white house point to a re-election bid. and he can say i m the guy that beat donald trump, don t you want me to do that again? let s turn to the house select committee investigating january 6th which could soon be moving forward with criminal referrals. speaking to reporters yesterday, chairman bennie thompson suggested the committee will call for criminal charges as the panel wraps up its work. we have not made a decision as to who, but we have made decisions that criminal referrals will happen. i wish i could tell you 1, 2, 3, 4. all that s still being discussed. let s bring in congressional investigations reporter for the washington post jackie alimeni. he s also an msnbc contributor. what is the significance of criminal referrals from the committee to justice? our legal experts this morning have been saying, yes, it s symbolic, but also it does provide some volume of evidence and volume of impetus for the
the mar-a-lago classified documents. there s also the fact that the people who are ultimately making the decisions on these criminal referrals, this subgroup within the january 6th committee, is a group of lawyers who all have experience or sense of experience with litigation. adam schiff, jamie raskin, liz cheney. i know i m missing one of those lawyers. but they all have an expertise in this matter. they are extremely steeped in the subject matter and, again, all of the evidence they have collected over the past year and a half. and the department of justice is now waiting for these materials to actually be handed over. merrick garland told reporters just last week that he had asked the january 6th committee for those materials. hey, jackie, it s jonathan. so we know that these referrals could be connected to the events of january 6th or the run-up to them but they also could be connected to things the committee encountered during its probe.
privilege claims. it is relevant how broad the impeachment charges are if congress has its only focus on ukraine and tries to interview presidential aides for other purposes, the court might hold it not within the impeachment inquiry, but broadly things can move quickly and the only role for the courts in the coming months of impeachment will be whether or not particular people have to testify before congress, not shutting down the inquiry entirely. jackie, is the president s wall solid in the senate? it is pretty solid. i mean, after what about mitt romney or ben sass or marco rubio, people who are uncomfortable with foreign meddling, people who said they re trouble, who typically don t fall in line with the president has been completely egregious in his behavior typically. it s obviously too soon to tell what exactly is going to unfold as further evidence comes out. but there s only been a
smattering of republicans who have come out against the president so far or have at least said hold on, pause, maybe we should wait before rushing to judgment. but it would require two-thirds of the senate to convict the president of impeachment and it s highly unlikely that there are 20 republicans that exist that are going to vote in favor of impeaching this president. the majority of those who would potentially come out against the president have retired or resigned or lost their seat. jeff rosen and jackie alimeni, thank you very much. alimeni, thank you very much yeah. the kids and i want to build our own crab shack. ahhh, you re finally building that outdoor kitchen. yup - with room for the whole gang. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you.
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