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Looking to protect democracy from the future? i mean i know that's not doj's mission in any context except the most opaque national security one but how does that change with the 1/6 committee produces at the end? >> yeah, as they continue to see folks like doug mastriano in pennsylvania, an election denier, what is the governor of pennsylvania going to do if president biden were to win in 2024, were to win his state? right, i talked to an aide in the white house about that today. that is a concern they have. that concern is also shared with folks on the january 6th committee. it was unclear, ...

Do you want to see and what can you give us in return? but, you know, i think a lot of the base is going to want to see the january 6th committee cooperate fully with the justice department and give them as much evidence as possible. the base wants to see aggressive investigations from the justice department and i don't think they want to see the committee slowing things down so, you know, this is a delicate political dance for the members. they do a lot of work, gather a lot of evidence, do want to get information to the justice department but also don't want to slow down anyone's investigati...

But i believe some of the questioning had started to inch a couple of months ago, by late february to whether or not they were there because they believed it was what trump wanted them to do and probing any of those connections. i wonder what you think the committee might want in return from doj before it turns over transcripts. >> well, you know, i wasn't one of these people, nicolle, who yesterday thought this was the most momentous story ever. luke's story was great and important but part of the reason, congress wants to protect its work product for now and not turn everything over and enga...

Probed yet? why would they want all the transcripts from the 1/6 committee, neal? >> because they haven't done that work themselves. in an ordinary criminal prosecution with some little layer of congress involved, it's the justice department that wants to go first. that's the ordinary rule and for really important reasons, congress sometimes messes up investigations, think about oliver north where they immunized witnesses and that undid the criminal prosecution later on. it tainted things and so generally that's the justice department's role is to say, we'll go first, we'll investigate. here t...

I mean, my view on this, there's going to be this food fight for awhile but ultimately all this information is going to be shared with the justice department so it's a when question, not an if question. we're not dealing with something like the trump's white house which is, you know, trying to stonewall investigators at every turn. the justice department obviously needs this information, criminal prosecution is the most important function here and so they'll get it. so to me this story was significant, luke's story because it confirms what the justice department has been telegraphing between t...