anti trump republicans felt last year. which was that donald trump and his supporters and his allies had gone out and tried to overturn an election, and that i d led to a insurrection on the capitol. and they were frustrated that there was not a lot that was being done about this. and for biden, i think biden felt that the attorney general was acting too much like a judge. he was being too patient with what biden sees as a true threat to democracy. the knife to democracy throw as biden has described the. and you wanted someone more of action. now, there has been more movement on the justice department side. the terms of the investigation, we ve seen a widening of it. we ve seen that they re looking at a range of individuals and
washington correspondent for the new york times who covers national security and federal investigations. and a pair of two nbc legal analysts. neil kathy, all the justice veteran. michael, it is your reporting s, so honest with you. what is the presidents concern? on frustrated as he? i think the president shared a few that many democrats and anti trump republicans felt last year. which was that donald trump and his supporters and his allies had gone out and tried to overturn an election, and that i d led to a insurrection on the capitol. and they were frustrated that there was not a lot that was being done about this. and for biden, i think biden felt that the attorney general was acting too much like a judge. he was being too patient with what biden sees as a true threat to democracy. the knife to democracy throw as biden has described the. and you wanted someone more of action. now, there has been more movement on the justice department side. the terms of the investigation, we ve
the news of that report was broken late last night by katie benner who has been crushing this story since before day one. thank you, again, for making time to be here and understanding this reporting. it remains one of the most amazing stories of our time. thanks for having me. in terms of this interim report by the judiciary committee, how far along should we see what they re trying to figure out, what materials they want access to, and what they still want to get? from what i know about baseball, i would say we re in the third or fourth inning. they want to speak with jeff clark, for example, who is somebody who has not responded to any of their requests. as you can see from this report, we have a really full picture of what the experience was like on the justice department side, how they felt getting these requests from the white house to help upend the results of the election. what their testimony, their notes, their extensive
i would say we re in the third or fourth inning. they still really want to speak with jeff clark for example. who is someone who s not responded to any of their requests. as you can see from this report, we have a really full picture of what the experience was like on the justice department side, how they felt getting these requests from the white house, to help up and the results of the election. but what s their testimony, their notes, their extensive handwritten notes, emails and other documents, show is that they were never quite sure what was going on at the white house. they were never quite sure exactly who was coming up with what. it fell to them like scheme after scheme, plot after plot, two up in the election. they had excess scott perry of pennsylvania. they had a sense that he asked jeffrey clark, to come to the white house, to help with legal issues, and to be a voice from the justice department. but they were never really sure, exactly what was going on. i think the com
benner who has been crushing this story since before day one. thank you, again, for making time to be here and understanding this reporting. it remains one of the most amazing stories of our time. thanks for having me. in terms of this interim report by the judiciary committee, what materials they want access to, what they still want to get? from what i know about baseball, i would say we re in the third or fourth inning. they want to speak with jeff clark, for example, who is somebody who has not responded to any of their requests. as you can see from this report, we have a full picture of what the experience was like on the justice department side, how they felt getting these requests from the white house to help upend the result of the election. what their testimony, their notes, their extensive handwritten notes, emails and