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December. im not sure why. mr. gohmert acts for one as well. mr. perry asked for a pardon to, im sorry. >> now folks, theres only one reason to ask for a pardon. when you know you have committed a crime. the american people deserve to know why these republicans thought they needed to get out of jail free card. all six have denied any wrongdoing, of course. so far representative green, gomez, and perry, have denied seeking pardons. matt gates has not denied it. and millbrooks made no comment. alt...

Mr. dorr nan talked about it but never asked for for. mr. perry and gohmert. i heard that she had asked white house counsel for a pardon. >> different gop members denied or rationalized this. will there be more about the request for a pardon? >> it is indicative of a fear of prosecution. it is not a crime for these members to ask for a pardon. that would be their right. however, one cannot corruptly ask for a pardon which means to seek a pardon in exchange for something else is a political quid ...

End or at the other end of the hallway in the senate. >> i want to turn your attention to the hearings of the january six committee hearings. this has been all week. we have heard from a five hearings now. they have been much more compelling than i think some skeptics acknowledge. it is among the important revelations on thursday, the name of republican congressman who asked president trump for pardons. take a listen. >> are you owe where of members of congress? >> mr. gates, and mr. brooks, i k...

For everything pardoned. prosecutors are still looking at him and deciding if he will face these larges. now, this could add complications to matt gaetz. a the this point, you know, again, these members of congress are saying there is nothing to see here. as you can tell from the testimony from people inside of the white house this actually happened. >> not all of them but several of them did. >> you mentioned mr. gaetz -- >> mr. biggs did, mr. gohmert talk about it but never asked me about one....

Presidential pardons. >> was representative gaetz requesting a pardon? >> i believe so. a pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could describe. >> mr. biggs did. mr. jordan talked about congressional pardons but he never asked me for one. mr. gohmert asked for one as well. and mr. perry as well. im sorry. [ inaudible question ] >> she didnt contact me about it. i already she had asked white house counsel for a pardon. >> and meantime behind closed doors yesterday, the co...

Criminal penalties. there is a far stronger incentive to be truthful when you are testifying before congress. >> you can lie to the press people do it all of the time, sadly, you can not lie to congress and officials under oath. lets move on to the pardons that the committee says your colleagues asked for. gaetz, brooks, gohmert, perry. >> to think of how unprecedented it is. i have been in congress for 20 years and never seen anything like it. multiple members of congress seeking a pardon from ...

0 donald trump coming forward with information that is >> bill barr, republicans are giving damaging. >> it is not a partisan witch- hunt? >> i know t it is hard to believe. >> thank you. damning testimony today to talk about coming from the hearings that happened up on the hearing today. a lot to discus. we want to get straight to evan perez, senior justice correspondent. the big headline out of todays hearings, trumps allies, helping the former president overturn the election. tell us more abo...

Investigation is a referral of crimes both to the department of justice and to the american people because this is a massive assault on our -- on the machinery of american democracy. >> the committee says there was no path for the president to win and mr. trump knew that. democrats want to know more about gop members who requested pardons from former president trump after the riot. >> the committee has evidence that several members of congress did seek a pardon. you have representative perry ref...

The weeks after the insurrection he reportedly asked for a presidential pardon. so, how much actual legal jeopardy could he and others like cam be facing? >> yeah, vicky, the pardon issue was kind of a recurring theme, we heard about jared kushner saying he wasnt concerned with white house counsel, threatening to resign due to donald trumps misconduct. because he had his nose buried in a pile of potential trump artisans that he was trying to push through before his father in law left office. we ...

When i did. >> i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he was saying. >> reporter: trump is down playing his daughters involvement. writing on his truth social platform, ivanka trump was not involved in looking at or studying election results. she had long since checked out and was in my opinion only trying to be respectful to bill barr and his position as attorney general. he sucked. and one republican is denying he asked for a pardon from the president after vice chair cheney said ...