the pressure on merrick garland is self-imposed by merrick garland because he has failed to act with dispatch on what is a legally obvious choice. he has created pressure where there should be none. the ten new subpoenas that sent today by the committee included subpoena for people that are already comfortable violating the law as rachel just mentioned. steven miller was one of 13 cited today in a 60-page report about willful disregard for the law and the hatch act that were according to the special counsel especi kaley mcelderry nay the committee's letter says that she quote made multiple public statements from the white house and elsewhere about purported fraud in the november 2020 election which individuals that attacked the u.s. capitol echoed on january 6th. another recipient subpoenaed today is johnny mcentee who joined the trump 2016 campaign first as a volunteer and then become donald trump's body man as they call it in a campaign meaning he literally carried the candidate's bags and he was hired at the white house at 29 years old becoming the house, the white house personnel

todd: you mentioned garland perjuring himself. there's a question what did garland know and what did he off all rise. here's a flashback soundbite from a little while back. >> can't imagine any circumstance in which the patriot act would be using the circumstances of parents complaining about their children nor can i imagine a circumstance they would be labeled domestic terrorists. todd: you heard that in light of the latest revelations. is merit garland lying? >> we know the campaign was a lie. we know they have continued to lie, they say they bankrupt the country better, is it going to cost anything? this group of people believes they can pull the american people all the people all the time but that's not true. it is vital that attorney general garland come back and answer more questions, he did not say it didn't happen. he said i cannot imagine it happening. there are many ways not to answer a question and not tell the truth. todd: you are part of a group of republicans asking democrats to address the impact of covid 19 school

for ronald reagan to prosecute and -- the pressure on merrick garland's self imposed by merrick garland because he has failed to act with dispatch on what is a legally obvious choice. he has created pressure where there should be none. the ten new subpoenas sent today by the committee included subpoenas for people who are already very comfortable violating the law. as rachel just mentioned. stephen miller, was one of 13 sided today in the special counsel 60 page report about, quote, willful disregard for the law, that included repeated violation of the hatch act, which were, according to the special counsel, especially per niches. former press secretary, we kayleigh mcenany also received a subpoena today. and appeared as a violator as the law's. the committee's letter accompanying the subpoena to kayleigh mcenany, she quote, made multiple public statements from the white house and elsewhere about purported fraud in november 2020 election, which individuals who attacked the u.s. capitol echoed on january six. another recipient of the subpoena today is johnny mcentee, who joined the trump

as i said when we asked for the documents before justice garland appeared, chief, attorney general garland appeared, we didn't get them. so we din have a commands to ask him about it. this is worse. they're targeting political opponents. elizabeth: how can they not give congress documents? we don't work for them. they work for us. you guys have oversight on this. i think congressman issa is back. so, you know, you heard what congressman bishop is saying congressman issa. what he is saying, how can they, how can the doj stonewall and block any transparency on this? okay, his feed is still down. of the congressman bishop, there is that too. i want to move on to this, what started all of this congressman bishop, a father was upset. scott smith, remember he was hauled out of that school board meeting. his daughter was raped by a teenage boy wearing a skirt in a loudon county virginia public high school bathroom. we have news coming in that teenage boy pleaded no contest to charges of abduction and sexual battery in a second case where he allegedly force ad female student into an empty classroo

we begin with that breaking news, the merrick garland justice department -- out of the merrick garland justice department that will have implications into the deadly capitol insurrection. d.o.j. announcing in just the last few minutes that a federal grand jury has indicted steve bannon on two counts of contempt of congress of course because of his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the select committee. it comes on a day chock full of developments for the january 6th select committee. former white house chief of staff mark meadows is refusing, and today refused to show up in person for a deposition. that's despite being threatened by the committee with a contempt referral all of his own. joining us now, member of the house select committee investigating january 6th, congresswoman zoey lock ran of minnesota. you were scheduled to be here before the indictment came down. it has. we are pleased to have you here on this day of breaking news. first your reaction to the indictment of steve bannon? >> i think it is important. i think it follows the rule of law. you know, bannon, and now m

