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Which is how you get to autocracy. >> neil, exactly what -- actually what donald trump was saying out loud he wanted to do. there's reporting in 2017 or '18 that he wanted the justice department to prosecute hillary clinton, to prosecute james comey. accused mccabe of treason. i believe called james comey a traitor. now we know that his trumpiest of all of the whatever he had three or four attorneys general generate. what do you make of the denial of bill barr? >> i'll believe the denial and the recollection just about as i'll believe the summary of the mueller report. this is bombshell report...

Audits. the justice department will do everything to prevent election fraud if found. but many of the justifications in post-election audits relied on lies why that have been refuted in this administration and last as well as in every court that has considered them. the refr rend, professor, neil, thank you so much to all three for spending time with us today. when we come back, how today's doj announcement is received by the states trying to limit who votes. michigan's secretary of state fighting that on the front lines will join us next.

Al sharpton, michael eric dyson and neil. professor, your reaction? >> it is absolutely necessary for the attorney general to use the bully pulpit of his officer for ideas that protect american citizens' right to vote. in 2013 with the rejection of preclearance as the predicate for judicial oversight it is even more necessary for legislators and the department of justice to vigorously pursue democracy and the right to vote for ordinary citizens and the shenanigans, the tricks deployed by republican-led state legislatures throughout the country shows the evil ingenuity of a far right wing that ...

The franchise for all voters. the civil rights division is going to need more lawyers. accordingly today i'm announcing within the next 30 days we will double the division's enforcement staff for protecting the right to vote. we are scrutinizing new laws that seek to curb voter access and where we see violations will not hesitate to act and scrutinizing current laws and practices to determine whether they discriminate black voters and other voters of color. >> joining the conversation the reverend al sharpton, host of "politics nation." also author and professor, michael eric dyson. neil is st...

Officials. here's the true scandal. they still work there. for attorney general merrick garland. today. right now. this is where we start today. former acting u.s. solicitor and professor neil katatel is here. and mike schmidt is here. a reporter that broke this big story last night for "the new york times." all three msnbc contributors. mike schmidt, take us through what you describe as a sense that the justice department that might have been at least partially politically motivated on barr's part. >> whatever the underlying evidence was in this investigation back in 2017, 2018, that got the ...