h.w. bush is that he was the driving force behind the infamous christmas eve 1992 pardons for six senior administration officials who were caught up in the iran-contra scandal, including the secretary of defense. six iran-contra figures pardoned on christmas eve by president bush after bush had already been voted out of office but before the next president could be worn in. william barr is the one who recommended those pardons in iran-contra. the day he started as attorney general, this president s campaign chairman received a sentence recommendation from prosecutors of 19 to 24 years in prison, plus tens of millions of dollars to pay. like i said, it s all happening at once now. i think it will fit. want a performance car that actually fits your life?
against humanity or genocide as you did in guatemala, el salvador and nicaragua? i will respond to that. i don t think this line of questioning is meant to be real question so i will not reply. heather: she question the reagan state department official got the iran contra scandal and past us involvement in latin american civil conflict. elliot abrams was appointed to the us policy on the unrest in venezuela. a hospital investing its most significant gun-control billing years, the measure would require background checks for all gun sales and most transfers in the us, the house judiciary committee debated the bill for 9 hours before voting on it. it will be voted on by the full house in the next few weeks. today marks the 1-year anniversary of the tragic parkland massacre. 17 students and staff members were shot and killed when a former student opened fire at
jillian: one of the women accusing virginia s lieutenant governor sexual assault will meet with prosecutors to discuss her claim. vanessa tyson s lawyer set a time for that meeting has not been set. she says justin fairfax assaulted her 15 years ago in boston. in a statement the democrat says she s open to a full, fair and nonpolitical investigation. congresswoman omar goes against donald trump s new envoy to venezuela. do you support an armed faction within venezuela that engages in war crimes? crimes against humanity or genocide as you did in guatemala, el salvador and nicaragua? i m not going to respond to the question. i don t think this line of questioning is meant to be real questions. i will not respond. jillian: the democrat questioned the former reagan state department official about the iran contra scandal and us involvement in latin american civil conflict. elliot abrams was appointed to the us policy on the unrest in venezuela.
involvement in the iran contra scandal. i fail to understand why members of this committee or the american people should find any testimony you give today to be truthful. if i can respond to that. it wasn t a question. that was not a question. i reserve the right to my time. jedediah: jesse, this issue of her deflecting and turning to trump, it s pretty outrageous because this is not one incident. this is a series of horrific tweets she s having her history. this horrific nonsense with the covington boys. there s so many instances when you could bring up her saying something bigoted and having to apologize or doing something questionable like that. what you think? jesse: she s not that smart. she called mr. abrams mr. adams when she introduced him.
criticized elliot abrams for his history in central america? he did for their work in for the reagan administration, his work during the reagan administration and that intervention in el salvador s civil war. a number member of the committee questioned his credibility. yes or no, do you think that massacre was a fabulous achievement? that happened under our watch. that is a ridiculous question. yes or no. no. i m not going to respond to that kind of person attack. abrams says he was promoting democracy in that time in latin america. he s also fielded questions about his pleading guilty to lying to congress over the iran contra scandal in 1991. he said speaking to leaders in region today, they re focused on events of 2019, not of the 1980s.