Week on wednesday to the house judiciary committee. That is Breaking News a couple of years in the making. Well, you know, Don Mcgahn is the lead witness from the Mueller Investigation on President Trump obstructing justice. All of those, you know, ten instances, ten instances plus of alleged criminal Obstruction Of Justice laid out in great detail in the mueller report. Mcgahn has never had to testify about it. This will be the first testimony that weve heard about it, and it happens just as the Justice Department is deciding right now whether or not theyre going to release to the public the memo that Bill Barrs Justice Department prepared about why Trump Shouldnt be prosecuted for any of those alleged incidents of Obstruction Of Justice. Its kind of all happening at the same time. And because of the late hour at which this Justice Department memo is going to be released or not, weve actually kind of adjusted the scheduling of this show so that Neal Katyal can appear later in the show because we dont have the memo yet. And theres kind of a whole, as i think you know, in the script here where that memo is supposed to go. And were just kind of waiting for it. Thats exactly right. I think you know what i mean. I think there might have been something like that in the 9 00 p. M. Script. And so we are we are waiting, and maybe this hour, maybe not. Its i mean, listen, its going to be fascinating. If the garland Justice Department decides to appeal the judges ruling to try to keep that Trump Prosecution Memo secret, that itself is going to be a huge story. If they dont appeal it and it gets released by the Judges Order either tonight or maybe her order comes out before midnight and then it takes a little while to come out, either way this is going to be a fascinating story. We never have to contend with the criminal prosecution of a former president before, and now its just its just here. Its all it has arrived, and now we have to figure out how to cover it. So, rachel, what do you say we just we hang around and maybe at midnight we cohost live coverage of the release of the memo or maybe just wait till tomorrow . I cant hear you. I think youre breaking no, i am. I cant hear you. Breaking up, sorry. Okay. New phone. Thank you, rachel. Shes right about that. We cant do that. Well, even Scott Brown Scott Brown thinks Donald Trump is responsible for the attack on the capitol on January 6th. Scott brown was as trumpian as republicans got before Donald Trump himself ran for president as a republican. Scott browns Prepolitics Fame was as a centerfold in cosmopolitan in 1982. And in 2009, he won a special election in massachusetts to serve out ted Kennedys Term in the senate after Senator Kennedy died in office. Three years later, Senator Brown was defeated in his Reelection Campaign by someone who had never run for office before, Harvard Professor Elizabeth warren, who Senator Brown believed he was cleverly insulting every time he called her professor, in a campaign where it was inconceivable to Scott Brown that massachusetts voters would want to send a provably smart person to the senate to represent their interests. Elizabeth warren has now taken her place on the shortlist of smartest senators in history, and Scott Brown went on to serve as Donald Trumps distinguished ambassador to new zealand, where he apparently did no harm. Now Scott Brown is back and willing to state the obvious. Youre a former senator and ambassador. Do you agree with them that trump bears responsibility yeah. For the insurrection . Yeah, absolutely. I mean he bears responsibility. I think his presidency was diminished as a result of this, and i think hes paying a price. Hes been impeached twice. He was impeached for those actions. Stating the obvious, which Scott Brown has not always been especially good at, now passes as the highest level of Wisdom And Integrity in the republican party because of this. We have something new in american history. That is a political party defined by the terror it feels for its own voters. Thats the republican party right now. Pulitzer prize winning Columnist George will saw this coming, which is why he publicly quit the republican party in 2016 when Donald Trump secured the republican nomination for president. I would like to see January 6th as burned into the american mind as firmly as 9 11 because it was that scale of of shock to the system. Republicans in congress know that one way to burn January 6th into the american mind is to have an independent, bipartisan Commission Investigate what happened on that day. Since that day, republicans in congress have gone from being afraid that the invaders of the capitol would kill them to being afraid of offending the invaders of the capitol and their millions of republican sympathizers who continue, according to polls, to fail one of the most basic Mental Competency questions who is the president of the united states . 