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Today why the justice department has taken no action on mark meadows found in contempt of crisis. the contempt citations are going to the doj and i think the public is seeing very little action. the doj expanded some invest gages and they say they will look as low or high, they dont care the position people are in. is there frustration about the speed of this investigation given we have another election, presidential election around the corner? >> i will tell you maybe as a point of distinction ...

Stories about the committee and the judiciary committee with a chance to talk to the ex-government officials who knew things about the coup attempt. do you think theres a scenario at which none of that work leaked out or become public through a defense attorney representing anybody attached to donald trumps circle? >> i dont. thats why im worried. incredibly patient coming to merrick garland and i used to argue cases in front of him. he is far more brilliant than i am. my patience is wearing thi...

Donald trump, in front of everybody on national television, incited the insurrection. the new york times is reporting that at least one of the subpoenas from the department justice mentioned certain individuals that have been, quote, classified as vip attendees at the rally. this is the doj we are talking about. that means the department could be focusing in on trumps inner circle. they are planning around that day independent of the individuals that ransacked the capitol. the january six commit...

That individuals who committed crimes are prosecuted. that is exactly what they can and should do. by the way, it is a crime to be held in contempt of congress, like steve bannon and mark meadows, and hopefully by next week, dan scavino and peter navarro, for not talking to congress. just like anybody that really steve a subpoena, you really expect them to comply. these officials have not and they should be held to that standard of accountability. >> there was reporting in the washington post, a...

With lawrence odonnell. president biden says, he will not apologize for his outrage over putin, and power. the january six committee, voting tonight, holding two trump insiders in contempt, and meeting behind closed doors despite justice clarence thomas, and the controversial text to the white house. plus, a federal judge, says former president, trump may well have broken the law in attempts to stay in power, as the 11th hour gets underway, on this monday night. good evening once again. im steph...

Whats taking so long? >> again, going to an off topic conversation, we dont comment on ongoing referrals. >> is it surprising to you, jill, that the d.o.j. is still sitting on the mark meadows referral? >> it is. and the reason that it is, is because it seems to be an open and shut case of contempt. he stopped cooperating. he completely ignored the requirement to show up and testify. you can show up and you can claim the fifth amendment, you can claim some other privilege, executive privilege, a...

Blunt and honest. and i love a blunt sister. i love it when a lady is blunt. you talk about fascism in the book. and its something that mehdi hassan has talked about. its something chris hayes, ive talked about it. and we normally get slammed for using the word fascism. but to you are why point, this is what david frum wrote in "the atlantic" recently. he said theres a word for what trumpism is becoming. two traits of historically marked off european style fascism from more homegrown american tl...

Government, and democracy, is based on that. so i think its really important, the only thing that you could think of is that possibly theyre seeing him as a substantive defendant. and so thats why theyre not pursuing him as a contempt defendant. rather than doing the contempt, theyre waiting to indict him for something substantive. >> jill, i only have a few seconds left with you, but i would be remiss if i didnt ask, tell us very quickly about todays jills pin? >> todays jills pin is a ukrainia...

Could make, but what i thought tonight was that you had an english team that is there for the long haul and i think they have a chance. it will be a thriller, there is no doubt about it. what i hope is that it will be a glorious game. i love football and that is what we all want. we want to see a great game with not too many bad injuries.— great game with not too many bad injuries. bad inuries. thank you so much for bad injuries. thank you so much for that. some breaking news: police say the f...

Atrocities that should not be happening in the 21st century. >> finally, deputy prime minister, i know, as you mentioned, you are in charge of these humanitarian corridors for yet another day, weve seen the corridor to mariupol not work. the international committee of the red cross has not been able to get through. why is russia doing that? why is russia preventing this, in your opinion? >> translator: they are doing this because they want to demonstrate their contempt. putin wants to demonstrat...