them. it started, of course, with the mueller desiccation to russia s attempts to interfere with the 2016 election. then, attorney general william barr, aka bill barr. gave into trump s demand and appointed, john durham, to investigate the investigators. sort of tit-for-tat special counsel if you will. that investigation ended with more of a whimper, that a bang. but at the time, trump got what he wanted. a second investigation to muddy the waters surrounding his own conduct. then, last year. trump once again found himself to be the subject of the special counsel investigation. after mayor garland appointed prosecutor jack smith, to oversee parallel investigations into trump s potential mishandling of classified documents. and his role in stopping the violence on january 6th, and halting the peaceful transfer of power. now, today, merrick garland has appointed yet another special counsel. this time to investigate president biden s potential mishandling of classified documents. once aga
night. alice wagner tonight starts right. now california has a lot on its plate, chris. but housing has they need to build more housing in upstate and given where they are in terms of environmental decline, the housing situation is complicated as well. thank you, my friend. thanks for being here tonight. tonight, we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj. and using it to go after president biden so-called political enemies. here s garland testimony before the judiciary committee in october of 2021. more republican senators had their say about garland s memo on protecting school board members, just to be clear that was a memo on protecting school board members. take a listen.
a trump hating thug whose wife is a serial and open trumpeter. his friends in a their family members have been worse. the man it s maybe worse in the behavior during the mueller investigation. is it me to be personal, it is immediately basis, it is admittedly just a new level of low in terms of former presidents and their narratives. i don t think this is working, politically. we saw that in 2020. we saw that 2022 midterms. he s exaggerating, he s lying, he said probably, it s nasty. and i think it is exhausting independents and republicans. i think the most important thing is to defeat donald trump politically. that is slowly happening. they should be careful. because unimportant investigation in terms of the gravity of what has been the ledge s january 6th. the new subpoenas out, but by jack smith, the special counsel
who, the hyper belief republicans a shot because of the show. that is just higher. that is political posturing. and garland is trying to do his best to get to the facts. and be fair. it s a totally inconvenient time for kevin mccarthy to be launching this inquiry into the weaponization the federal government. the federal government is doing some that kevin mccarthy probably very much like some doing. i think again, looking at the midterms. if anything it was a vote against this kind of extremism and conspiracy theories. right now, that is the strangest thing but kevin mccarthy s house. again, because the numbers these gutter lined freedom caucus. they ve come outs charging with these conspiracy theories that have been unproven over, and over again. i understand what you re saying about this as a bid to get people back on board with institutional integrity. although, i m skeptical that all people on the right can be convinced of anything. other than the government is out to get th
others not to limit themselves either. well i hope matthew knows we are all inspired, and lucky, i m one of those people who watched that acceptance video. i saw on instagram, i think i watched it 38 times, and i m so grateful to our affiliate in connecticut for sharing matthew s incredible story. and on that note, i wish you all a great great night. from our our colleagues at the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up, late i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight, we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj.