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politics reporter at "the washington post." also the co-author of the book "his name is george floyd." so happy to have all of you on. why don't i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressure on pence and how much danger that put him in. this week it is the pressure on state officials to overturn the election. remember this call that trump made to georgia secretary of state? here it is. >> so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we...

eastern time. the committee saying tomorrow's hearings will focus on former president trump pressuring state officials to overturn election results and pushing to advance phony slates of electors. a lot to discuss with doug jones, charlie dent, a former republican congressman, and political analyst, the national politics reporter at "the washington post." also the co-author of the book "his name is george floyd." so happy to have all of you on. why don't i start with you. good evening to everyone. to the trump pressure campaign. last week the committee focussed on the intense pressur...

Toxic effect on our politics, and that's one of the reasons we should be going ahead. but there is no avoiding that whole set of concerns that goldschmidt summarizes as what is in the national interest. probably no avoiding even having biden weigh in on the decision. doesn't make sense to just pretend this is a work a day decision once they check the boxes that's all that's going on here. much more is going on here. >> abc new poll out conducted after three public january 6th hearings, january 6th committee hearings. shows 6 in 10 americans believe former president trump should be prosecuted. ...

There are people who say, look, you have got the evidence on him. why do you treat the president any differently? but we do have a precedent here, which is nixon and ford. ford pardons nixon, himself try basically vindicates it. he's unrepented. he continues to inflame the voters. he continues to have the same toxic effect on our politics, and that's one of the reasons we should be going ahead. but there is no avoiding that whole set of concerns that goldschmidt summarizes as what is in the national interest. probably no avoiding even having biden weigh in on the decision. doesn't make sense t...