53 of republicans believe that Donald Trump is the true president , not joe biden. Senate Majority Leader Chuck schumer said that on the Senate Floor Today when he was announcing that he will bring the House Bill passed last week to establish a bipartisan commission to investigate January 6th to a vote in the senate, where it will require 60 votes in order to close debate on the bill and then vote on the bill with final passage of the bill requiring only 51 votes. That means democrats will need ten republicans to join them in the procedural vote that will then allow them to vote on a bill establishing a January 6th investigative commission. Republican senator Mike Braun told politico, quote, i dont think there will be ten votes on our side for it. Id be surprised if youre going to get even a handful. Senator Joe Manchin said, quote, so disheartening. It makes you really concerned about our country. Im still praying weve still got ten good solid patriots within that conference. And that is what the bar has been lowered to for patriotism on the republican side of the United States Senate ten. 10 out of 50. There is no more generous judge of republican patriotism on the democratic side of the senate than west virginias democratic senator Joe Manchin. He will be the very last democratic senator to give up hope of finding ten good, solid patriots on the republican side of the senate. And now Chuck Schumer is promising a vote that will show Senator Manchin and the country how many good, solid patriots there are on the republican side of the senate and what happens if Joe Manchin watches republicans use the 60vote Threshold of a procedural vote to block an actual vote on a bipartisan commission to investigate what happened in the attack on the Capitol And Report that truth to the american people. How disheartening might that be for Senator Manchin . And then how concerned for the country will Senator Manchin be . Will Senator Manchin be disheartened enough and concerned enough to be willing to join all of the other democrats in the senate in changing the Senate Rule to eliminate the 60vote Threshold in all or some senate votes . If the 60vote Threshold remains in the senate, the entire Biden Harris legislative agenda, beginning with Infrastructure And Voting rights, will face the impossible hurdle of trying to find ten good, solid patriots on the republican side of the senate. Leading off our Discussion Tonight are jim manly, a 21year veteran of the United States Senate, who served as an adviser to senators Harry Reid and Senator Kennedy. Also with us, Jonathan Capehart, Opinion Writer for the Washington Post and host of the Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart on msnbc. And, jim, you know how seniority works in the senate. On msnbc, seniority goes to the anchorman. So, Jonathan Capehart, we will begin with you. The anchor men and women. Jonathan capehart, here we are. The Test Vote of what is possible in the United States Senate will turn out to be the vote on a bipartisan commission, a completely bipartisan idea, a bipartisan commission to investigate January 6th. We are going to find out in that vote exactly what is possible in the rest of the senate votes this year. You know, i thank you for giving me the seniority. It really should go to Jim Manley because he knows basically all of those characters there on capitol hill. But youre right, lawrence. This is going to be the first big bipartisan vote, and were biting our nails over whether theres actually going to be a bipartisan vote. This is not what happened on January 6th is not a democratic issue. Its not a republican issue. It is a patriotism issue. That vote should be unanimous. It should unanimous to clear the filibuster, and it should be unanimous to pass the bill to get it to president Bidens Desk for his signature. American democracy was brought to the brink, and the fact that Senator Manchin is still holding out hope that there are ten patriots whats the word he used . Its disheartening that he cant that he Cant Think of ten patriots to come together is a shame. It is a shame on the republican party. It is a shame on the senate. It is a shame on the united states congress, and its a shame on this country that the people who are elected to serve and lead this Nation Cant find it within themselves to unanimously vote to approve this commission. Jim, you and i are old enough to remember when it was inconceivable that any member of the senate, least of all a moderate democratic member of the senate, would question how many patriots there are on the republican side of the aisle. Absolutely. You know, if only because, you know, the Rank And File democrats, conservatives though they may be, you know, believed in god and country. But, you know, i for one dont quite understand what Senator Manchin is up to here. Well have to wait and see how it all plays out. But this is a the senates in a bad place right now, and as maybe were going to talk a little bit later on, its only get worse in the weeks to come as the rest of the agenda starts moving down the pike. Lets listen to what Adam Kinzinger said about his republican leader in the house of representatives, Kevin Mccarthy. I do Think Kevin has failed to tell the truth to the republicans and to the american people, and it pains me to say it. Its not like i enjoy standing up and saying this. But people the 74 Million voters that voted for Donald Trump that believe a number of them believe the election was