tells any future holder of the office that you can try to overthrow the government, and if you fail you won t face any consequences. and here s the thing. if you talk to security experts, they haven t failed because unless you jail the people who try to overthrow the government, they keep at it. they not failed until they are jailed or punished or in some shape or form prevented from engaging in that activity again. with that in mind, joyce, i want to play you some sound. you know, we re not the only people who have been critical of merrick garland and have made the argument that he needs to be doing something, that he needs to bare minimum instill some confidence in the public. i m going to play some sound and get your thoughts on the other side. we ve not decided yet as a committee whether we ll make criminal referrals, but that s absolutely something we re looking at. i m sure at hell hope that they have a criminal investigation into donald trump. merrick garland said he s lis
asking. every american must consider this. can a president who s willing to make the choices donald trump made during the violence of january 6 ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again? they also hope prosecutors are taking notice. there needs to be accountability. accountability under the law. accountability to the american people all the way up to the oval office. justice department doesn t need to wait on us to do something. i sure as hell hope that merrick garland has a criminal investigation into donald trump. let s discuss with a panel. looking at everything they have learned over the last several weeks in the hearings, revelations. trump told by officials he lost.
lawyers say they ll appeal because the judge said bannon s reasons for not complying didn t matter legally that can t be the standard in a case, especially in a case that holds the potential for a jail sentence reporter: bannon will be sentenced in october and is likely to get some jail time. another former trump adviser, peter navarro, faces trial on similar contempt charges in november. lester all right, pete williams starting us off. thanks this evening, new calls by members of the january 6th committee for a criminal investigation of donald trump after last night s explosive testimony. here s kristen welker. reporter: tonight, january 6th committee members are intensifying pressure on the justice department to investigate former president trump after its high-stakes hearing thursday night. i sure as hell hope that merrick garland has an open criminal investigation into donald trump. reporter: it all comes amid new revelations at the hearing overnight including these o
up against the u.s. government. washington gets back on his horse and rides into town to put down a bunch of them got pardons, if i m not mistaken, for their role as a sort of, you know, we need to heal the nation kind of decision. but it s a decision after the normal processes. but on the processes, danya, i think there s an interesting dynamic where the committees clearly frustrated. [laughs] they clearly think doj is not doing enough. here is laureate today on morning joe on msnbc, giving her comments and thoughts. take a listen. i sure as hell hope that merrick garland has an open criminal investigation into donald trump. what we have laid out their yeah. no one needs to wait for some formality from our committee to have that motion. danya, clearly merrick garland is, in his own way, kind of frustrated. like, you guys get to put on your show, you don t have the insurance system, you don t have the rules of federal criminal procedure, evidentiary thresholds. and we have
the first insurrections taken up against the u.s. government. washington gets back on his horse and rides into town to put down a bunch of them got pardons, if i m not mistaken, for their role as a sort of, you know, we need to heal the nation kind of decision. but it s a decision after the normal processes. but on the processes, danya, i think there s an interesting dynamic where the committees clearly frustrated. [laughs] they clearly think doj is not doing enough. here is laureate today on morning joe on msnbc, giving her comments and thoughts. take a listen. i sure as hell hope that merrick garland has an open criminal investigation into donald trump. what we have laid out their yeah. no one needs to wait for some formality from our committee to have that motion. danya, clearly merrick garland is, in his own way,