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why did they get the treatment or the biotin and merrick garland treatment? you with reaction, fox news contributor jason chaffetz. congressman waltzed on my look at this and i see a clear double standard. what happened in the summer of 2020 could never happen again. >> you are absolutely right. i was on the house floor general was horrible. and those responsible should be held accountable in accordance with the law, not held unjustly and on charged for months and years. but to your point, absolutely nothing, crickets when it comes to the businesses destroys, the families destroyed, the cities that were gutted, the minority communities that were disproportionately harmed, the police officers that were killed. we have silence. but what really strikes me and kills me about this january 6 commission is it's the investigation after they already determined with impeachment that trump was guilty. but now they want to have an investigation to kind of back up their own bias and what they had already predetermined with no investigation at all. it's ridiculous, it's ba

confidence merrick garland is up to the task of defending an attack on democracy? >> contempt of congress cases are rarely brought and are hard to win. and i think a lot -- i understand why there are a lot of people want to be very cautious about advancing with this one. i think it's less important to measure whether merrick garland filled the role than for people to begin to understand what's ahead because there's a kind of incompatibility of world views. bannon is a trickster. he's a jokester. he's going to be abbey hoffman playing in the courtroom of chicago 7. this is his opportunity, and he doesn't use law the way the justice department and merrick garland do. it's asymmetrical combat and may go in very unexpected directions that bannon and the trump people behind him are going to be ready to weaponize and exploit. >> jonathan, one thing we've heard repeatedly from judges in the cases of january 6th rioters is that punishments must serve as deterrents. do you think this bannon indictment deters others in this investigation? >> yeah, i mean i think that will cl

i'm sure she didn't speak to garland himself. most people don't get to call the attorney general and have him pick up the phone but she was talking to the people that set the policy for sure. we already know that the nsba, which is disavowed the letter and apologized and garland hasn't apologized, they were coordinated with giving edits telling them to add the list of different incidents, none of which garland -- the list of incidents inspired him to write the memo he says. none is a federal crime. he also said during the testimony that i didn't mention domestic terrorism or the patriot act in my letter. when they released the letter, there was an accompanying statement that said he wanted to form a task force that involved the national security division of the justice department. that was created by the patriot act. that's untrue. garland is trying to distance himself from this but this is a mess of their own making. >> martha: it's obvious and you put it so well, marc, in order for the department of justice to open an investiga

whistle-blower's email how the fbi tracked some of those parents and that attorney general merrick garland has some explaining to do. the ranking members of the house judiciary committee jim jordan joins us to discuss. plus is an abide in taking a a d electric hummer for a test ride at gm's new test plan detroit amid a growing national auto crisis and skyrocketing gasoline prices paid would begin tonight in kenosha, wisconsin, where tensions are mounting as a kyle wren house jersey considers the charges against him with a third day of deliberation on the horizon. course pardon no mike bill mckinney is on the ground again. good evening. >> moving into day three of deliberation. tensions are growing both in and outside the courtroom. today, kyle wren houses attorneys once again requested a mistrial for the second time in a week. this request stems from prosecutors giving the defense a lower quality version of drone video which was a key piece of evidence in the state's closing argument that aims to weaken rittenhouse's claim of self-defense by portraying him as the instigator of the fatal in

merrick garland, there's his signature. prohibiting warrants and subpoenas on news organizations and journalists relating to leaked cases, and the standards he sets forth here, protection of first amendment rights, apply to this case, which he is ignoring and finally ignored the federal regulations that require him and the doj to recuse themselves because of a conflict of interest. the president presides over the doj. the feds are not allowed to investigate a case involving an immediate family member. this is the weaponization and the politicization of the doj and it's shameful. >> sean: apparently the source to james o'keefe said that this diary was found abandoned. the narrative of i guess the president's daughter is that this was stolen. that has yet to be determined. but that's what james o'keefe was told. does the fact that he didn't run the story because he couldn't corroborate it, and he on his own a year ago went to law enforcement -- the question i have is why now? why at this point, what did he do wrong here, what