stolen believe it because their leaders have not told them otherwise. The people they trust have either been silent or not told them the truth. Thats where kevin has failed because he told the truth on January 13th, something around then, and then he went to maralago and said, Donald Trumps the leader of the party. Hes right. Donald trump is the leader of the party. But we need to tell people the truth. So, jonathan, one of the oddities under these circumstances of this proposed commission is that Kevin Mccarthy would get to choose some of the members of that commission as would mitch mcconnell. It is inconceivable that Kevin Mccarthy would choose anyone without Donald Trumps approval of being on that commission, and so the membership of the commission on the republican side would actually end up being made up of Donald Trumpapproved investigators. Well, think about this, lawrence. Remember, when Speaker Pelosi proposed the commission before, there wasnt going to be an even split between democrats and republicans, right . Now, you know, you had congressman katko, who was deputized by Minority Leader mccarthy to negotiate with chairman Bennie Thompson to come up with the commission. They gave everything that mccarthy wanted. They gave him everything. The commission would be split, democrats and republicans. More importantly, both the democratic chairman and the republican Vice Chairman would have to agree on subpoenas if subpoenas were going to be issued. Those are two huge things, and yet katko comes up with this deal, and then mccarthy rips the rug out from under him. In the end, one, they are well, they are afraid of Donald Trump. Hes afraid of Donald Trump. Donald trump doesnt want this commission to happen because he thinks its all a Witch Hunt and its all a fraud and whatever else excuse hes going to come up with to try to throw sand in the gears of an investigation that is going to show his culpability in inciting those people to ransack the capitol in order to overthrow the will of the american people with the electoral College Vote being certified. I mean mccarthy i dont understand actually, i do understand whats going on with him and why he had the sudden reversal from January 13th saying, you know, January 6th Donald Trump is responsible to going to maralago and kissing the ring of Donald Trump. Kevin mccarthy has always and will forever remain, be someone who cares about power. And right now for him, doing whatever Donald Trump wants, he believes is going to lead to a situation where republicans will retake the house and he will get the speakers gavel. That is what this is all about. Jim, i need you to check my political homework on the senate on what i think is going on there. This looks like possible Win Win Win for Chuck Schumer in the following ways. He brings the bill to the floor. Either you get enough republican votes, or the republicans by the way, they dont have to mount a 60vote Threshold challenge to it. But in any event, it passes the senate and you get your commission investigating January 6th, and that keeps some focus on January 6th, which is not politically helpful to republicans. Its only politically helpful to the democrats. On the other hand, if Chuck Schumer loses this on the senate floor, he gets to turn to Joe Manchin and say, joe, look at this. As Jonathan Capehart just outlined, this was a bipartisan piece of legislation created in a bipartisan, traditional way in the house of representatives, and look at what they did, Joe Manchin. Joe, you have to help us change this Senate Rule on the 60vote Threshold. Yeah, absolutely. I think option two actually pretty much nails it. Lets put it this way. If i was still advising the senate democratic leadership, id be giving my two cents worth, arguing very strongly to take the bill to the senate floor, recognizing it was going to be filibustered and quite frankly recognizing its going to lose, if only because it will help Senator Manchin and some of the others that are still wondering about whether republicans are on the up and up, you know it will help them to focus their attention on what exactly is going on. Now, to be clear, as some have argued, i mean theres going to be a process and, you know, were going to need to see some more bills get filibustered before that really focuses their attention. But this is going to be a big one, absolutely. Ill just wait to see how Senator Manchin handles it because, again, as i mentioned earlier, i dont quite understand what his game is here, you know, because if he thinks hes cutting deals with mitch mcconnell, you know, hes going to be sorely disappointed. And if there is no commission, the House And Senate committees controlled by democrats can run their own investigations of January 6th. Jim manley, Jonathan Capehart, thank you both for starting us off tonight. Really appreciate it. Thanks, lawrence. Thank you. Coming up, the Presidency Cannot be planned. No one in the White House could have known that this weekend an irish airliner was going to be intercepted on its way to lithuania and forced to land in belarus by an ally of Vladimir Putin. Tonight President Biden has issued a statement condemning the action. Ben rhodes will join us next. I win again, patrick. Thats siiir patrick. Oooooow. Sir. My name is austin james. As a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. Thats why i use the Freestyle Libre 14 day system. With a painless, onesecond scan i can check my glucose without fingersticks. Now im managing my diabetes better and ive lowered my a1c from 8. 