nation s president. in may of 2017, special counsel, robert mueller, launched an investigation into crushes criminal sabotage of the election, and links between the trump campaign, and russia. that probe, dominika to trump s first years in office. the ex president calls it a witch hunt, and a deep state conspiracy. he ordered an investigation of the investigators which, of course, turned up nothing. now, the more sound defense during that time, that came from some trump allies, and some anti trumpers, critics of the mueller investigation, was that, fundamentally, the justice system could not solve the political problem donald trump, which is to say, trump needed to be defeated politically, in an election, not legally. there was no deus ex machina, out there was no magic wand, you needed to make the argument. it was the same argument we heard around s first impeachment for, again, remember what it was about. soliciting interference from ukraine in the 2020 election in pursuit of, once a
first, the indictment of a former president. mr. trump making his claim on social media, citing what he called, quote, illegal leaks from a highly political manhattan district attorney. repeating that call to action in a later post writing protest, protest, protest republicans quickly rallying to his defense. it wreaks of the kind of political prosecution that we endured back in the days of the russia hoax. the house speaker going even further, tweeting that he was directing relevant committees to investigate what he called the pursuit of, quote, political vengeance against the former president and while mr. trump did not call for violent action today, democrats were quick to condemn his rhetoric he first incited violence on january 6th to prevent his removal from power and now he s attempting to incite political violence to prevent his prosecution. reporter: nbc news was first to report friday that law enforcement officials in new york are preparing for the possibility of mr.
all of this is happening as th da is telling his staff in new york that they will not be intimidated donald trum protecting his own arrest will come on tuesday, calling on hi millions of followers to purchase on his behalf and quote, take our nation back. in the face of what could be a historic first, the indictment of a former president mr. trum is making his claims on social media, citing what he, calle quote, illegal leaks from highly political manhattan district attorney repeatin that call to action a late post, writing protest protes protest republicans quickl rallied and his defense i wreaks of the kind of politica prosecution that we endure back in the days of the russia hoax the house speaker going even, further tweeting that he was directing relevant committee to investigate what he calle the pursuit of, quote, political vengeance against th former president nbc news wa forced to report friday that law enforcement officials in
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rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump. accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest, and ensure president-elect biden is able to successfully begin his term. so, that was the kevin mccarthy of january 13th talking about the man who sicked a mob on him, his members, staff, and workplace. a man who then refused to call them off and here is kevin mccarthy two weeks later posing and grinning with the man who might have gotten him killed. the question is which version will the committee get, now that they have given him the opportunity to come clean? more now from cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez, who starts us off. what is the committee s most what are they most interested in learning from mccarthy you think? well, anderson, i think you read some of the parts of this letter, which really go to the committee s pursuit of, you know, the the the frame of