0 that is all in on this wednesday night. the rachel maddow show is with what alex wagner, good evening alex. good evening, chris. my kids would bang on pots and pans after the start of the pandemic. ns after the start of th pandemic of the pandemic. it was very special and it felt like being something special across distance and it inspired things and i look back now and it we are a long way from that moment, my friend. thank you as always. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. on december 1st of 2020 a few weeks after the presidential election,fe a republican state representative in michigan got a very odd voice mail message. wery played a recording of this voice mail message on the show before. it was obtained by a small news service called the michigan information anded research service. but now, in light of new developments, this voice mail has taken on even more significance. hi, representative, my name is angela mccalum, i m calling from trump campaig
fact that the white house and the president has made very clear the justice department is a separate entity, merrick garland is his own man who s going to make his own decisions. i hope that the commite goes after them and holds them accountable. they should be prosecuted? yes. i was very encouraged to hear what president biden said today, that he thinks our committee should go after those who don t comply, and he believes that they should be prosecuted. now, to note, the justice department put oit a statement saying they will make its own independent decisions in all prosecutions based solely on the facts and the law full stop. are democrats trying to put their thumb on the scale here? i think president biden would like to see this pushed for sure. i don t think that he s changing his view about the independence of the department of justice. but sometimes when he has a moment like that where he s chatting with reporters, you ll see what he really thinks. and he thinks this w
are now testifying in the capacity of witnesses. typically we administer oaths before opening statements. for witnesses. for witnesses. parliamentary inquiry. mr. castor was here with mr. burke presenting the opening statement for the committee. they were not witnesses before this committee. mr. castor now and mr. goldman arend witnesses for this commite and i willth administer the oat mr. chairman, if they were making a presentation, the rules wouldnt apply. the gentleman is not recognized. mr. chairman, may i have a point of order? i have a point of order. who is seeking recognition? right here. theit gentleman will state h point of order. mr. chairman, despite our repeated request for o access t the fevidence, we received les than r 48 hours ago over 8,000 pages of documentation. mr. chairman, if this were a
alerted us itju will appeal the ruling while trying also to block its enforcement. yet the ruling sends a clear message to other current and former officials who are high-value witnesses but have not testified, and that would include a mulvaney and bolton. tonight house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff says he s open toan hearing mor witnesses buthe adds his commite plans to submit its report on the investigation to judiciary sometime next week, that it could include an article of impeachmentud based on obstructn of congress. amid all of these developments, there is new reporting from the washington post that an internalsh review over at the white house has unearthed emails between the chief of staffls mi mulvaney andff budget officials about finding possible legal reasons for withholding that aid to ukraine that was approved by congress. now, these were in august after trump s julyte 25 phone call wi the 2 new ukrainian president. there is also new reporting on
it s worth noting that the democrats are very focused on these allegations of obstruction of justice and the mueller report is two volumes and it s that second volume on obstruction that virtually hasll no redactions, yet they continue to seek witness testimony about the underlying evidence.he sean: well said, they got to see the entire document themselves, unredacted completely, in spite of what they ve been saying, some of them publicly. great work, as always. catherine herridge in washington. while house democrats waste your money invested getting their conspiracy theory, for the fifth and a sixth time, the organization tasked with electing them, the democratic congressional campaigne, commite are also playing dirty tonight. noti surprise. according to a brand-new report just breaking moments ago, investigative reporter the hill s vice president, john solomon. so that democratic allies can access all of this expensive material. if they have the link without