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buddies and allies to overturn the 2020 election. as we reported on this program at this hour yesterday, mark short, hes of course the former chief of staff to former vice president mike pence, testified before a d.c. grand jury last week. now according to new multiple reports, we also know that a second senior pence aide also testified. that would be greg jacob, pences legal counsel. both men, of course, had a front row seat to the extraordinary pressure campaign on mike pence by trum...

Up turn around and face a cctv security camera with someone that the under and looking at me. and i guess, rendering judgment of some sort and this is just another example of fifa really doesnt control this world cup. its the qataris. and i think that they like to show that. its illegal to be gay in this country, qatar, by the way. so this is something that has been a concern about how it qatar officials in force things on the ground. i didnt mean to make this or intend to make this public at al...

Insurrection told a conservative radio host that he has not watched any of the hearings, but he certainly has an opinion about them anyway calling them this, a departure from, quote, anglo american jurisprudence, end quote. cheney tweeted this in response, hey, senator cotton heard you on hugh hewitt criticizing the january 6th hearings. then you said the strangest thing. you admitted you hadnt watched any of them. heres a tip, actually watching them before rendering judgment is more consistent ...

>> this michigan hearing, of course, is just one of several happening across the country to hold lawyers responsible for falsehoods spread during the failed lawsuit attempts. how critical is accountability? >> accountability in the legal profession is incredibly important. now, when cases get adjudicated, it is important that the court and the trier of fact and whoever is rendering judgment has real verifiable facts. now, peoples version of factual events can differ, but making representations w...

Joining us now, seth waxman, a former federal prosecutor under the clinton and obama administrations. i want to get your reaction to this new backtrack by orrin hatch. >> im glad to see him do that. his initial comments were troubling, a sitting senator saying the president can act with impugnity, whether thats breaking the law or not. for him to walk that back, its not surprising. hopefully hell wait to see the evidence, when he says mr. cohen isnt a credible witness, that may or may not be tru...

It doesnt help him much if comey says i would like to appear in public and then as soon as he is in public he says well, i cant discuss this because its classified. i cant discuss that. so, i think it parlays the question of what the topics are going to be. as a general rule, i think its always better to have the american people involved. the more they can learn, the more capable they are of rendering judgment. so its a question of what issues are coming up. again, if you always have this questi...

Strategy during a one-on-one interview with chuck todd in this weeks meet the press. >> if the president now has a syria strategy, i would like to see what it is. he has not had a strategy, but if hes come up with a strategy, we need to see exactly what it is that hes proposing and then make judgments. >> do you think hes authorized to do this without congressional approval? >> i want to see what hes proposing before rendering judgment. >> luke russert, we have been playing what has been said ov...

Like to have a authorization of sorts for what the president is doing. but leadership in congress has been afraid of allowing that debate to happen. >> if this means the president has a serious strategy, good, i want to see what it is. he doesnt have a serious strategy. thats part of our complaint. if this means he has a comprehensive strategy, lets hear it. lets see what hes proposing and then makes judgment. >> so you think hes authorized to do this without congressional -- >> i want to see wh...

Also acknowledge they werent prepared for the strong backlash youre seeing against sargeened bergdahl himself. you have some of his former army members coming forward saying that as many as six soldiers may have died searching for him. you have, again, other people coming forward with death threats and then of course you have lawmakers on capitol hill questioning his service. some even saying that we know enough now to actually punish him, to call him a dezwaurter. the defense department is sayi...