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A result of the presidents actions and his acolytes, but the real threat and danger that was supposed to the vice president himself, in terms of his personal security. i agree with my friend jamie raskin, the reporting that the vice president uttered and that entire episode are some of the most chilling that ive seen in terms of what happened on january six. >> again, im glad that marc short is cooperating with the committee. im glad the committee knows this information. its important, and im ea...

Those, the trial and the hearings, those were televised. im wondering, talk about the import of the january select committees forthcoming televised hearings? which also, if memory serves, start on tonight. why is it so important that the committee hold these hearings? >> well, i believe you are correct that the hearings will commence on june 9th. i think its important that the american people have a front row seat, in terms of learning whats the select committee have found in their nearly yearlo...

Use of emergency powers have become an important part little known part of the january 6th investigation of the attack on the capitol. it says, quote, in subpoenas, document requests in court filings, the panel has demanded information about any trump administration plans to use presidential emergency powers to invoke martial law or take other steps to overturn the election. interviews with committee members and a review of the panel information requests reveal a focus on emergency powers that w...

Document requests in court filings, the panel has demanded information about any trump administration plans to use presidential emergency powers to invoke martial law or take other steps to overturn the election. interviews with committee members and a review of the panel information requests reveal a focus on emergency powers that were being considered by trump and his allies in several categories. invoke me invoking the insurrection act, using marcia, awe easing presidential powers to justify ...

These screaming matches with lawyers who were just having probably the same reaction were having. except, like, theyre actually having to deal with donald trump. the notion that someone -- that -- that anybody could take this seriously would raise real questions about their own state of mind. i mean, i think one of the -- one of the hidden things and i think i am going to write a column about it next week -- about what the january 6th committee is doing or has to do is to start talking about, yo...

One of the things that they ask about in all these -- a lot of these document requests is about the 25th amendment and the mental state of the president. and i think this -- this -- this all raises those questions. >> you know, what -- >> seriously? >> -- whats interesting is, you know, you can imagine him in this meeting just kind of watching it all play out. and with the idea of, you know, maybe he thinks these people are nuts but he also thinks, you know what? maybe, lets just see how it all ...

Have made some progress in recent weeks putting together a better portrait of trump inside the white house on january 6 and who vuz itted with him. in doing so they relied in part on lower level staff members. document requests and the testimony of hundreds of witnesses is allowing the committee do an end run around the trump dead enders. and in the case of the latter text messaging including of meadows to the committee before that sudden about face revealed that the white house chief of staff w...

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Supreme court to block the committees access to documents that were relevant and some of them from the day, january 6. do you believe that this is an issue that the court should take up? >> well it is unfortunate that had to get to the courts when you have a former president of the united states who doesnt want to respond to lawmaker subpoenas and hide information that the public and the congress has a right and an obligation to be able to review. it said a lot about the former president and abo...

That call happens. thats the kind of news we like in a holiday week, thank you so much. >> thanks, alison. the house committee investigating the january 6th attack reaching an agreement with the white house to defer some document requests. the biden administration raised questions about some of the material that the committee requested that didnt involve the events of january 6th. joining me now is joyce vance, an nbc news legal analyst, im thrilled to see you today. he amounted not to invoke ...