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Evidence that has actually pushed other investigations forward. by itself, maybe its not going to end the way that people want, but it has actually resulted in being able to push these other dimensions forward. and vice versa. things thet have happened on the doj side have also fed into the january 6th select committee. so in terms of what this shows and what theyre linking together, this is a theory of displacement. this was never a rocket scientist white house. when one thing failed the other ...

Elements such as pre-k and health care, prescription drugs, some of the elements that manchin does support, and see how they can get that over the finish line, and effectively strip away the pieces of the child tax credit that manchin is objecting to. >> so garrett, for the first time, the house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection wants information from a sitting member of congress. thats the republican from pennsylvania, scott perry, about a plan to install jeffrey clark as the...

Right that this is a way for the commission to say, look, we gave some power, were going to enforce it, and that compliance is really not voluntary. and it is serving to perhaps be efficient. we do know that some of the other individuals who were subpoenaed, the committee is not moving forward with criminal contempt with them because at least so far they are in conversation with the attorneys for the committee. i think that it is too soon to say whether they are cooperating, but at least they ar...

When, in fact, he was essentially doing it on behalf of the clinton campaign. i will say, as someone who has covered a lot of false statements cases, this is a stranger sets of facts ive seen in even potential false statements case. there are things i dontnd about the legal theory thats being pursued here. were told that the deadline is coming. theres a statute of limitations here. we should see a decision, to go forward or cut bait. >> any prosecution, quote, would be baseless, unprecedented an...

General sessions or attorney general barr whether it complied with its own policy and procedures. theres that on the doj side. that on the other side, in congress, chuck schumer and dick durbin are announcing jeff sessions and bill barr to testify under oath. they issued this statement. former attorneys barr and sessions and other officials involved must testify before the senate judiciary committee under oath. if they refuse, they are subject to being subpoenaed and compelled to testify under o...

The fbi doj side. theres nothing to actually substantiate. >> michael shcmidt, jeremy bash, carol leonnig, thank you. attorney general barr, two former justice department officials are waiting to join us to weigh in and later she knows a thing or two about russias tactics because she has seen a thing or two as u.n. ambassador. pulitzer prize winning author and diplomat samantha power is with us tonight as "the 11th hour" is just getting started tonight in view of the west wing. iew of the west...

>> im sure theyll be asked about the question of political bias, text messages that fbi agents sent both pro-clinton and pro-trump.-c were they impacted? did they have any impact on the investigation?an there is no evidence of political buy as in what the fbi did. and thats really important that that has been central complaint of the president when he first tweeted in march 2017 about how the fbi and barack obama wiretapped him. he has accused the fbi to act politically to stop him. here we are ...

Then theres the doj side. trumps attorney general bill barr phenomenon mali pressing mule other to stay in the boundaries of his report and the democratic chair already pushing back on that. >> its arrogant of the department to try to the instruct him what to say as part of the ongoing cover-up by the administration to keep information away from the american people. he does not have to comply with that letter. he doesnt work for them. that will letter asks things that are beyond the power of the...

Saying in that answer, which is maybe hopefully no promises and heres a little bit of commentary that you will not be able to hold me to. the reality is, barr is also quite savvy. hes been very successful in the government doj side and the corporate side. both lanes have a fairly sophisticated understanding of politics. and he sailed through his confirmation process in large part because of that. because he sort of maintained himself as a black box. i agree with the earlier comment that barr alm...

I left out some of the details, ill let you fill in the gaps. >> congressional investigators have discovered once again another trove of text messages between lisa page and peter strzok, the two fbi agents. what these text messages in particular reveal that the fbi may have improperly coordinated with department of justice officials to try to expedite fisa applications on carter page. what was interesting about this, sean, is that if you look at it, they talk about david laufman. he hasnt come u...