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Didn't let merrick garland get away saying i had nothing to do with this or wasn't my call. but when he got to the issue of federal versus state prosecutions, the -- merrick garland didn't do so well. he said even though colangelo went from assistant deputy attorney general down to an assistant d.a. in a local d.a.'s office he basically said he was only involved in a case that involved new york state crime. new york state penal law. that's not accurate. the high ranking justice department official ends up prosecuting in a lower manhattan trial involving a low d.a. involved federal law. the thr...

How transparent his defenses have not shown in the video and they say it could harm future investigations in the integrity and that's exactly why we want to see the video to ensure the integrity of that one that was really important. as he went on the opening statements talked about the false claims about the doj as the trim trial he goes down the line and threats to defund particular doj departments and special counsel and the jury verdict in a state trial had nothing to do with the doj but at the end of the day it does and him talking about the individual career agents being singled out for ...

When this case does go to trial in the meantime? >> it can. judge mcafee, the trial judge below will handle motions. he's proven to be a good and thoughtful and somewhat efficient trial judge. the trial judge might tell him to hold off on that. it can go forward. i imagine prosecutors are still preparing for the case. they're not going to stop. but they do have to also prepare for this appellate argument in october, chris. >> the panel of judges doesn't collect new evidence. they are arriving at the conclusions when he decided to keep d.a. willis on the case. what will the arguments look and s...

He is mentally facility to be able to stand trial but that president biden is not mentally fit to stand trial. we think we ought to be able to see the audio. look, we think the demeanor is what he said it is, fine. if there is no issue, fine. we ought to be able to see it. it's an impeachment inquiry. we have the right to see it as members of congress. >> laura: garland was asked about potential coordination between the doj and the d.a.'s offices. watch this. >> will the department of justice provide to the committee all documents, all correspondence between the department and alvin bragg's of...

These prosecutors are doing at the state and federal level to use politics, you know, political retribution in the court system to go after political opponents, federal officials like donald trump. >> reporter: days after president biden condemned trump's claims of a biased legal system, some democrats say the biden campaign needs to make trump's felonies a top issue as others want his message to focus on the administration's work so far. >> i think not only the president but democrats need to be making the case forcefully to the american people. i think the right approach is to make year that...