so basically there are decades, decades of evidence of trump s showing and telling us exactly who he is. and there s no evidence that he s changed at all. i mean let s not forget, don donald trump broke up a black lives matter rally for a photo app. he called the january 6th insurrectionists very special on that day. and he now wants to reward them by pardoning their crimes. that irony was not lost on president biden which he talked about. he calls insurrectionists
republicans press for that audio recording, and the argument, of course, from the administration is it s executive privilege and could have a chilling effect on future prosecutions, and nbc news is in the group arguing for the sake of transparency. when we come back, ana, and it didn t take long for this to get contentious in the hearing room, and you can imagine as we continue to go down the line, you will see republican members prepared to continue layering on the attacks of the attorney general, and it will be interesting to watch some of the dynamics from the democrat members, too. one of the leaders of the january 6th committee is likely to bring up some of the key points there and allow the attorney general to defend the ongoing prosecutions of january 6th insurrectionists.
hill. what did he have to say. the attorney general knew he was standing before committee that already voted to hold him in contempt, not but weeks ago. the full house has not voted on that referral yet. but garland s testimony was layered with ccusations from republicans he sought to rebut the accusations about wrongdoing related to everything from january 6th insurrectionists to the current prosecution. and the recent criminal trial of former president donald trump, defiant is one of the best ways to put the way that garland acted not just in his opening statement, but throughout the hours of testimony. listen to just a piece of that, chris. these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented and unfounded. these attacks have not and they will not influence our decisionmaking. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will
it s the opening shot in trying to basically reconfigure, reconsolidate, the biden-harris coalition, which has been falling apart. every poll is falling apart. this issue plus abortion, those are the two issues that are the strongest for him. and he was very strong today. doug, on the republican side, what this is looking like, i just want everyone to listen to, kind of, the evolution of the way that ron desantis has been talking about january 6th, as we re approaching the anniversary tomorrow. this is something that he said, essentially over the summer compared to what he said last night at the town hall. i wasn t anywhere near washington that day. i have nothing to do with what happened that day. did the january 6th insurrectionists display patriotism, as some of them claim they did? no, of course not. he continued even sharper today, as he was on the trail in iowa. and a reporter asked him what he
this race. he is also a vietnam veteran. so, thank you for joir vis as well. what s your question for the governor? thank you. first off, from one veteran to another, i respectfully thank you for your service to our nation. likewise, thank you. appreciate you. please give me your definition of patriotism. did the january 6th insurrectionists display patriotism, as some of them claim they did? no, of course not. that was not a good day for the country. i think the media has taken that and i think the left has taken that and really tried to politicize it. it was not a good day for the country. patriotism to me is willing to put yourself out there and put service above self. i mean, you served. anyone that serves in the military, they re writing a check payable to the united states of america for an amount up to and including their life. you don t know where they re going to send you. you don t know what you re going to be able to do. when you re doing that, you are pursuing a hig