as trump s lawyers are arguing? or is that claim not just constitutionally wrong, but also say license for future presidents to commit crimes while in office, as the justice department argues? and on the eve of a hearing on the question of whether trump can be prosecuted for his actions while in office, we are learning incredible new details about what donald trump said on january 6 and what h did and did not do. thanks t testimony, to the special l closest aides, the deputy chief of staff dan scavino. from that reporting, quote, sources say scavino told smith s investigators as the violence began to escalate that day, trump was just not interested in doing more to stop it sources also say that the former trump aidk luna told federal investigators that when trump wa informed that then-vice president mike pence had to be ush rushed to a secure location, trump responded so what. luna saw an unexpected willingness by trump to let potential harm come to a long time loyalist. and
transferred to deputyecretary kathleen hicks vacations in puerto ricoing, it was not in two days later that she and the white house were informed of the austin s decision. the defense declared the statement, i am very glad to be on the mend and look forward to returning to the pentagon soon. i also understand the media concerns about transparency and recognize i could have done better job. i commit to doing better and about the disclosure, end quote. there are concerns for accountability on both sides of the aisle as a matter of national security but as we enter a new year, some republicans are jumping to level criticism at the white house with the conference chair, wait for it, elise stefanik calling on austin to resign. we re back with miles and claire mccaskill. miles, i always like to talk to you, but it s important to have you here because of your role in national security when you were in government. there is something different