>> dana: recently. >> jesse: well done, garland, stick to that, garland. >> geraldo: so a bridge too far? >> greg: i will come out against pedophilia, right? of course, of course, but the thing is everybody makes fun of people who warned that this will be happening. and then when it happens, nobody remembers the warning. we have been in this process of shifting condemnation from the deranged to those who wish to not comply to the demands of the deranged. and there are stories in which women are called trans will be of bigots because they will not have with women who have intact male. that is not from me from a left-wing paper out of england. we are at a point where -- >> draw a picture. no one understands what that means. >> greg: the point is if you do not accept what is called the new kind of a moral truth, then you are the one who is guilty of deviance. let's see if you don't want a lap dancing drag queen in your kindergarten, that is on you. that is way different than we are talking about but all of a sudden you are the uptight parent or the bigot because you won't sleep with a t

>> attorney general merrick garland wasn't thinking. he was following orders from the biden white house who was taking their orders from the national school board association, which is an init grall part of the democrat's political machine. understand the teachers unions of this country, the democratic party are one and president biden is willing to do what they wish and want to quell the sense of school board meetings and schools across the country with concerned parents. one of the greatest things of the pandemic, parents recognize what is being taught in the school. they don't like it. i will say something else, liz, because of this action thank god merrick garland is not sitting on the supreme court because he has no judgment. nothing more than a democratic shill. elizabeth: senator tom cotton said the same. square this, help us out here, ag garland testified he missed newspaper stories about protesters, far left activists storming the department of interior to occupy it. he testified he did not see the stories about the high school

thank you, attorney general garland. as you well know, oversight of the executive branch is an important part of the duties of this body and so i just want to commend the chair for prioritizing this and you for your time here. while at times challenging, this process is key to fulfilling our constitutional responsibilities. we know we have substantial work to do to restore confidence in our democratic institutions and i think your engagement here today is a key part of that. so thank you for your diligent and thorough answers to the questions being presented today. let me just start with a question about some characterizations being made here and other settings about the trajectory of the biden administration in terms of responding to violent crimes. some are asserting the department of justice is focused on defunding the police or hamstringing or undermining law enforcement as appropriate. my impression instead is the president requested an additional 388 million for the hiring program increase of 200 million over the p

in contrast, general garland. you provided democratic colleagues with thousands of pages of materials. moreover president biden has politicized and inserted himself into the department policy making notely direct -- notably directing end of kpulsry positive of criminal records and investigations and most recently inserting himself when he said the prosecution should president anyone who defies compulsory process from the january 6 committee. at your confirmation hearing i read to you what i told senator session at his confirmation hearing for being attorney general this. quote, if senator feinstein, who then was ranking remember, if senator feinstein contacts you, do not use this excuse. as so many people use. that if you are not a chair of a committee, you do not have to answer the questions. i want her questions answered just like you would answer my questions. end of quote that i gave to senator sessions. so you said to me at your hearing, quote, i will not use any excuse to not answer your questions, senator.

garland to charge a matter like this criminally. the holder of the priv liblg in this case, executive privilege invoked the privilege. steve bannon is a lay person. when the privilege has been invoked by the purported holder of prison vilege, you have no choice. you can't put the jeannie back in the bottle. mr. bannon acted as his lawyer and counseled him by not appearing and not turning over documents in this case. he didn't refuse to comply. he made quite clear that if a court ordered him to comply, he would do that. but he had an obligation to honor the privilege that was invoked and in terms of prosecuting this criminally, it violates settle department of justice policy that is binding on the executive branch. it is outrageous that a criminal charge was brought in this case. it is a misdemeanor. but it is being treated as if it were a capitol case. mr. bannon takes this very seriously. it is outrageous what the government did. the prips pells of equal jifts under law that attorney general garland speaks about are vitally importa

garland is really focused on getting this right. he wants to restore -- from the beginning he has said he's wanted to restore trust in the justice department. he has shown over the last nine to ten months that he has done that, and it is -- it will be critical moving forward if they're going to hold anyone else accountable, it will be critical moving forward to not only lay this groundwork, but to continue with applying the facts and law in every situation. >> really quickly before i let you guys take a short break, xochitl, when it comes to merrick guard garland, he took a little bit of heat for the amount of time it has taken to get to this point with steve bannon, right? >> yeah. >> there were a lot of people screaming from the rooftops saying come on, how could he possibly use the cloak of executive privilege at this point, it is obvious. you don't think that has tainted anything at all with this justice department, and he's taken his deliberate time and that should then shut up the naysayers? >> i don't think that merrick garla

