have i had a problem that i did not see an ending to. i don't see an ending to this. i don't see an ending to this. this issue will destroy new york city. >> that was new york city mayor eric adams, issuing a desperate warning that the migrant crisis will break the big apple. the mayor is planning to cut funding from key agencies to deal with influx of tens of thousands of migrants in the next three years. the leftwing media is using the blue city mayor's plea as an opportunity to bash him. a writer for msnbc referred to adams as, quote, black trump, accusing him of bigoted thinking for his response to the migrant crisis. pete, this writer said this was an anti-immigrant diatribe, sounded like it was ripped from the former president's social media feed. >> okay. yeah. he is not serious about solving the problem, they're going to call him names, he is calling it out for once. it is not as if he has a plan t

stuart: scott smith, the virginia parent whose daughter was sex ideally assaulted by a transgender biologicalpardoned his disorderly conduct conviction. watch this. >> they used me to silence moms and dads and grandmas and grandpas and everybody else that were starting this high school. to protect our children -- movement to protect our children and stand up for our rights. they tried to shut us down. and, unfortunately, there's clear evidence that it somewhat worked. stuart: this is a movement. has it gained ground? >> he's right, you know? his case was used to call parents domestic terrorists. and it's funny, because i'm pretty in this world, i heard the story at the time, obviously, but i always assumed he threw a punch or something physical had happened. and he had never even addressed the school board. he got into a verbal altercation with another parent, and that's what he got in trouble for. so the idea that this example led to the justice department cracking down on parents talking to school boards across the country, he's right. he was used as some sort of, look, parents are are gett

it got pretty heated at one point he actually got arrested his name is scott smith.pressed frustration this fe summary found is going to have to face trout this fall on a remaining charge he said i've yet to hear from our governor glenn youngkin is your administration in contact with him about his case? once we are in contact with him in fact they spo i spoke with mh on friday. at the privilege of telling mr. smith i would pardon him and we did that on friday. we rented a wrong he never should've been prosecuted here. this was a dad standing up for his daughter. just to remind everyone his daughter had been sexually assaulted in the bathroom of a school and no one was doing anything about it. in fact it took the election of a new governor, me and my directive to our attorney general to investigate this to uncover the fact the superintendent had in fact covered it up. he was immediately terminated when the final report from the grand jury was issued. mr. smith did what any father would do any parent would do was stand up for their child. and even worse with then happe

scott smith's arrest became a focal point during the virginia gubernatorial election., smith's daughter was sexually assaulted in a bathroom by another student at a loudoun county high school back in 20 the 1 -- 2021. that same year the suspect was transferred to a different school where a second student was also sexually assaulted. smith attended a school board meeting saying the board failed to protect his daughter and accusing board members of trying to create a cover-up. smith, as you can see right there on your screen, was dragged out of the meeting, and the father was arrested and convicted of two misdemeanors. one charge was later dismissed, and the dad was set to appeal his disorderly conduct conviction later this month. that conviction now officially pardoned by youngkin who says this dad did nothing wrong. >> mr. smith did what any father would do, what any parent would do, stand up for their child. and even worse, what then happened was the perpetrator with us proved -- was moved to another school and sexually assaulted another young woman. this was a gross

- >> pete: that's the way it should be is politicking out of it but the way you describe it for scott smither and why isn't anything being done about that. eventually that person who committed the sexual assault moved to another school district and offended again. bob, unfortunately we have to leave it there i wish you luck and hope politics is brought out of prosecution there in pennsylvania. >> the way we need to do that is access the web. www.vote bob anderson.com and move her out of this office. >> pete: there you go. bob, thank you so much. appreciate it. the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> congress received notice iran, a designated state sponsor of terrorism, will receive $6 billion in frozen money in exchange for the release of five detained americans. >> we should never under estimate our adversaries who are after us every day.

scott smith is the loudoun county father of a girl who was assaulted in a unisex bathroom by a student. smith erupted in very and was later charged with obstruction of justice and the sorely conduct. charge was actually set to go a -- in trial but governor glenn youngkin of the great state of virginia commonwealth stepped in and pardoned smith. >> he should have never been prosecuted here. this was a dad standing up for his daughter and just to remind everyone, his daughter had been sexually assaulted in the bathroom of a school and nobody was doing it about it. >> our justice system across this land is officially politicized and weaponized to the hill and that is scary for every american. >> trace: i have -- >> i have lived in a loud in. by the way, the county prosecutor has made no secret of the disappointment here saying the justice system does not work when the governor becomes both judge and jury. trace. >> trace: kevin, thank you. experience phoenix senior fellow of the american federation for children, corey deangelis and nicole neily. thank you for coming up. heard the story. i

let me ask you about scott smith, the father in loudoun county arrested at a school board meeting and held up by the national school board association as the poster child for violent behavior and the threat facing america. he was sort of referenced in this letter that they sent to merrick garland as they wrote, as these acts of malice, violence and threats against public school officials have increased, classification of the heinous actions to be equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes. again, scott was here, and he said look, this whole thing got got misreported. he was not saying anything to the school board but an argument with another person in the audience. >> i was sitting in my little area and radical protestor came and i heard this shouting behind me, tried to explain to this lady what was going on, she looked at me dead in the face and said that's not true, that's not what happened. you are lying. i called her an expletive, the next thing i know there's hands all over me, grabbing me from behind. you are not allowed to do that. >> john: you were not even ad

