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>> plus, wnba star brittney griner is set to take the stand in russia, while the family of another american also held by the kremlin, also on drug charges, calls for more attention to his case. >> welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and merrick garland saying moments ago that the justice department will not hesitate to hold donald trump accountable for the events around january 6th even if trump is the republican nominee for president. if thats ...

Majority of his career. i need my president and my first lady to stands up for him. he needs to come home. >> now, the importance here of deeming him wrongfully detained would mean that that would then launch the biden administration, the state department, to engage in efforts, negotiations with the russians to get him home as quickly as possible. and jake, we should note that this week is mark fogles birthday. and so its an incredibly emotional week for his family, as he has to celebrate that b...