people in the world. we don t use them. we re going to use our smartest and our best. we re not using political hacks anymore. that s the people that do these deals. they re political hacks. we want experts our finest people. we don t want people that are b-level, c-level, d-level. we have to get our absolute best trump hired all the best people, now many of those same people, his former attorney general, defense secretary, national security adviser, and others say he endangered national security. also tonight, new reporting seems to answer the question as to why it took so long for the justice department to begin an investigation into trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election. plus, republicans loyalty pledge they re basically asking all of the presidential candidates to support trump if he s nominated again, and probably pardon him, too. i m jason johnson in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with justice delayed. today, of course, is juneteenth. marking the day i
deliver the election for trump news reports that the committee was looking into the matter as well as exhaustive reporting by rachel maddow inspired new urnl aenls at main justice. one person directly familiar with the doj s interest in the case told the post, if felt as though the department was reacting to the committee s work as well as heightened media coverage and commentary. only after they were embarrassed did they start looking, the person said. joining me now to discuss is paul butler, former federal prosecutor, msnbc legal analyst, and professor at georgetown school of law. and alley mistal, correspondent for the nation, and author of allow me to retort, a black guy s guide to the constitution, available now in paperbook paul butler, i m going to start with you you were a justice tell me after you read this article what the impact on an investigation could be when the