how much can we realistically expect from organizers? is it possible to outorganize voter suppression? voter suppression? thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. happy monday. and happy martin luther king day to you. i am ari melber and we do have a special show including neal katyal, and our report on how the senate can actually learn from what s happening today. while we begin our broadcast here at the frederick douglass memorial bridge in washington, invoking this holiday with a
the washington post reporting fbi agents have not tried to interview or get materials from some of those trump figures who were headquartered at the willard hotel, the trump campaign has also not received any requests for documents or interviews. as we follow down the trail, we are joined by former acting solicitor general neal katyal. thanks for being here, sir. thank you. good to see you. good to see you. you have been heard from by some of our viewers in some forums. but it s your first time back on the beat since the seditious conspiracy charges were filed. your view of how serious those are, just as a first big development. they re really serious, ari. they re one of the most serious crimes in the united states code, seditious conspiracy overthrowing the government, it s great that the justice department has brought these charges and brought them against these oath keepers, these folks who were stoking the violence on january 6th. so that s great, and it s also great tha
hitting the pause button because congress has an investigation and he s waiting to see the fruits of that before going. and then the third is he s decided not to investigate all of this stuff. we don t know which one it is. i m worried, honestly, ari, at this point a year in that it s the last one, that he has decided not to. investigations typically are secret, but a year in you would expect some information from the investigation, either some leaks or the target of an investigation, you know, bannon or someone or even trump or the trump kids who have gone to court in new york, for example, to stop subpoenas and requests for documents from investigators. we ve seen none of that at the federal level. and, so, as a result, i think people like me are really worried that you ve got a narrative developing that this is just some stray actors on january 6th and not, you know, potentially reaching all these other folks. if you re going to leave out the
chips. when are you going to call me? this week. okay. okay. you can see it s kind of looser sometimes than what we do on the news with the serious stuff. it s the beat after hours. come visit me @arimelbur including on tiktok where we re new. that does it for me. the reidout with joy reid starts now. how are you doing, ari? is araa ari on tiktok are yo doing the dance challenges? i ll work on it. that s our resolution. happy 2022. good evening, everyone, we begin the reidout on perhaps
done is essential. it s important for the planet, most importantly, but i also think it s good politics. maga weirdos. david plouffe tracking everything coming down the pike. always good to see you, sir. you too, ari. appreciate it it. we re going to fit in a break. our special report coming up is about how the democrats can learn from applying hardball on a very special day. and later we will give you an update on the texas synagogue standoff. stay with us. with us try new vazalore. aspirin made amazing!