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public and stop this. kevin mccarthy was not the only republican calling on donald trump to put an end to the violence on that day. in fact, we have learned that at least 11 other republican members of congress reach out to the white house, or at least made some kind of public statement that day to implore the president to do something. to do anything to stop the violence. in fact, his eldest son, don jr., texted then white house chief of staff, mark meadows saying, hes got to condemn ...

you probably wont hear him talk this way again. but, i want to play this for you. this was with the top house republican, kevin mccarthy said on live television back on january six, 2021, as the attack on the capital was unfolding in realtime. >> ive spoken to the president. i asked him to talk to the nation, and dont stop this. i told him we need to talk to the nation. i told him what was happening right then. i was very clear with the president when i called him. this has to stop. he...

Evidence -- and thats at the point where a case is being opened, that they were involved in that decision-making process. it seems to me that this is more restoration of rule of law and dojs back to business as usual than anything else. i have heard folks say that, well, this sort of a memo could be used by a future attorney general who is not as scrupulous as merrick garland, in a really bad, malicious way. and while lather is true, if we have an attorney general in the future who is inclined t...

Investigate trumps effort to overturn the 2020 election, whether the former president runs in 2024 are not. how reassuring is that statement? 2024 a re not how >> so, i find it to be very reassuring. i think that this is a reaffirm meant of the speech the attorney general made on january five, when he said that the justice department would follow the evidence and chase the facts no matter who is implicated, no matter how high up they were. and i took that at the time as a clear statement that th...

Conduct. i hear the deputy attorney general statement today is being a reaffirm inside of that, a commitment that no matter what the former presidents status becomes as a candidate, that doj will continue the work it has begun. >> let me switch gears to the other big news today. steve bannons lawyers arguing today that because they were in contact with the january 6th committee, bannon understood the dates of his subpoena and his deposition to be, quote, flexible. do you buy that as an argument?...

Someone who has been involved in over 25 years at doj, with this sort of ongoing election work, that the commitment remains in place that dojs job is not to interfere with elections. doj conducts its investigations in a way that is respectful of american voters right to determine the outcome of elections. and you will remember, ayman, that one of the real problems at the end of the trump administration was trump trying to corrupt doj. and go into the acting attorney general, rosen, who told him ...