2 to 6. 7. You can do it without fingersticks, too. 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Michael oh leery, the ceo of ryanair based in ireland called it, quote, statesponsored piracy. Yesterday a Ryanair Flight from Greece To Lithuania was intercepted by a Mig 29 Fighter Jet forcing it to land in belarus, where authorities detained journalist roman protasevich, who is a prominent critic of belarus president alexander lukashenko, who is closely aligned with the neighboring russian president , Vladimir Putin. Today all 27 leaders of European Union countries agreed to impose sanctions against belarus and president lukashenko. The European Union has called on all eubased airlines to avoid flying over belarus and has asked the European Consul to begin the process of banning belarusian airlines from flying over and landing at airports in the eu. Tonight the White House released a statement from President Biden calling the diversion of the Ryanair Flight, quote, a direct affront to international norms. The united states condemns in the strongest possible terms both the diversion of the plane and the subsequent Removal And Arrest of mr. Protasevich. The united states joins countries around the world in calling for his release as well as for the release of the hundreds of political prisoners who are being unjustly detained by the lukashenko regime. Joining us now is ben rhodes, former deputy national Security Adviser to president obama. Hes an msnbc political analyst. Ben, the white House Statement came out tonight. It seemed to be more than several hours in the making, but the language is about as strong as those statements get. Yeah, because what were dealing with is something that weve never quite seen before. We have a situation where a plane is taking off from one European Country and on completely absurd premises is basically hijacked by the government of belarus for the purposes of detaining a critic of the government. And this is so dangerous, lawrence, because what it says about the situation for people in belarus but also because it suggests that international air travel, something that we all take for granted, is no longer safe. If you fly over the airspace of some authoritarian country, this is able to stand. If there are not consequences for this action, then we could see this tactic repeated in the future. And this Vladimir Putin, who, lets be very clear, theres no Way Lukashenko is still in Power Today without the sponsorship of Vladimir Putin. This is once again an effort to really upend international norms and put democracies on the defensive. In a situation like this, whats the likely answer to what did Vladimir Putin know, and when did he know it . Would he know of a plan like this before it was executed . Well, obviously the administration called for an investigation. Thats necessary. I think at first blush, lawrence, this appeared to be a quite complex operation. You know, in order to fabricate this Cover Story about needing to ground the airline because of a bomb threat, the reports that there were kind of sketchy people onboard who seemed to be involved in the operation. And, you know, russia is just far more sophisticated than belarus, its much smaller neighbor. I think its hard for those of us who are national security analysts to think that russia didnt have some role in planning this or some foreknowledge of it. Lukashenko has really looked to putin to shore himself up ever since he basically tried to steal an election that most international and independent observers think he probably lost. And given that reliance on putin again, its hard to see something of this complex nature going forward without at least some russian hand behind it. What does Putin Think of something like this . Is this something that Putin Thinks this is good, this shows the kind of power we have, or might he think that was an idiotic thing, shouldnt have done that over just a reporter who was causing you problems . Well, i think sometimes putin likes to demonstrate that he is willing to flout international norms without regard for the consequences, to essentially call the bluff of the democratic world. Im reminded of a situation that was probably some form of accident when a civilian airliner was shot down over eastern ukraine over an area where russianbacked separatists were very active. And, you know, putin obfuscated. He blamed ukraine. He blamed the united states. But, again, i think, you know, part of the point of that whole episode was that putin feels like he can annex countries. He can poison opponents as he did to Alexei Navalny and throw them in prison. He can assassinate people in third countries as weve seen take place in places like the uk, in part to make a point to any opponents of his regime, or in this Case Lukashenko is making a point to any opponents of his regime