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have said, mr. vice president, you need to recuse yourself from this. sent some official over to deal with that and don't talk about firing the very prosecutor that is investigating a company where your son sits on the board. at the very least an ethical lapse. >> talking about the possibility of an impeachment inquiry. your assessment? >> they have asked very reasonably for documents. which in their oversight capacity they are entitled to get in the biden administration is not been forthcoming for those documents. i think mccarthy is going to move forward on an impeachment inquiry. >> cully stimson thankful for your time and analysis today. >> thanks for having me. mike: wegner group leader yevgeny prigozhin was a passenger on the plane that crashed on wednesday. more on that after the break. ♪
jim jordan who is effectively opening up an investigation at the bidding of trump's defense team into the manhattan d.a.'s criminal investigation into trump. the separation of powers question or the role of congress in an oversight capacity has been breached by one -- in one investigation, so, hey, couldn't he do it here too? do you think that's had any effect on this? >> maybe so, but, again jim jordan cannot be held to task by the bar association or by judges for his behavior. he is, of course, protected by being a political figure doing supposedly what passes for his job. lawyers, of course, can be held accountable by judges and we've seen that with any number of the counsel as mike pence previously said in your segment was giving donald trump very, very bad advice. you know, look at, at the end of the day i think these lawyers understand they're dealing with a very serious situation, a very serious prosecutor with a set of facts pretty uncomfortable to
powers question, or the role o congress in an oversight capacity, has been breached by in, one investigation, so hey, couldn't we do it here, as well? do you think that will have an effect on this >> maybe so, but again, ji jordan cannot be held to tas by the bar so ca shun or b judges for his behavior. he is of course protected by being a political figure, doin supposedly what passes for his job. lawyers of course can be hel accountable by judges, and w have seen that with any number of the council that, is mike pence so memorably said in your previou segment, was giving donald trump very bad advice. so look, at the end of the day i think these lawyer understand that they are dealing with a very seriou situation, and very seriou special prosecutor with a se of facts that is prett uncomfortable to them. and i know that they feel like those set of facts up agains the law is an uncomfortabl thing because they are doing these games, these pr stones that frankly make absolutely n
of course is absolutely no true, suggesting that th national archives didn't try t help donald trump, which is no true so again, classic trump lega strategy of creating as much uncertainty and doubt and fear you possibly can >> do you think that the lawyers are emboldened by th behavior of jim jordan, who is effectively opening an investigation at the bidding o trump's defense team into th manhattan d. a.'s criminal investigation into trump i mean, the separation o powers question, or the role o congress in an oversight capacity, has been breached by in, one investigation, so hey, couldn't we do it here, as well? do you think that will have an effect on this >> maybe so, but again, ji jordan cannot be held to tas by the bar so ca shun or b judges for his behavior. he is of course protected by being a political figure, doin supposedly what passes for his job. lawyers of course can be hel accountable by judges, and w have seen that with any number of the council that, is mike pence so
threat, and whether or not that needs to be addressed. the department of justice has been reluctant to take that step because it's an ongoing conversation. what we're told is it's setting up the parameters for exactly what they're investigating. it does not seem likely they're going to share the contents of the documents themselves but at least begin the process of trying to inform congress in their oversight capacity as much as possible. there's no doubt that republicans and democrats have been frustrated with the department of justice and their lack of accountability in this regard. we'll have to see if this satisfies any of their concerns when they meet behind closed doors tomorrow, chris. >> more to come on that, ryan nobles, thank you. we have new and exclusive reporting about what's being called voter fraud vigilanteism in georgia. amateur sleuth on the hunt for voter fraud so they challenge
overseers and working in an oversight capacity over ntsb, over the epa, and working with those administrators to ensure that these things don't happen. we have to also work with the rail companies as well to make sure that they are raising their standards and that the bottom line isn't just to focus. in that we are updating our rail systems to have the best technology so that we cannot only be competitive, but keep that isn't safe as. well >> yeah, that community certainly need some answers, now today, tomorrow, as they have so many questions and are understandably very worried. we hope that congressman, that you are on it and will join us again as we get more answers amidst this tragedy. thank, you andré carson, congressman. appreciate it. all right, according to nbc news's national security correspondent, courtney, qb u.s. officials say the china maybe providing russian on that lethal military assistance in the ukraine war. i want to head now back to munich where cornea setting by
then give him the necessary clearance by that instruction. >> jake tapper yesterday what chairman comer, he had an interesting conundrum for republicans here. yes, they have an oversight capacity, but at the same time, it is going to be hard for them to press just on president biden's documents issue when they didn't real liz express any concern over donald trump's document issue. >> that is right. congressman comer never asked for the visitor logs for mar-a-lago while he's asked for the visiting logs for president biden's delaware home and a lot of republicans including representative comer and speaker kevin mccarthy all rallied behind former president trump after the fbi went into search and are now they have -- sas a part of the new investigation they're launching, one is into the fbi. one is looking at the fbi and arguing that -- that it has been
members that want to investigate a lot. >> you have to do both. one major role of congress is oversight capacity, having a government that is accountable. with border crisis for example, making sure we call secretary mayorkas under oath and hold him accountable for their failure to secure the southern border, there are a lot of investigations that need to happen, i am working on a local issue, there was a deadly limousine crash in upstate new york, the owner of that company was a long time fbi infor informants. we have to have oversight over the agents that run wild, they work for the american people and congress' job through power of the purse and investigations will be an important parts of making sure we have a government that is accountable.
members that want to investigate a lot. >> you have to do both. one major role of congress is oversight capacity, having a government that is accountable. with border crisis for example, making sure we call secretary mayorkas under oath and hold him accountable for their failure to secure the southern border, there are a lot of investigations that need to happen, i am working on a local issue, there was a deadly limousine crash in upstate new york, the owner of that company was a long time fbi infor informants. we have to have oversight over the agents that run wild, they work for the american people and congress' job through power of the purse and investigations will be an important parts of making sure we have a government that is accountable.
members that want to investigate a lot. >> you have to do both. one major role of congress is oversight capacity, having a government that is accountable. with border crisis for example, making sure we call secretary mayorkas under oath and hold him accountable for their failure to secure the southern border, there are a lot of investigations that need to happen, i am working on a local issue, there was a deadly limousine crash in upstate new york, the owner of that company was a long time fbi in informants. we have to have oversight over the agents that run wild, they work for the american people and congress' job through power of the purse and investigations will be an important parts of making sure we have a government that is accountable.