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Looking to protect democracy from the future? i mean i know thats not dojs mission in any context except the most opaque national security one but how does that change with the 1/6 committee produces at the end? >> yeah, as they continue to see folks like doug mastriano in pennsylvania, an election denier, what is the governor of pennsylvania going to do if president biden were to win in 2024, were to win his state? right, i talked to an aide in the white house about that today. that is a concer...

Do you want to see and what can you give us in return? but, you know, i think a lot of the base is going to want to see the january 6th committee cooperate fully with the justice department and give them as much evidence as possible. the base wants to see aggressive investigations from the justice department and i dont think they want to see the committee slowing things down so, you know, this is a delicate political dance for the members. they do a lot of work, gather a lot of evidence, do want...

But i believe some of the questioning had started to inch a couple of months ago, by late february to whether or not they were there because they believed it was what trump wanted them to do and probing any of those connections. i wonder what you think the committee might want in return from doj before it turns over transcripts. >> well, you know, i wasnt one of these people, nicolle, who yesterday thought this was the most momentous story ever. lukes story was great and important but part of th...

Probed yet? why would they want all the transcripts from the 1/6 committee, neal? >> because they havent done that work themselves. in an ordinary criminal prosecution with some little layer of congress involved, its the justice department that wants to go first. thats the ordinary rule and for really important reasons, congress sometimes messes up investigations, think about oliver north where they immunized witnesses and that undid the criminal prosecution later on. it tainted things and so ge...

I mean, my view on this, theres going to be this food fight for awhile but ultimately all this information is going to be shared with the justice department so its a when question, not an if question. were not dealing with something like the trumps white house which is, you know, trying to stonewall investigators at every turn. the justice department obviously needs this information, criminal prosecution is the most important function here and so theyll get it. so to me this story was significan...

Proves that they have been doing that this entire time, right? that, you know, you saw the attorney general make that promise that they were going to follow the facts wherever they may lead and theyve been doing that and so the white house, folks in the white house that you talk to today after this stuff has broken are saying this is, you know, are breathing a sigh of relief because they have been wanting to make sure that this is taken as seriously as possible especially because they believe th...

Obstruct or impede congress official proceedings to count electoral votes? >> neal, i guess the question i want to press you on and understand is that the question before the committee, whether trump through action or inaction corruptly sought to obstruct or corrupt congress official proceedings or is congresswoman asking that because she believes that as you do that doj isnt? >> well, it is a question before the committee and it should be before the committee whether or not theres a belief that...

Here, weve been waiting for word of the public hearings now we finally got t committee will announce who will testify but who do you think theyll call as witnesses? >> such an important question for the committee, id look at two things in identifying witnesses, first you want people with access, who were inside the room, the white house or somewhere closely to the action but also people who dont have the blind loyalty to donald trump who are willing to tell the truth so i see a few categories of...

Of power that experts say is worse than watergate. The doj has been caught surveiling certainly people, club a minor, which the former president s top aides where are eager to defend. Even Attorney General barr is denying any involvement or knowledge, rather than spinning a defense. Ditto for trumps first Attorney General justice. Both just claimed they didnt knows about the putinesque plots. Now, that is the context for the further fallout and news that i can get into with our experts and with ...

Investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol. and joining me now is msnbc daily columnist and editor hayes brown. his latest piece is titled "doj official jeffrey clark pushed trumps coup from the inside. we need to know why." welcome, my friend. lets get into this. walk us through who jeffrey clark is and why hes so crucial to the january 6 committee investigation. >> so jeffrey clark is not the kind of person you would have expected to be backing trumps coup at the start of things. he was...