that if youre an opponent, youre not safe anywhere. Dont think that just because you live in the democracies, that youre safe there. And thats a world thats not safe for any of us, lawrence. What are the options presented to President Biden in a situation like this . You would be in the obama White House, youd be part of the team putting those options together. Well, i think the Nearterm Target was this issue of aviation and to show that on the specific question of international air travel, that belarus is basically kicked out of that system. That Air Carriers Cannot Fly into and out of belarus. They Cannot Fly through belarus airspace, essentially cutting off belarus from europe. I think secondly, though, the biden administration is going to have to look at what kind of sanctions can be imposed on lukashenko and his inner circle. And the reality is the guys that lukashenko relies upon, oligarchs to finance their autocracy. I think this is a case where were going to be looking at Coordinating Efforts with the europeans to go beyond the sanctions already in place and really throw the book at lukashenko and his cronies, trying to freeze their assets, cut off their money trails they depend upon, but also potentially exposing the depths of their corruption. I mean this guy who they detained was a heroic journalist, someone who blew the whistle on some of the things lukashenko was doing. Thats part of what gave so much motivation to the opposition there, this frustration with autocracy and corruption. I think the united states and europe need to look at how can we be more vocal, more transparent in shining a light on those things and providing support to the democratic opposition in belarus through expressions of Solidarity And Support for their cause. Ben rhodes, thank you very much for joining our Discussion Tonight. Thanks, lawrence. Thank you. Coming up, today newly unredacted documents show Paul Manafort told even more lies to federal investigators than we knew. And a former trump completely unqualified ambassador is suing Mike Pompeo for not paying his legal bills during the first Impeachment Investigation of Donald Trump. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff will join us next. Saturdays happen. Pain happens. Aleve it. Aleve is proven stronger and longer on pain than tylenol. When pain happens, aleve it. All day strong. 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Today Gordon Sondland filed a Lawsuit Seeking Reimbursement for the attorneys fees he incurred during the Impeachment Investigation, which Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo promised to reimburse. The lawsuit says that Mike Pompeo made that promise to reimburse his attorneys fees quote, entirely for selfserving personal or political reasons in the hopes that Ambassador Sondland would not implicate him or others through his testimony. Also today a federal judge unsealed files revealing lies that Paul Manafort told to federal investigators during the Mueller Investigation. Many of the lies involved Paul Manaforts conversations with Konstantin Kilimnik, a russian intelligence operative. Joining us now is congressman Adam Schiff of california, chairman of the House Intelligence committee and served as the Lead Impeachment Manager in the first Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump. Chairman schiff, id like to begin with Ambassador Sondlands lawsuit and not so much on its merits. He can afford the attorneys fees. Theres no Grave Injustice there even if ep was lied to about reimbursement. But the Discovery Process in a case like that could go in some interesting and revealing directions. What might you expect from a lawsuit like that . Well, first of all, these guys all deserve each other, lawrence. Gordon sondland testified in the deposition to one thing, and then he claimed to have an improvement of recollection. And then he gave the testimony you just excerpted there, admitting openly there was a Quid Pro Quo. Apparently, it sounds from this pleading, that Secretary Pompeo was willing to reimburse his legal fees when he stuck to the line he gave in the deposition. But when he testified during the open hearings and basically said everybody was in The Loop and showed emails and other messages to pompeo showing that pompeo was in on this scheme, apparently that and his unwillingness to resign after the Trial Led to pompeo saying, im not going to reimburse your fees anymore. You know, the litigation, i guess, will depend on what the basis is for their failure to reimburse him. If they claim that sondland was acting on his own, that he was some free radical, then sondland might be able to get discovery to show that, no, he was actually working with rudy giuliani, who was working with Mike Pompeo, and they were all in The Loop. So its possible he could get discovery about what pompeo was involved in, what he knew, and giuliani, but my guess is he just wants to get paid, and hes looking for a settlement where he can get some money out of it. The Pompeo Angle here exposes him to being subpoenaed to testify in a deposition under oath. That would mean Mike Pompeo under oath for the first time, being forced to answer questions