>> now testimony from attorney general merrick garland. the senate judiciary committee. -- threats against school boards and officials. the fbi mishandling of the u.s. gymnastics sexual abuse investigation. and the january 6th capitol attack investigation. this runs just over four hours. >> good morning. this hearing will come to order. we've had three oversight this year in the senate judiciary committee. including the committee's first fbi oversight since 2019. the next month, the first department of homeland security oversight hearing since january, 2018. today, we're holding the first department of justice oversight hearing since october 18th, 2017. that was the only time during the four year trump administration this committee held an agency wide department of justice oversight hearing. annual oversight hearings worth a norm under the obama administration. i'm pleased to assure this tradition. i think attorney general garland for appearing today. we were confirmed by the senate in the march on a bipartisan basis and took the helm of t

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the tear resources are being used, something merrick garland has denied. we are back with bill mcgurn, kim strassel "wall street journal" editorial page writer, julia. tell us about the whistleblower and why it matters. >> it something that is concerning to parents, a lot of issues with school district, covid policies with critical fury being taught and no concern if they show up to school board meetings speaking out about it and they might be tagged and investigated as a domestic terrorists, something the national school board association has written a letter about striving for concern his parents will be savaged where they may be investigated. paul: bill, what jeopardy does it put merrick garland and in terms of credibility and honesty? >> i think it is a big problem for him. he can't admit the source of the problem were just he broke the memo without any evidence there are real threats against school board officials that rise to the level of a federal offense much less domestic terrorism. the school boards association writing a letter cooperating with t

what did merrick garland say at the hearing. listen here. >> i can't imagine any circumstance in which the patriots act would be used in the circumstances of parents complaining about their children, nor can i imagine a circumstance where they would be labeled as domestic terrorists. >> john: that's an incomplete statement given that the fbi is using counter-terrorism tactics to identify threats against school boards. >> everybody should be outraged by this. the attorney general to say no such list or tracking happened only to have a whistleblower provide documentation that says the opposite. the attorney general should explain himself. he is either oblivious to what is going on or involved and encouraging this behind-the-scenes. this is what scares people about the department of justice and the fbi. instead of working on chinese counter intelligence like they should be, they are working on school board people talking about how the kids are getting educated. >> john: in response whistleblower saying that the fbi is using this ta

yet, here is attorney general merrick garland on capitol hill the day after that email was written. >> i can't imagine any circumstance in which the patriot act would be used in the circumstances of parents complaining about their children, nor can i imagine a circumstance where they would be labeled as domestic terrorism. >> jordan sent this letter to garland writing: this disclosure, the leaked memo provides specific evidence that federal law enforcement operationalized counter-terrorism tools at the behest of a left wing special interest group against concerned parents. that's a reference to the national school boards association which suggested parent protests could be a form of domestic terrorism. the fbi doubled down on the terminology comparing school protests to serious offenses. quote: a tag is merely a statistical tool to track information for review and reporting. the creation of a threat tag in no way changes the longstanding requirements for opening an investigation. nor does it represent a shift in how the fbi prioritizes threats. the fbi has used tags to track everythin

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garland, to charge a matter like this criminally. the holder of the privilege in this case, executive privilege, invoked the privilege. mr. bannon is a layperson. when the privilege has been invoked by the purported holder of privilege, he has no choice but to withhold the documents. you can't put the genie back in the bottle. mr. bannon acted as his lawyer counseled him to do by not appearing and by not turning over documents in this case. he didn't refuse to comply. he made quite clear that if a court ordered him to comply, he would do that. but he had an obligation to honor the privilege that was invoked. and in terms of prosecuting this criminally, it violates settled department of justice policy that's binding on the executive branch. it is outrageous that a criminal charge was brought in this case. it is a misdemeanor. but it's being treated as if it were a capital case. mr. bannon takes this very seriously. it's outrageous what the government did. the principles of equal justice under law that attorney general garland speaks a

