been asked about this. i believe it was a town hall event some months back and also similarly said this is not something that we would be in favor of. this was an ongoing operation. what you can tell us now, senator, the people of this country who are seeing violent crime, especially in the ineller cities raging, these drug cartels reaching further and further into the united states? will you get to the bottom of who directed this operation and authorized these guns going back over the border of mexico or losing track of them all together? well, as you pointed out, a u.s. law enforcement official was killed in december of 2010. yet, eric holder, the attorney general of the united states, didn t admit to knowing anything about this project that went awry. this crazy project that went awry until april. but the question is not just did eric holder know it but did his boss know it? and, frankly, there needs to be some heads rolling here in terms of accountability and responsibility. we a
think about this, that a u.s. law enforcement official killed in december of 2010, eric holder said he didn t know about this fast and furious program until april of this year. it s un incredible, really. i think he did know about it. they have been blocking congressional investigations into this to find out who knew about it. laura: senator, make it very clear, you are saying tonight that eric holder is not telling the truth on this issue? i m saying that it s impossible for me to believe that with a u.s. law enforcement official killed as a result of this fast and furious program run awry on december 10 that eric holder didn t know about it until april of 2011. i just don t believe that. laura: all right. senator, we appreciate it. we are going to stay on this issue. pinheads and patriots coming up tonight featuring congressman woman michele bachmann and elvis? right back with p and p.
been asked about this. i believe it was a town hall event some months back and also similarly said this is not something that we would be in favor of. this was an ongoing operation. what you can tell us now, senator, the people of this country who are seeing violent crime, especially in the ineller cities raging, these drug cartels reaching further and further into the united states? will you get to the bottom of who directed this operation and authorized these guns going back over the border of mexico or losing track of them all together? well, as you pointed out, a u.s. law enforcement official was killed in december of 2010. yet, eric holder, the attorney general of the united states, didn t admit to knowing anything about this project that went awry. this crazy project that went awry until april. but the question is not just did eric holder know it but did his boss know it? and, frankly, there needs to be some heads rolling here in terms of accountability and responsibility.
and become common. that s the great fear. because what is happening is the people on the mexican side of the border in those small towns are absolutely terrified. they are seeking asylum across the u.s. border. what happens then is that the violence follows them across. i spoke to u.s. law enforcement official who works on a daily basis inside mexico fighting this fight. when i talked to him today, he said the border area is becoming like the tribal areas of pakistan along the border with afghanistan. he said to me, shep, we cannot afford a pakistan on our border. shepard: i will say. jonathan hunt. thank you, sir. one of the expected militia members suspected of are noting to overthrow the government in court today in michigan. this is the group arrested in raids across the midwest last weekend. the feds say they were preparing for a battle with police first and then with the antichrist. prosecutors say this man, michael meeks was one of the group s heavy gunners in charge of op
tonight s reuters report also notes fbi investigators are examining whether russians suggested to kushner or other trump aides that relaxing economic sanctions would allow russian banks to offer financing to people with ties to trump, said the current u.s. law enforcement official. who was a source for that article. joining us now is jonathan landay, the reuters reporter who has just broken this story. jonathan, this is a story coming on top of an earlier story tonight by the washington post. but tonight it s all about jared kushner. it s all about how much contact did he have with russian officials, and what has reuters learned? so we ve learned there were at least three calls between jared kushner and the russian ambassador sergey kislyak. two of them before the election,