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Introductory Statement By his policy decisions and misconduct as Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas has violated his oath of office, abused the powers of his office, and betrayed the trust of the American people. As a direct result of his actions, the U.S. has become gripped by an unprecedented border, national security, and illegal immigration catastrophe.

And legal analyst ann bremner. is it that day at least for the moment? >> yes. i mean when she said yes just for the moment, thats okay, but is that justice? i mean punishment is justice for the unjust. it has to be something more than this. but that day was a big day in this not so quiet revolution. >> what is next? >> what hes going to go through next is discovery and as his lawyer said, whos putting -- his whole thing about the casting couch is not on trial. hes putting out his public stateme...

Returns back to 1977. but donald trump refused to release any. he made history by insisting he would not, that indeed he could not release his tax returns. and it never much made sense on factual grounds. when candidate donald trump said he would love to release his tax return bus he couldnt because his tax returns were under audit, that never made sense because even the initial precedent for presidents releasing their tax returns, even richard nixon, was under audit when he released his tax ret...

President since the watergate era to refuse to release his returns. when richard nixon said "im not a crook" he wasnt talking about watergate, he was talking about his taxes. and, in fact, he was kind of a crook in his taxes. he handed them over in 1973. in april, 1974, the irs ordered him to pay almost a half million dollars in back taxes because, in fact, president nixon had taken improper deductions and hadnt paid enough. that was the least of his problems in the end but that was, in fact, on...

Plan, i dont think, and the -- the stories themselves are going to be what shapes public opinion about him. >> a final -- >> go ahead. a final question on this issue. >> yeah. >> do you believe this is an attempt at inoculation so that as the russian story continues to evolve hell be able to shay, look, i told you. thats all fake news. weve already been there and done that. >> look, i think its not just the russia story, its critical coverage general, michael. i think what he and his advisers wa...

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