what's interesting is that merrick garland who is our attorney general hasn't even acknowledged it. instead, he's been targeting parents who complain about school boards because they are terrorists. today, doj whistle-blower came forward with evidence that merrick garland has been using counterterrorism tools to investigate parents who don't like being told that they are racist. because you have to sit there and take it. you're racist. ok. so counterterrorism officials created a so-called threat tagged to allow multiple federal agencies to track parents as if they were domestic terrorists. like they're isis. so if this is true, it would mean it's time to impeach and prosecute merrick garland because he just lied under oath during his recent sworn testimony on capitol hill. a lawyer and parents rights advocate, also a former new york city council candidate joins us now. thank you so much for coming on tonight. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: here you have a guy threatening the new mayor of new york with violence if he dares to enforce the law, the justice department ignores it and s

quote, merrick garland issuing today. the committee chairman, bennie thompson, and vice chair liz cheney, saying -- and i quote here again -- steve bannon's indictment should send a clear message to anyone who thinks that they can ignore the select committee or try to stonewall our investigation. no one is above the law. we will not hesitate to use the tools at our disposal to get the information we need. committee member ro khanna also weighing in tonight. >> it sends a message that no american is above the rule of law. that the same rules apply to everyone, and i don't know why steve bannon thinks that he shouldn't have to answer questions from the united states congress or produce documents to the united states congress when every other citizen would comply. >> like i said, this is huge. the doj hasn't charged anyone with criminal contempt of congress in 38 years. and let's remember why the committee subpoenaed steve bannon, in the first place. they want to know more about moments like this one, we are going to show yo

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so i know merrick garland, it's his standard talking point. facts and law, he's got to be aware what's happening out there in the real world and what the stakes are. >> elie honig, thank you. >>> pfizer will seek emergency use authorization for covid beefrt shot for people 18 and older as soon as this week. >> a biden administration official said the fda request could be pushed back but it's still a major step forward in making the extra shot available for all adults in the u.s. as we head into winter. joining me now, medical analyst dr. leana wen, the former health commissioner for the city of baltimore. dr. wen, great to see you. more than 24 million fully vaccinated people have already received a booster. so tell us what the significance of this announcement from pfizer is. >> i think at some point everyone is going to need a booster. we are learning that immunity for the vaccines do wane over time. thankfully there's pretty good protection against severe disease. even the protection against severe disease also appears to wane. so people wh

in the education department. 5 days later, a memo appears, sign by merrick garland. we talked about here first on "life, liberty and levin": >> when garland was asked about it, he could not point to the problems. -- these meetings discussion of strategies for addressing threats again school administrators, board members, teachers and staff. for threat reports, assessment and response, as if it is domestic terrorism. they have no examples of violence, no pattern of violence as we discussed. now we know scott smith, used by national school board association, media biden white house, merrick garland and others as an example of violence, he was not violent. violence was done to him and his family, his daughter was raped in the girl's room in stone bridge high school in loudoun county, virginia. that boy was then sent to another high school, high raped again. he has been found guilty since, meanwhile merrick garland has not withdrawn the memo and school board has not asked him to withdraw the memo. and now loudoun county sheriff office was acalled by what the school -- ap

has the fbi held any of these meetings directed by attorney general garland. yes or no? >> i don't know that. they were led by the u.s. attorney's offices. i would think it is best directed -- >> in conjunction with the fbi. >> i do not have that -- >> they have held meetings. what's the number. >> i don't know ma'am. we can look into it. i believe the date by today led by the u.s. attorney's office. >> in conjunction with the fbi. >> we will get you that number. -- supposed to be today and coordinated by the 94 different jurisdictions. but invited the fbi to attend. >> correct. does the fbi consider parents domestic terrorists. >> no. >> do parents who oppose crt, are they considered domestic terrorists. >> no, to my knowledge. >> no to your knowledge. >> as long as individuals are not committing federal violations violence or -- they would not be. >> are parent who is oppose mask mandates considered domestic terrorists. >> no. >> let me ask you this. what are your thoughts? because after the attorney general garland memo was based upon the school board's association le

vice president harris attorney general garland and general mayorkas thank you for your leadership. tomorrow i will sign three bills for law enforcement first responders in the communities they serve. i want to thank everyone for working together to pass these bipartisan bills. before he i turn to the specifics of the bill i want to say when we look at what our communities need and what our law enforcement has to do is going to require more resources, not fewer resources and that's why my is investing in the community policing training partnership and law enforcement in their communities have been requested these community-based programs can stop violence before it starts. think about from counselors to law enforcement. everything in between. just this morning the department of justice released in investment community policing to quincy related services. these grants which total $140 million will go to 182 law enforcement agencies and a lot of them fund over 1000 new law enforcement positions to build legitimacy -- glib didymus ian committees and combat domestic extremism and respon

