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There is a, there is a real skepticism for -- here is a chance to restore that integrity. do you think that garland is looking at it in such a high stakes manner? it doesn't feel like he wanted to have to take on trump at the outset of his career as a. g., and now he finds himself in almost an impossible position? >> people who know him well will tell you that he understands this, he gets the political stakes. i have a hard time scoring that with the actual record. because, as you say, something hugely significant happened on january 6th. joe biden took office a couple weeks later, a couple mo...

But a lot of my white house colleagues have been frustrated with the level of information that they are getting, specifically on the record in the right white house press conferences. it seems that there is not as much information being shared their. but we are finding more information just as time goes on, like finding about of out about these five additional documents. we will see if things progress and if the white house really sticks to its promise of transparency. >> julia ainsley, thank so much for your time. joining us now, elie mystal, justice correspondent for the nation. >> elie myst...

And i know it is going to sound like i am being facetious, but i am not. i honestly think that we have to stop considering what these wackos want or don't want. and that is, again, the problem with merrick garland. he is taking these actions. he claims to be a political. he says that he wants to be above politics. but all he makes are politically motivated decisions. and what is frustrating is that they are not even politically motivated based on the normal laws of political gravity. they are politically motivated based on what, like, the pillow guy wants. merrick garland is acting as an a. g....

Above politics. but all he makes are politically motivated decisions. and what is frustrating is that they are not even politically motivated based on the normal laws of political gravity. they are politically motivated based on what, like, the pillow guy wants. merrick garland is acting as an a. g. to appease the pillow man. and i feel like, at some point, that that becomes ridiculous. >> elie mystal, as always, thank you for your time. next, the house is under new management and the gop is off to a rocky start. two former members of congress tell me what we have learned just this week. and l...

Outspoken critic -- if i understand, you have been a critic of garland appointing a special mystal council in the trump documents case. i don't know if it's an over gross oversimplification to summer as part of your theory here as, how many special counsels you have before it is no longer special? talk to me about your thinking here. >> the special counsel law says that the a. g. can appoint a special counsel in extraordinary circumstances. could merrick garland please tell me what circumstance is not extraordinary according to his scared of his own shadow way of prosecuting cases? because wha...