taylor green. some have denied this ever happened. matt gates is under investigation in an alleged sex trafficking investigation. he has denied all wrong doing, he has not been charged. but according to the testimony we heard in the hearing today, matt gates was asking for one of those from the beginning of time for everything he has ever done kind of pardons. and, you know, that could be an interesting thing for prosecutors who are still looking at him and are still going to have to decide whether or not he faces these charges. it depends on what he told the white house his pardons were about. this could add complications to matt gates. at this point, these members of congress are saying that there s nothing to see here but, as you can tell from the testimony from people inside the white house, this actually happened. you mentioned mr. biggs mr. biggs did. mr. dornan talked about congressional pardons but he never asked me for one. mr. gomer asked for one as well and m
d.o.j. is obligated to tell the people that the election was illegal and corrupt he had no idea how the d.o.j. works. he just wanted them to bend to his will. well, he viewed the entire federal government throughout his presidency as simply an extension of his will, and as if it was working for him in every way. i thought this was the most riveting and kons convention hearing congress has held since john dean our colleague in 1973. as you noted and harry note and he was told repeatedly that himself actions were when you look at the courage and fortitude these justice department officials displayed, it really kind of putts the spotlight and the current people
democrats. this isn t a partisan witch hunt? is that what you re saying? it s hard to believe. damning testimony today to talk about coming from the hearings that happened up on the hill today. we have lots to discuss. we re going to get straight to evan perez, senior justice correspondent. good evening to you. the big headlines on today s hearings asked for pardons. tell us more about this and how our lawmakers responded. don, one of the big things we learned near the end of this hearing, which was a blockbuster by the time we got to this, there were at least six members of congress who were part of the group that objected to the certification of joe biden s victory who reached out in various places to the white house to ask for pardons. those include matt gates, mo brooks, andy biggs, marjory
taylor green. some have denied this ever happened. matt gates is under investigation in an alleged sex trafficking investigation. he has denied all wrong doing, he has not been charged. but according to the testimony we heard in the hearing today, matt gates was asking for one of those from the beginning of time for everything he has ever done kind of pardons. and, you know, that could be an interesting thing for prosecutors who are still looking at him and are still going to have to decide whether or not he faces these charges. it depends on what he told the white house his pardons were about. this could add complications to matt gates. at this point, these members of congress are saying that there s nothing to see here but, as you
investigation if. i m sure we have information and we are in dialogue with the department about how to and basically open your files to us, which is not what s done. i ve been involved in several high-profile congressional investigations that ran concurrently with d.o.j. investigations and they ve never said just give us your files nor have we said open up your files completely to the congress. but we ll make sure they get what they need. we want them to be successful in holding people to account and bringing them to justice. so i think our goals are aligned in that we all want accountability. so, listen, people think that maybe the justice department and congress are that you guys are in and justice department has we ll work with you but you re