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It is a kind of aggressive pursuit, reporters who the administrators see as their critics, i mean weve seen these disputes before and leak investigations. this is more serious, more of our weaponization of the powers of the legal authorities than we have ever seen before in our history. >> daniel goldman this is where i get you to comment on the sitting attorney general, we have seen enough of merrick garland to know that he is a rule follower and law venerated to almost a paralyzing degree, peo...

>> not only whos gonna tell him about joe manchin but who is gonna tell about an entire republican party that is committed to dismantling our democracy. and so, what i appreciate about garland saying today as theyre taking this action, theyre not gonna wait for congress to act but there is very real barrier still in congress about manchin opposing the for the people act and expressing support for the john lewis voting rights act, but still that opposition for the peoples act is a direct barrier ...

Department of justice. it is beyond nixon, yes. it is nixon on stilts and steroids. >> so susan as you well know, nixon wouldve killed to have a doj that he could operate with a lever that wouldve performed on a win for him. are you as convinced, as everybody else, that it doesnt end here, that this may be the tip of the iceberg? >> i think it is hard to argue that this is clearly more serious than the abuses of the watergate that president nixon was trying to protect a particular incident and a...

View of this thus far? >> right now, i mean, weve talked about this before the justice department has been very busy and in the news over the last few weeks. they are staying out of it. this is something that they have talked about and the reason is exactly because of what were seeing right now. they want to make sure that they are not seen as being a political, as using the doj in any kind of political way. when you talk to people behind the scenes, you talk to them on the record, you talk to t...

Of this stuff and be more transparent than perhaps his gut, his instincts, or even his understanding of the norms of the department of justice. it is not a normal time. hes trying to re-normalize things, but we cant just ignore what happened over the last four years. i think we need to understand what occurred before we can move forward. >> eugene, the president will come back to this country after the wednesdays summit with putin, compared to what he faces on his domestic agenda, he may choose ...

Laws that are essentially disenfranchising them and turning them off from voting increased barriers for them to vote. while this action from the dojs promising, and it is much needed support that we know progressive groups in the states who are already taking -- presenting these court cases against these laws, it is only the start. there needs to be sweeping systematic change to protect voters and protect voting rights in this country. >> all right, a quick break here thankfully both of our gues...

For the department of justice. but attorney general garland is an unenviable position of trying to ride a ship that has been very wronged over the last four years, and doing that does not mean that you have to continue to do what occurred during the last four years, just the opposite. you actually have to fear on a different course. but part of the trick, and part of the challenge that he has is that in order to move forward i think there needs to be greater transparency than the department ordi...

If you use his force when multiple courts have already authorized this audit he will be in violation of the law. lawless thugs is all they will be. its a lot from more we welcome back juanita tall over veteran political strategist for political candidates and tim miller, and former comes director for jeff bush. good evening. i would like to begin with you the a.g. spoke in rather lofty terms on voting rubs but then there is this, from npr in arizona. republicans from a growing number of states a...

Prosecutor to issue these grand jury subpoenas. that means that it was a purely political hatchet job if that is accurate. we havent seen with the bases was for the investigations, for the subpoenas. apparently, according to reports chairman schiffs office has requested that information and the department of justice has declined to give it to them thus far. but, im very suspicious as to what is behind their. i am somewhat suspicious of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle within the hous...

You are both a doj veteran, and a work closely with chairman schiff for all we know your name is on one of these lists. your data has been shared, what is your personal reaction to this story and can you explain to our viewers why this is such a deadly, serious matter? >> im horrified to see this. its not for a lot of the reasons others have said. i think the department of justice has every right, broadly, to investigate crimes. but knowing the people who received these subpoenas, or whose recor...