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the doj has not rescinded their memo and stands by garland's testimony. jacqui. jacqui: alex hoff, thank you so much. griff. griff: nancy, closing arguments for kyle rittenhouse trial on monday and which of the lesser charges can be considered for rittenhouse. hi, alexis. reporter: griff, good afternoon, the judge in this case kenosha county is thinking about the charges and as the city anxiously awaits repairing for more unrest. tony evers authorized 500 national wisconsin guardsman just in case. the area was hit hard during the unrest following the shooting of jacob blake. more than 100 businesses were either badly damaged or destroyed during the unrest over the summer specifically in august, one of those local businesses was the mattress shop who had been here for quite a while. it was burned to the ground. >> it was devastating to the people who actually live there. and devastating to the business owners who didn't have a dog in that fight. none of us did anything to perpetuate what happened. reporter: and those businesses prepare, they said trigger more abou

but i'd be surprised if they go forward with a full referral to garland until the court of appeals, at least, makes a decision because i don't think they want multiple contempt citations languishing in the department of justice as merrick garland makes a decision, when is the best time, if ever, to bring a contempt, criminal prosecution. >> so we also know now yesterday, a three-judge panel on the d.c. circuit, all political appointees, gives the former president a bit more time, delaying the release of the trump white house documents from the national archives about the insurrection. the court said it is doing it to protect the court's jurisdiction. made the point of noting the order should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits. how do you think, michael, this will affect the justice department's decision on contempt for steve bannon? >> well, this is a great question. and we've discussed this a couple of times this week whether or not garland is going to wait until the courts decide the executive privilege so as to take away the defense of the steve bannons and mark m

merrick garland has had this case for three weeks. some people have said, look, the wheels of justice grind slowly. i work at the justice department. i understand that. but this case doesn't seem to be all that complicated. they subpoenaed steve bannon. he said no. to this date he has never formally offered up any good reason. there is a legitimate question of what is merrick garland waiting for? here's why it is so important? the other bana wanna-bes who are going to defy the subpoena, are starting to emerge. jeffrey clark said, no, i don't want to answer your questions. bernie kerik. and if merrick garland does not charge steve bannon, all of these people and even more. mcenany. . >> why would anyone who doesn't want to talk ever bother showing up? >> that's exactly why the stakes are so high. if garland doesn't put his foot down on bannon, it will be completely voluntary. people loyal to donald trump will never testify and we will never get the full truth. >> thank you, elie honig. >> thanks, john. >>> calling for action against re

and during congressional testimony, attorney general garland was asked if he was targeting parents. watch. >> the justice department supports and defense the first amendment right of parents to complain as the subversive we a as they wish about the educatio of their children, about the curriculum taught in the schools . that is that what the memorandu is about at all. >> and we should note that merrick garland press take testimony was one day after tha internal fbi whistleblower memo went out. here is a bit of gop response t that. watch. >> we got some real question fo the attorney general and light of this whistleblower pressed information. >> we need to bring him back in. he openly lied and i wonder if this is a direct order from the white house. >> i'm republican lawmakers say appearance bill of rights is more important now than ever. >> shannon: trace gallagher, thank you very much. kenosha, wisconsin get is a cit on edge tonight while a jury considers the case against kyle rittenhouse. as we go into a second day of verdict watch, officials are bracing for possible trouble fo ga

