views as the biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges, or even put him and his people in prison. according to the justice department s office of legal counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. now, the same is not true for a prosecution at a state level. however, that would possibly go to the supreme court. let s bring in the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former staff for hillary clinton. good to have you both on board this morning. not a surprise. a lot of people have been talking for some time that donald trump may seek re-election to avoid prosecution. it seems of course, you have a new book coming out that goes through everything donald trump has done, certainly everything he did around january 6th, that now seems to be landing him in hot water. not just politically, as we heard from mike allen on your show, but it is impacting him politically and legally at the jus
decision making created an hour of chaos before the shooter was confronted and killed. the 77-page report was the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement s action or inaction. it laid out in painful detail the amount of failures that day, including that no one assumed special command despite the crowd of officers you see at the scene. a uvalde officer heard about the 911 calls but said it was his understanding officers on one side of the building knew there were people still trapped inside. no one tried to breach the classroom. it also further revealed the actions of uvalde school district police chief on that day. according to the report when he got to the scene, he tried to find a master key for the classroom, but no one checked to see whether the doors were even locked. the report concluded that his, quote, search for a key consumed his attention and wasted precious time delaying the breach of the classrooms. it also said he attempted to negotiate with th
i ll give you this preview, the president didn t do very much, but gleefully watch television during this timeframe. we will present a lot per than that. i can only imagine, i know what i felt as a u.s. congressman and if i was a president sworn to defend the constitution and that includes the legislative branch watching this on television i know i would have been going ballistic to try to save the capitol. he did quite the opposite. s we ve discussed many times on this program in the past, more than three hours, 187 minutes, to be exact, elapsed from the time donald trump leaves the rally on the ellipse to when he tweets out a video asking his supporters to leave the capitol. congressman elaine luria who will be leading thursday s hearing alongside congressman kinzinger said they ll be going through a period of time minute by minute. take a listen. not only was it a situation that he was not doing anything and at one point the infamous tweet at 2:24 he egged people on b