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We thought to begin with. so we've got to -- we have to put this to rest. the election is over. it's a major threat to american constitutional democracy to have an entire political party challenging a valid authentic election result for months and years after the election is over. how can we survive as a democracy with that kind of derangement and electoral lunacy? >> the most secure election in our nation's history, by the way. congressman raskin, thank you. i appreciate your time. good luck. >> all right. i very much appreciate you're doing this. bye-bye. >> the full house votes on thursday ...

And this is about what may be really the last chance for congress to hold anybody accountable. so let's discuss now and talk about what is going on and if there is enough urgency and all of the questions about what is happening. there you see him on your screen right there. and if you're listening on sirius, you're about to hear his voice. representative jamie raskin, democrat of maryland who is a member of the committee. representative raskin, i appreciate you joining us. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me, don. >> your committee is voting, voting unanimously. they moved ahead. the fu...

Cooperation they are skipping that step of asking and going to subpoena. we saw the first tranche with those four people close to the former president and expect many more subpoenas in the coming days and weeks. something that's also really interesting to me it's not just for a deposition, the committee wants records and data from these individuals as well. they gave them a deadline of one week to turn over those documents. i was speaking with representative raskin and he said while they are important he thinks the main component will be all of the data and all of the records they are asking f...

Was asked if he spoke with the former president on january 6th, something that was rumored but was not confirmed. he said that he did. so liz cheney said jim jordan will likely be a material witness so that is likely to play into that. i asked a community aide if that is a factor. they said they don't have comment on that admission just yet but we should watch. now, there are going to be a lot of trouble between republicans and democrats, most republicans anyway, who still fundamentally disagree with what the select committee is doing and the fact that they're investigating. let's listen to ho...

145 Democrats urge the release of $75m in US aid to Gaza Signatories to the letter include by Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive representatives including Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. June 4, 2021 at 1:11 pm Some 145 Democratic members of Congress are urging a key Republican senator to release the hold on $75 million in Palestinian aid. The lawmakers, led by Congressman Jamie Raskin, wrote to Senator James Risch "to respectfully request that you release your hold on tens of millions of dollars in appropriated humanitarian aid that is so desperately need...