threats to school boards. there is bipartisan outrage over the doj's handling of the larry nassar probe and all eyes on the justice department as they weigh whether to prosecute steve bannon for contempt of congress. so joining me now to break all of this down -- that's a lot to -- our legal analyst elliott williams. you have your work cut out for you. >> bring it on. >> garland took a ton of heat for the mem he issued in the wake of rising violence at school board meetings across the country. take a listen between this exchange between senator ted cruz, a.g. garland and senator tom cotton. >> department of justice, you did no independent research on what was happening, did you? >> the memo has nothing to do with -- >> did you do independent research? >> the memo has -- >> did you do independent research? you're not answering that question. >> you asked the question. may i answer question? the question is why speed. the answer is when we get reports of violence and threats of violence we need to act very