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Putin, try to stop. and the questions going to be how effective is that? >> lets hope we all learn more about this meeting than we did from helsinki. john harwood, thank you for your time. i appreciate it. nice talking to you. now, i want to turn to former congressman denny heck. he is now the lieutenant governor of washington state. welcome to the show, lieutenant governor, how are you? >> i am good and thanks for having me on, laura u. >> im glad youre here. i mean, you were on a call, today...

Surprising that once was considered a check in the bureaucracy. really is no longer. but, laura, i dont think we have begun to find out what has gone on. and i think that thats going to be something that is unveiled, over the next few years. and its likely to get worse, than what were seeing right now. >> well, thats scary. the tip of the ice berg. i mean, john, there is some history in terms of a former-attorney general, you know, being liable and -- and guilty for something. the former attorne...

Attack on american democracy makes my blood boil. participating in the siege on the capitol, in any way, was a betrayal of everything we stand for. >> reporter: and federal authorities say the phone associated with cheswick sent roughly-36 messages, contained pictures, in under an hour, while he was allegedly inside the capitol. there was no hiding anything. he made his initial-court appearance, friday morning, but was released on bond. and we have attempted to reach his attorney. but havent got...

Rallies, exactly, who he thought his enemies were. so -- and now, it appears that the doj was weaponized to go after those enemies. i am talking about democratic lawmakers, and their aides, their -- their families, and media organizations. i mean, he was very public about his enemies list. and now, here we are. and yet, its just so unprecedented, even with all of those tells, is it not? >> laura, the remarkable thing about president trump and his administration was how openly he corrupted the pr...

Sense, investigation wise, to have cast such a wide dragnet that you would, unavoidably, be one of the people whose records would have been accessed, as well? i mean, it seems far more selective and targeted, which doesnt speak well about a wide scope or dragnet to get to the crux of the issue. does it seem that way to you? >> well, laura, youre the former-career prosecutor. and you would know, better than me. but clearly, in hindsight, there was no predicate for this. you know, usually, you thi...

Every democrat. and support from every republican. and so, all of these state-level democrats that i talk to in states like arizona and florida and iowa and texas. where they are being steamrolled by this party-line republican offensive against voting rights. are absolutely incredulous that manchin is saying, in effect, that he will only act against voting restrictions, if republicans in washington agree to constrain what republicans in the states are doing. thats not the standard thats unfoldin...

Stay on as long as they can. >> which, of course, begs the question as to just why it would have been appropriate to try to intercept those private communications with people who were on this highly-sensitive committee. lieutenant governor, do you have reason to believe that you were targeted? i mean, youre a former member now. but do you have any reason to believe that you, yourself, were targeted or your communications? >> so, i was on the committee during the period of time for which the subp...