advancing a politicized form of justice, targeting former president trump, targeting dads like scott smith in louden county, which the governor just pardoned. a man in philadelphia, pennsylvania, for defending his son. and perhaps most of all for texans, and particularly for new yorkers these days, perhaps people paying attention to a

one of the examples was scott smith. subsequent to our hearing two years ago, 26 states left the national school boards association and resigned on november 23rd of 2021, last week mr. smith was pardoned by governor youngkin. you have an opinion on whether the governor was correct? >> i don't know the facts of the case. >> have you resend the memo that you issued in 2021, yes or no ?>> what we are discussing here -- >> is the memo still going, yes or no? >> the memo is intended to have meetings within 30 days. when the 30 days have finished, nothing has happened in more than a year and a half.>> it has not been resend it. despite evidence that has come out from the national school board association commission report that white house officials discussed this with doj more than a week before the letter was sent, have you apologized, yes or no? >> i have testified seven times since that original -- >> this is the first time you are back here since we talked about it. have you apologized for putting up memo out that implicat

same department of justice that wants to labor scott smith a domestic terrorist.y ole kegs would say the senate are being adults and writing another check is a good use of your money. and my colleagues would say it's a good idea to rack up of $2 trillion to borrow more money and devalue the dollar and defund the department ofhomeland security while thousands of americans are dying, while china is empowered and china is selling printing presses to the cartels and while 11,000 people just the day before yesterday passed in eagle pass and people in train cars and child are sold into sex trafficking trade and migrants so they can get raped, all of that i suppose is the adults we have in the senate to continue to fund air lawless administration exposing the migrants all in the false name of compassion. if that is what adults look like, count me out. we are going to pass these four bills and work hard to do the work for the american people and the american people can put forward another continuing resolution of rather than trying to change this place, rather than trying

my friend scott smith in loudon county, governor gleaningen just pardoned -- governor just pardoned smith for going to a school board meeting for defending his daughter. mark hauke was targeted and hada swat team show up at his door in philadelphia because he dared to defend his son while engaging in his free speech rights in front of an abortion clinic. the f.b.i.'s weaponizing the so-called face act to target pro-life americans. overwhelmingly targeting only pro-life americans when they go engage in their free speech rights. and of course they're targeting former president trump. doing all they can to doing all they can to target the former president while also doing all they can to ensure hunter biden and president biden do not face justice. under the department of justice, we have the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. early this year the a.t.f. issued a rule banning pistol stabilizing braces that are intended for recruiting shooters with physical disabilities and disabled veterans. that rule potentially makes felons out of up to 40 million americans. wasn't made in congress. wa

scott of south carolina, no. mr. daines, no. mr. graham, no. mrs. hyde-smith: no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. mr. carper, aye. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. cassidy, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. kennedy, no. mr. schmitt, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. ernst, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mr. markey, aye. ms. murkowski, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. lujan, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. coons, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. warnock, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the c

smith. >> scott, do you think that will convince anybody? >> now, look, republicans, because donald trump has said this, will want to believe that these are political indictments. i think democrats will want to believe that donald trump deserves it. and, you know, i mean, like i said, i think the ultimate judgment here, if trump doesn't go to trial on anything before the election, i guess the american people are going to have to decide you know, whether he deserves to be held responsible for any of this. i take marilyn garland at his word. he said this under oath and i hope what he said is true and i have no edits to say that it's not true. but i think what trump is responding to is that biden was upset about press reports that he had been indicted. but i think we all three believe, none of it is going to move the most partisan among us as it relates to the public opinion on these matters. >> jamaal, what do you think? >> there are a lot of democrats that are upset with the attorney general right now because they think he is overzealous when

scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. the clerk: mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- lujan, murray, padilla, reed, schumer, tester, warnock, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- bozeman, capito, cramer, crapo, daines, kennedy, lankford, ricketts, rounds, rubio, tuberville, wicker. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. mr. cassidy, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. coons, aye. ms. scab now, aye. -- ms. stabenow, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. cornyn, no. mr. manchin, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. mr. hagerty, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, no. vote: the clerk: ms. collins, aye. ms.

scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- cardin, feinstein, fetterman, hassan, kelly, king, klobuchar, murray, schatz, stabenow, welch, whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- cornyn, cotton, crapo, daines, kennedy hyde-smith marshall ricketts wicker the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. graham, no. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. thune, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. booker, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, no. mr. risch, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. mr. manchin, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. peters, aye

coons, ernst, gillibrand, graham, hagerty, heinrich, hyde-smith, kelly, king, klobuchar, lieu har, manchin, marquee, mullin, reed, rounds, scott of florida, sinema, tester, wicker. mr. king, aye. mr. crapo, aye. mr. lee voted in the negative. ms. smith, aye. mr. padilla, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. warnock, aye. vote: the presiding officer: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. cotton, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. hawley, aye. mrs. ricketts, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. the clerk: mr. schumer, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. mr. menendez, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mr. daines, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. rubio, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, aye. mr. boozman, aye. mr. whitehouse, a

hyde-smith, aye. mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. johnson, aye. senators voting in the negative negative -- blackburn, marshall. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. cramer, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. young, aye. mr. thune, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. mr. romney, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. wyden, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. mr. cardin, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. welch, aye. mr. schatz, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, aye. mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. ms. cantwell, a