>> i think garland takes this whole issue very, very seriously. he's acting like a good attorney general should do, because he's looking at the institutions and not just his relationship to president biden. and he's trying to decide what would the precedent be if we hold in contempt a former, you know, executive director of the white house and bannon and really close presidential advisers. so i think he's going to make a careful, deliberative decision on this. i'm not sure which way he will go. i suspect in the end he may prosecute particularly bannon. i think it is a much clearer case against bannon here, but it's an important precedent. it's a fight between the branches of government about executive privilege and about whether presidential advisers can be hauled before congress after a president has stepped down. so the issues are very, very important. i think garland deserves credit for looking very carefully at this before he proceeds. >> so everyone knows what paul is saying, almost a little bit of a different case for bannon and meadows if i

you end up with merrick garland. he looks the part but doesn't do the things an attorney general is supposed to be doing. the scuttlebutt, there are so many layers to this, is that one of the reasons he is delaying going after steve bannon he is trying to cross all the ts, dot the is, and he is waiting for a court ruling showing that congress has a congressional purpose, legislative purpose for their select committee hearing. he is kind of waiting for that decision before he goes whole hog on bannon, which sound like a reasonable, cautious thing to do until you remember the fact that look at what is happening. because he is delaying with bannon now all of these other subpoenas are going to be delayed because these people most likely i think flynn would be my take for the least likely to comply, these people are most likely not going to comply with the subpoena so now that is going to be delayed and now they'll have to be referred. you see what i'm saying? there isn't a lot of time here. because of the political reali

this memo also undercuts garland's sworn testimony before congress, watch. >> the justice department supports and defends the first amendment right of parents to complain as vociferously as they wish about the education of their children about the curriculum taught in the schools. that is not what the memorandum is about at all i can't imagine any circumstance in which the patriot act would be used in the circumstances of parents complaining about their children nor can i imagine a circumstance where they would be labeled as domestic terrorism. >> jesse: so garland's sworn testimony was a lie. lying to congress is usually a crime. what exactly did the fbi do to innocent parents. why did they treat them like domestic terrorists why did the attorney general lie and cover up the program when he testified under oath to congress? here for more reaction is missouri senator josh hawley, senator, this doesn't look good. i have this little leaked memorandum right here this looks like they were going after parents hard core. this is the criminal division and the counter-terrorism division of t

i -- i think they'd like merrick garland to indict steve bannon. there's -- there's no doubt about what they would want. you know, there is a new u.s. attorney in washington who, just a few days ago, took over. so i think they are probably working to get this person up to speed. um, and i think merrick garland has a process that he wants to follow. and i think the democrats want it done yesterday and that didn't happen. but when you look at these -- at these, um, subpoenas today, it really provides a roadmap, i think, for everything. and it shows you the amount of information they've already gleaned because, you know, you know, you talk about people who have been subpoenaed and they say, well, you know, we know that he urged the president to do x or y. or he was in a room with the president when he called mike pence asking him to decertify the election. or this person was with the president during the time of the insurrection. so, they have done a lot of work here. and all of these people had direct-eyewitness accounts to something the president di

vice president harris, attorney general garland, and secretary mayorkas thank you for your leadership. in a moment i'll be signing into law three bills that extend critical support to our law enforcement and first responders and the communities they serve. i want to thank everyone who worked together to pass each of these bipartisan bills. emphasize bipartisan bills. before i turn to the specific of the bills, i want to say that when you look at what our communities need, what our law enforcement is being asked to do it's going to require more resources, not fewer. that's why my administration is investing in the community policing. we know works. and the training and partnership of law enforcement in our communities have requested. the community-based programs and intervention that is can stop violence before it starts. think about what we ask a police officer. we ask them to do everything from counselors to law enforcement to folks to take down the bad guy. just this morning the department of justice released a significant new investment in community policing, true community oranted

merrick garland maintained he was not part of any kind of coordinated political effort. here's former acting attorney general. >> those are serious tools law enforcement has an stick that on parents merely voicing their concerns about critical race theory and other things taught at school. they should never have happened but it shows the department of justice was clearly coordinating at the time. >> last month national court association apologized for the warning used in their letter to the president. d.o.j. has not rescinded their memo. eric: thanks. arthel: thank you. president biden will be set to meet with mexico's president at the white house next week another sizable migrant caravan could be heading toward the u.s. concerns are growing over human smuggling at the border. bill melugin is live in the joya texas with the latest. reporter: good afternoon. things here are really starting to heat up. here right now are drawn will give you a look but concerning information, border patrol telling us in 14 hour span, for confirmed members of the ms 13 gang here in this sect