this concept is not new. in fact, if you were paying close attention you might think that this segment was from 2018, or 2020. but it s not. this is actually life. it s june 11th, 2021, and the threat posed by donald trump continues to grow. just look at the bombshell reporting from the new york times which details trump s efforts in 2017, to investigate media leaks about contacts between trump associates and of the russian government. trump ordered his own justice department to secretly sees phone data from democratic congressman adam schiff and congressman eric swalwell, aids on the house intelligence committee. and members of their families in order to further his investigation. today, senate majority leader, chuck schumer, and senate judiciary chairman, dick durbin, starting to subpoena jump attorney general william barr and jeff sessions to testify before congress about trump s undemocratic order. and under pressure for democrats in congress, the justice department announced today
supervisors. one agent who worked at clint told the new york times i can t tell you the number of times i would talk to agents and they would get teary eyed. he said he believes he will find a legal way to get around a supreme court decision that forbids questions about citizenship on the next census. on the most important new case announced today by the justice department, the attorney general recused himself. the attorney general of the united states did not recuse himself from decisions involving the investigation of the president who made him the attorney general of the united states, that would seem to be an obvious conflict of interest from william barr, but it takes a lot for william to recuse himself from anything. but he did recuse himself from the biggest case the justice
states, that would seem to be an obvious conflict of interest from william barr, but it takes a lot for william to recuse himself from anything. but he did recuse himself from the biggest case the justice department announced today. the federal sex trafficking case against donald trump s old friend, jeffrey epstein. here is the attorney general s explanation of why he recused himself in this case. i m recused from that matter because one of the law firms that represented epstein long ago was a firm that i subsequently joined for a period of time. by william barr s standards, that s a very weak reason to recuse himself. very, very weak. he has another connection to jeffrey epstein that is even closer than the one he mentioned today. william barr s father, donald barr, hired jeffrey epstein. he hired jeffrey epstein to
you just heard president obama say what moammar gadhafi and his regime are doing to the libyan people is outrageous. these are people who have been liberated in benghazi. gadhafi opponents, they are thrilled that gadhafi at least is not in power in benghazi, the second largest city in libya right now. still apparently is in power in the capital city of tripoli. we re watching this city closely. we re going back there shortly. stand by. meanwhile, president obama is demanding the justice department to stop defending a federal law banning gay marriage. let s get some details for the reaction from our congressional correspondent brianna keilar. congress is on recess this week, but some angry responses to what the president and his justice department announced today. reporter: wolf, republicans are calling this a political
that our interests were so great that they should evoke in us a unilateral action. i m not sure that s the best course, but i do not fault the president for taking the time it takes to work through these diplomatic steps and get with our partners and try to come out of the box as george w. bush and his father before him and president clinton in there, too, did, is the more partners, the more likely the effective the positive nature of the outcome of the conflict. let me switch gears briefly, donna. i want to get your quick reaction to what the president and the justice department announced today, that they are no longer going to defend the constitutionality of the defense of marriage act which president clinton signed into law back in 1996. orrin hatch, the senator from utah, saying in a tweet, it s inexcusable that president obama s personal politics are trumping his presidential duty to defend the defense of marriage act. this is the law of the land, but he says he s not going to