about any of this. Well, thats right. And of course that could be very interesting because those documents that he did share demonstrate that pompeo was very much in on this, and of course Mike Pompeo was listening in on that call between Donald Trump and president zelinsky, in which he was trying to strongarm the leader of ukraine to help investigate the bidens. So theres a lot we still dont know about this story. We dont know about, for example, the role of mike pence, who was also in The Loop, and pompeo would undoubtedly know about what the former Vice President was aware of. So, yes, there could be some very interesting things come out in discovery, which gives pompeo, at least, a good incentive to try to settle this and pay Gordon Sondland to go away. And what was your reaction to what we learned in the newly unredacted well, we, the public, learned in these newly unredacted documents about Paul Manafort dealing with the Mueller Investigation and the ways he kept lying to them about Konstantin Kilimnik . Well, its pretty interesting in two respects. First, youre right. It shows manafort was a bigger liar than we knew, and we knew he was a pretty big liar to begin with. But it also shows the degree of collusion between the Campaign Chairman for Donald Trump and russian intelligence. Here manafort and gates, his deputy chairman, are repeatedly giving an agent of russian intelligence internal polling data, internal strategic documents about their efforts in Battleground States and key demographics within those Battleground States. So, you know, this is going on while the russians are doing a secret social Media Operation to help the Trump Campaign. And so its hard to find something more graphic than that in terms of collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russians and the same russian intelligence thats working on the Social Media campaign. But whats also interesting about it is this is now the second federal judge in ordering these things to be unredacted, who has essentially said Bill Barr was misleading the country, misleading the country by saying there was no evidence of collusion, misleading the country by saying that he was compelled to conclude that you could not indict the president on obstruction. And hes also the judge is also saying that essentially barr has been dishonest with the court about what that memo is about. Its not about just deliberations. Apparently its about spin, and its for that reason, because its about how do they spin this precision, this predetermination that they werent going to indict the president No Matter What how do they spin that . Thats not something that can be concealed from the public. So its interesting at many levels. Chairman schiff, we have Breaking News about that memo as youve been speaking. We have reports indicating that the biden Justice Department now is going to ask for an extension of time. They had till Midnight Tonight to hand over that memo to Bill Barr that Attorney General barr said he used in deciding that he could not prosecute or charge Donald Trump with Obstruction Of Justice. Judge Amy Berman Jackson said, no, no, no. This memo could not have been used for that because his mind was already made up. It seems the biden Justice Department is now trying to at least extend the time they have to turn over that memo and possibly appeal that decision under that extension of time. You know, i would hope that they would not resist turning that over to the public. The public should see whats in that memo. Now, you frequently have the situation, lawrence, where the new Justice Department comes in, and they say, well, to protect the prerogatives of the Justice Department, were going to maintain the same position as the old Justice Department. That really ought to give way to the greater public interest. After all, this involved an investigation into wrongdoing by the president of the united states and an Attorney General, Bill Barr, who was willing to essentially lie to the country to conceal. And i think that public interest and full disclosure ought to outweigh whatever concern the biden Justice Department may have about the precedent, particularly when, as the court has found and the court has read this document, it isnt an internal deliberation over a legal issue. Its essentially spin. I dont think the biden administration should get in the way of disclosing that spin to the public. Mr. Chairman, our reporting now indicates that they will be appealing the decision. So it will be the official position of the merrick garland Justice Department that they do want to protect this memo. Well, thats disappointing. And if they do persist in it, then i hope that they are not sustained by the Court Of Appeals. I hope the Court Of Appeals will reject this entreaty by the biden Justice Department. But, you know, again, this is not atypical. When the next executive wants to protect the prerogatives of the executive, but i really think its a mistake for the Justice Department to do that. I hope they will reconsider if theyre considering appealing. But if they do go through with it, i hope the Court Of Appeals rules against them. Chairman Adam Schiff, thank you very much for joining us tonight. We really appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. And coming up, we have timed neal Katyals Appearance perfectly. 