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You want to reach for a nice gin and tonic and sit back and muse on it. which im going to do right after this segment. but, you would need an answer now. the answer is not a complicated one. youre absolutely right. the fbi did have notorious behavior in the past. it was born out of mccarthyite period in our history going even further back to when hoover took over and using it as his own sort of form of weaponization against members of congress, et cetera. but they reformed themselves. and the co...

When youre referencing the republican congress. >> can let me stop you for, moments i want to both have a conversation. i dont want to talk over each, other but i do want to say, he said that you wanted to talk about desantis. one of the reasons i brought up the notion of weaponization, is because this is been something hes most recently said, at least over the weekend with respect to the purported, im sorry to use the word again, but it happens to be in my lexicon can. the idea of the purported...

Welcome to a special edition of cnn primetime. im laura coates, and look congress is returning. they are coming in hot. republican set to hold hearings on the perceived weaponization of the government. all the, while special counsel jack smith, he may be very closely to decide whether donald trump over his weaponization of the government. of, course the efforts to overturn the election. separately, tomorrow in georgia, selection begins for a grand jury that will also decide whether to indict him...

Candidate of choice, that cant be the only time that its noted as weaponization. wouldnt you agree? >> i would agree vehemently, just as congressman raskin, objects to electoral votes, when its donald trump winning the election in 2016. he thinks its a form of insurrection when it happens and 2020, by other congressman doing the exact same thing that he did. you can go back to the bush v. gore election, in 2000 and c election after, election where republicans won, that democrats were making the ...

Its the clinton campaigns role in it. >> the notion that that agency has not been in -- and engaging itself into elections is already wrapped up in a comment like purported weaponization of the government. when youre referencing the republican congress. >> can let me stop you for, moments i want to both have a conversation. i dont want to talk over each, other but i do want to say, he said that you wanted to talk about desantis. one of the reasons i brought up the notion of weaponization, is bec...

That you have been an official and the government, you have been an attorney general and the state of virginia, among many other positions that youve had as well. doesnt it seem odd to you that the notion that the government is weaponized, only if it is leading to an unfavorable result for, you or your candidate of choice, that cant be the only time that its noted as weaponization. wouldnt you agree? >> i would agree vehemently, just as congressman raskin, objects to electoral votes, when its do...

I dont think any republican ingesting truth serum believes theres been any political interference by merrick garland in the hunter biden cases. i dont believe anyone whos watched merrick garland as a judge or watched his almost tediously deliberate leadership of doj thinks garland has any desire of anyone involved on his team to get involved in these cases. these cases are going to be what they are going to be. we havent even dealt with the fact that their star witness has now been charged with,...

If this ruling were allowed to stand? >> this is nothing short of a weaponization of the court system in order to harass and intimidate government employees and disinformation researchers. i am really worried when we look back at 2020. you might remember the peds data operation that russia used during that election. that is when they hired american journalists to message to americans during that election. the fbi tipped off twitter and facebook that that operation existed. there is a card out an...

Like your kids interpret the 12th place ribbon, its a big stretch between the two. >> they give ribbons for 12th place? >> they do. i know you were a star in college. its very personal. >> im just skrg from a personal perspective. >> clearly the baseball champion, i get it. the 12th place ribbon 53" kid -- no, i was always number one. the point sths a distant second. the idea of attacking the media seems to be a successful then in a world where echo chambers are important. the primary versus the...

To be a subserve antd. the reason for the department of justice to be separate, even though you legally are part of the executive and the reason that you have a president now who understands restraint that is required to be in a democracy and you have someone running for office who is the former president who had a complete absence of restraint with the most dictatorial qualities. if that is someone we do not know, someone who is witness to that has to speak up now. it shouldnt require the brave...