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From 44 states and washington, d.c. face charges in the attack on the capitol. texas congressman gohmert who's being sued for the part in inciting the insurrection at the capitol said on the house floor, quote, they should only crime was supporting donald trump. no word yet on whether gohmert will be using the trump made me do it defense in the lawsuit against him. that is tonight's last word. "2 -- the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. ♪♪ good evening once again. day 140 of the biden administration. the president just hours away from wheels up on an eight-day overseas trip. fir...

Ifnc the best defense you have that it appears the president committed is boring, i don't think that's particularly p persuasive. the first offense was i didn't do. mick mulvaney, so what if i did. and the third is that they're a sham process and that it's boring.ha but not a single it defense has been i offered on the merits of what the president asked for in that favor. so i think that's an indication of how weak it is. i and the president, of of course, has a well had earned reputation for telling fibs, some would say lies. >> i saw the president today making noises, i think flatly disingen...

Deal that these u.s. officials have described under oath? >> what i can tell you is that all of my interaction on this issue focused entirely on three things. >> did you have knowledge of what -- >> we stood with them. >> i haven't gotten a clear answer from you on that. are you saying you never heard of such a deal? >> all of my conversations with president zelensky were entirely focused on issues of imports to the american people. >> what's happening there, professor? >> lot of bobbing and weaving for someone who's not in the ring. lot of evasion for the vice president, someone who ostensibl...

That before they sent the secret service, military teams, advance teams, somewhere they know whether or not they would need oxygen tanks at a certain altitude, the perfect, ideal location where the average high temperature in june is 90 degrees and the average humidity is 76%, what do you make of the perfect place to hold it defense? >> it doesn't really mean anything unless they tell us what the other sites were. if they looked at four chuck e cheeses in cincinnati and my basement and dural, dural is a perfect choice. but america is a big country with a lot of beautiful resorts and great plac...

What, this is a very trumpy move. i heard the voice of the president in what he was saying, which is the yeah, so what, i did it defense. wrenn, the origin of this inquiry is the white house releasing its own transcript of the phone call between president trump and the ewe yan yan president on july 25th and trump still says that was a perfect phone call. that is another version of yeah so, what, i did it defense. >> indeed. and joshua, here's house intelligence committee chairman add dach schiff responding to mulvaney's comments today. take a list p. >> mr. mulvaney's acknowledge means that th...