republicans. this is a big deal, that would be enough to reach the 60 votes necessary to pass. if successful, it could be the most significant federal action on gun violence in nearly three decades. but it doesn t include many popular proposals like raising the age to buy an assault weapon to 21. the washington post, leigh ann caldwell, walk me through what s through the framework and this? bell yeah, what s in this bill some are calling very significant even from the gun safety group say that this is a great first step. what this bill does, it creates incentives for states to implement stronger red flag laws. that s where someone can say that a person is dangerous, should not have a gun. it also closes the boyfriend loophole, which is interesting because domestic partners, spouses can raise a red flag, the domestic partners can t. so, it closes that. it also enables people to go to purchase an assault weapon from ages 18 to 21, it requires a call to the police station, whe
someone is arrested, their mirandized, away their rights, their inter gate and they confessed to a crime, whatever gonna do when they get to their defense attorney will argue well, the confession was coursed. it wasn t a product of their voluntary conduct. you can t make an argument that there was any cordial and when members of republican, republican members of congress, reach of the president and sought a parted for their conduct. it shows one, they potentially committed crimes. but even more importantly to, they have corrupt intent, they have consciousness of guilt because they know they committed a crime, they need help getting away with it from the president. so, i suspect we re gonna hear a lot more about pardons in the coming weeks. you can t claim that you are chorus if you re volunteering asking for a pardon. as a favorite to yourself. that s interesting. glenn, you feel strongly the justice department has amok enough evidence to prosecute former president donald trump, bu
former chief of staff, and deputy chief of staff respectively to the president. they benefited from an olc memo, from many years ago, saying that they have such a potentially robust executive privilege, even though i believe it could ve been defeated in court. that the department of justice should shy away from indicting those top government officials for defying congressional subpoenas. that doesn t mean they are in the clear. the more information we learned about mark meadows for example, when he s passing on treasonous text messages, phone calls, that were coming in from don jr., we know from ginni thomas. he still has a world of potential criminal exposure ahead of him. let s not read in too much the doj s decision, not to bring these misdemeanor charges. all right, glenn krischner, thank you for your time and insight. we appreciate. yeah tomorrow, join an
donald trump. glenn, let me ask you about this as well after the july 25th phone call between president trump and president zelensky, michael duffy reached out to the pentagon and told them not to release the aid. does that undermine the president s defense that the aid was not contingent on any investigations? yes. it further undermines it. it is yet another smoking gun of this whole sad episode. it reenforces what donald trump s own hand pick ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland testified under oath which was and i quote, there was quid pro quo, this e-mail right after that conversation is yet another damming piece of evidence. i don t think it measures up to what we just learned from the new york times. executive branch government officials told the president in
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