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>> that comment from his former attorney general really got under trumps orange tinted skin as he prepares for tomorrows historic arraignment. the first former president to face federal charges and the possibility of prison time. also tonight, the extreme denialism of trump defenders. what they get totally wrong about the presidential records act, how declassification works, and the biden and hillary clinton false equivalencies. >> and we begin tonight with donald trumps reverse snow...

we are grate. . "the beat" with ari melber starts right now. >> see you tuesday. >> im ari melber, we begin with the breaking news. we start the new week with the federal defendant, donald trump, back in florida. this is the eve of his federal arraignment tomorrow, and he made the trip from new jersey preparing to voluntarily surrender into federal custody for the first time as a defendant. that is the consequence of the indictment unsealed and briefly explained by jack smith on friday...

supporters to go home. trying to make the case that trump chose to allow his supporters to carry out that deadly assault on the capitol. >> on january 6th, when lives and our democracy hung in the balance. president trump refused to act because of his selfish desire to stay in power. >> president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes the between leaving the ellipse and telling them up to go home. he chose not to act. >> one of the committees key points, donald trump knew the...

187 minutes of what was described as donald trumps dereliction of duty on january 6th. we also heard testimony from two former white house insiders, deputy national security advisor matthew pottinger, and sarah matthews. they both resigned shortly after the insurrection took place. the panel tonight focused on those three plus hours between the time donald trump left the rally, and when he sent out that tweet telling his supporters to go home. trying to make the case that trump chose t...

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All secret service members. if theres information that they have, that bears on our understanding of the presidents state of mind, that should come forward and the committees jurisdiction should gain access to that information. >> absolutely. the secret service does such important work and they put themselves and their lives at risk every single day and i hope they cooperate with this investigation in any way they can but they do not deserve to vir v-their names or -- to have their names or thei...