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Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s ...

Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s ...

Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s ...

Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s ...

Well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. We know, all day yesterday, topwhite house aides were working the phones including the president , himself, for a portion of it. To try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. Republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. But clearly, that didnt work. That wasnt enough. So they had to release this very lengthy statement. More than eight paragraphs in the president s ...

Peter, that it wasnt illegal but exploiting a vulnerability, what is the benefit of having this investigation? . >> well, i think any time you have an investigation, one, certainly, this is very important from the january 6th committee. these are investigations of violations of criminal law. to get there you have to meet a certain threshold to be able to open a case. certainly when you open a case, you begin as an investigator certainly to develop a lot of information. so whether or not you reac...

Correspondent at politico, betsy. thank you so much for being bianna golodryga here this morning. what is your reporting that doj will, in fact, charge bannon if hes charged with contempt in the house? >> its hard to say. i think theres kind of an emerging view its very likely dj will charge him, but thats not a consensus, and, in fact, the justice department doesnt want to get involved in criminal proceedings if theres civil litigation that could resolve the matter. what we expect bannons team ...

Disproportionately-more likely to wait in long lines to vote in person, on election day. as we allege in our complaint, this needless ban was passed with unlawful, discriminatory intent. >> but success in court could take years and several-election cycles. new analysis from vox writing in part, even setting aside that this case will be heard by a trump-appointed trial judge, and then potentially a supreme court dominated by republican appointees. the doj will, also, have to overcome a raft of re...

Would be his only foray? absolutely not. the attorney general for one needs to have a four-year damage assessment internally, going beyond the inspector generals report. we know there are still people. still flls who oversaw this charade. one left today but there are others. he had a whole government at his disposal. who is to know, given his tactics, that he wouldnt to the exact same thing or worse within, for example, the intelligence community. so it is a great concern. >> the attorney genera...

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