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to go, and this economy is still just beginning to get back the momentum that it had before covid, and we ve got to get, make sure that not only do we get back that momentum but also create an economy that lifs everyone up, allows women to come in the workplace and get better jobs. a lot of the things that we saw during our year of covid, we have a chance to address them now. i don t think we want to miss this opportunity. i want to talk about voting rights, while i have you, merritt garland out with an op-ed, we have to tackle voting rights. it is crucial for this country when it comes to voting rights. senator schumer saying there will be a vote ahead of the august recess. do you agree with that time line? yes, democracy, this is the most sacred right of all our rights. every other right we have depends on our right to vote, and that means that everyone should be able to vote easily, the local counties or municipalities shouldn t create
sounds like he has gone to the same crisis counselling and others. bill barr said, sitting in this chair and gave that lie to wolf blitzer. look how assertive he is there s a huge risk of election fraud. he did that while attorney general. one of the most powerful people in the united states. what s backed is the credibility of the justice department. he said no, but i have common sense which is bogus. so he did that two months before the election. if bill barr came out and knew it was b.s. he should have said so then. he could have done a lot to prevent this from spreading. instead he spread the fans. this book is written because i don t buy the revisionist history. what can the doj do to rehab its image with the american people. the american people are critical of merritt garland on the left. he s not going far enough some
it s not unusual for them to be told they can t disclose this. what happened in this case, john, is that this gag order was extended three times every year and it wasn t until just days before the biden administration comes into office that it appears the justice department stops essentially responding to requests from apple saying do you still need this data? do you want us to keep this gag order and the appears they lost interest. that s the reason why today you have this investigation from the inspector general, merritt garland, the attorney general and deputy attorney general asked for this investigation to be done because there clearly is unusual things about this. indeed. to say the least. thank you, evan perez for your reporting. appreciate it. thanks. joining us now maggie haberman and chief political analyst gloria borger. let me start with you. this new reporting illustrates
a year ago that called for up to 10 years behind bars for anyone who vandalized a statue or a monument. six people, shannon, were arrested and charged in connection with trying to take down the statue of president andrew jackson last june 22. it s a famous statue. vandals put a rope around jackson s head. they were close to getting it down before the park was fortified. a few days later trump signed that executive order with strict terms up to 10 years behind bars. fox has told the u.s. attorney s office is planning to offer misdemeanor plea deals but none have been formally issued. we ve still not heard back an official comment from the the u.s. attorney s office. seven other people were identified but never arrested and charged. the department of justice last week asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from demonstration groups aimed at former president trump and former attorney general bill barr for an appearance at lafayette park. you see the date, june 1, 2020, that was one year ago.