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Fanciful. but that misses the point completely. the fact is, the attempt in 2020 was completely slap dash. there was the riot, there was the pressure on the legislators to ask mike pence to fail to certify the election, so on. the whole thing was thrown together in a series of weeks. this, what were seeing now, is much more methodical. with two-thirds of the republican party believing the election was stolen, and therefore steps must be taken to rectify that in the form of removing secretaries o...

This is a key ally. they are deeply upset. you see in that statement coming from the white house, acknowledgment that at the very least, forget about substance of the deal, there should have been better communication, more clear channels. and the thing that really stung the president were allegations by the french that he was behaving the way former president donald trump would have, that the process, again, not the substance, but at the least the process was ad hoc and slap dash, disrespectful ...

Ballots in real election machines and real voting machines and if it is illegal. and it looks like it is. theres a federal law that said random third parties cannot have access to ballot ones can and machines after an election. if its illegal everywhere. who is going to stop it? and when? we reported last night on the swearing in of the brand new chief of the civil rights division. kristin clark and we are waiting to see what they work on now they have a senate confirmed leader. honestly one of ...

Her first full day on the job. we are waiting to see what the civil rights commission does now that it has a leader. one of the areas where civil rights commission might get involved is an election law. one of the things they could get involved in to draw some bright lines about what cant be done is around these slap dash privately done third party audits of the last election it was the acting head who wrote a letter to arizona senate republicans telling them because they handed over these since...

Of justice and abuse of power." with the house set to impeach tomorrow, tonight, the fight over a trial in the senate is well under way. today, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell rejected the democrats request to call four witnesses the white house has blocked, including acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviser john bolton. >> the house chose this road. its their duty to investigate. if they fail, they fail. >> i listened to the leaders speech. i did not hea...

Might he just might he be coordinating these questions with people outside the senate? heres one possible explanation, maybe the houses public proceedings have left the democratic leader with the same impression theyve left many of us that from everything we can tell, house democrats slap dash impeachment inquiry has failed to come anywhere near, anywhere near the bar for impeaching a duly elected president let alone removing him for the first time in american history. and so those who have been...

Senate? here is one possible explanation. maybe the houses public proceedings have left the democratic leader that theyve left many of us. from everything we can tell, house democrats slap dash impeachment inquiry has failed to come anywhere near -- anywhere near the bar for impeaching a duly-elected president, let alone removing him for the first time in american history. so those who have been eagerly hoping for impeachment are starting to scramble. chairman adam schiff and house democrats act...

>> you know, at least what weve seen in texas perhaps both incidents and i agree with andy, prosecutors will generally tell you that we need some sort of domestic terrorism statute. we should think very carefully about the behavior we want to criminalize and what we want law enforcement to be able to investigate it cant be slap dash so it has to be done thoughtfully and put it on an equal footing with foreign terrorism with the priority and prosecutors time so people understand its a serious pro...

Made first of all, youre satisfied that what weve just witnessed fits the legal definition of domestic terrorism? >> you know, at least what weve seen in texas perhaps both incidents and i agree with andy, prosecutors will generally tell you that we need some sort of domestic terrorism statute. we should think very carefully about the behavior we want to criminalize and what we want law enforcement to be able to investigate it cant be slap dash so it has to be done thoughtfully and put it on an ...

Koreans testing short range ballistic missiles which were clear violations of un security resolutions. what do you make of this historic visit from the president? >> i think it was about pageantry and a photo op. it was thrown together at the last minute with a tweet. it was slap dash, and thats why youre not likely to see many results from this. this is a thorny problem that takes the top minds in the world years and years of preparation. the idea that you have a handshake and legitimize a mono...