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Minutes ago, the Justice Department filed a notice of appeal saying the united States Department of justice hereby appeals to the united States Court of appeals for the district of columbi the ruling of Judge Amy Berman jackson, who had ruled that a memo written in the trump Justice Department for Attorney General William Barr must be released. The biden Justice Department is now protecting that memo through the appeals process, trying to keep it as an internal memo. Joining us now is Neal Katyal, former u. S. Acting Solicitor General and an msnbc contributor. Neal, what do you make of this literally not lastminute, but lasthour they had about 60 minutes left to file this Lasthour Decision to appeal this ruling that would have otherwise made that memo to William Barr public tonight . Yeah. So, lawrence, ive read the doj filing. Its not an extension. They are seeking to appeal Judge Jackson. Theyre saying Judge Jackson was wrong to order the disclosure of the barr Justice Department memo. And this is disappointing to me. I think this is the peoples memo. I think this is the wrong decision. Theyre, in fairness, not going to appeal at all. Theyre going to leave an unredact about 1. 5 pages of the memo, im told, but the rest they are fighting. Now, in an ordinary world, lawrence, this wouldnt be an unusual decision. The decision would be made by the Solicitor General in consultation with the Attorney General. I can tell you that in an ordinary world, i would have appealed this decision because the government doesnt want federal Judges Ordering disclosure of sensitive, perhaps ongoing Law Enforcement investigations. You want a zone of Want Sensiti around that, and the encourage of unfettered advise. But the problem is this investigation is anything but ordinary. Judge jackson is one of the best judges in the country, saying Bill Barr lied, the Justice Department lied. We flow is a dee of corruption around Bill Barr. He acted like one of trumps attorney. There are people on Social Media saying the Justice Department made the decision. See barrs memo. That was before he got the job that he said for 20 pages, there is no on just of justice that should exist here. And that is what this document is that we are all wanting to see, and the Justice Department is saying no, the people dont get to see it. Ws its going to stay in the vault, and ta to me is not the right call. Neil, let me go back to what you and i consider tradition in niece circumstances. This was say the Clinton Presidency after the george h. W. Bush presidency, No One would blink an eye. They could consider it a once responsibly run Justice Department, basically using the same values, the same approaches to the law, to procedure, to all these things, and they would see things similarly. This comes after the most legally radical drags in administration, and the longest on going legally radical Attorney General, richard nixons Attorney General went to prison. Bill barr was not taking out of the job. So thats whats so striking about this. This is biden Justice Department is giving a normal frame to a stunningly abnormal period, and abnormal memo. Thats beautifully said. You will find no person who is a more zealous defender of the institution, and the way should you is sh change from one administration to another than me. My hard belief. But this is a different thing. Judge jackson read the actual under lying documents and she doesnt keep him. Goes after Bill Barr for a summary of the mueller report. Its not just Judge Jackson. Its other judges, one called it distorted and misleading, and Judge Emmitt Sullivan said about the dropping of the case with michael flynn. So i dont think you can apply the same rule back that you can to this. 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Its tempting to see how far weve come. But its only human. To know how far we have to go. Breaking news, the Justice Department has decided to file an Appeal Tonight to appeal a judges ruling that ordered the Jus Fis Department to hand over a memo that was that was prepared for Attorney General William Barr that he said was the reason for not charging Donald Trump for Obstruction Of Justice. Neil is back with us. We have two minutes left. What would Attorney General Garlands Role be in this position . And what is the likely outcome in the Appeals Court . Generally, the decisions are left to the Solicitor General, or the acting sol it will tor general. Sometimes there is something from one administration to the next. We continue see this there was consultation from one to the next. Here is what is going to happen. It will take about a year for an appeal. Two months of briefing, and an oral argument, and a decision. If there is a decision by june of 2022, and the interim, the doj decided to release a page and a half. But the rest should be kept secret, and ordinarily, there is a lot of difference to the Justice Department in court. And the onus is on the Biden Doj to get the Call Right in the first place. I will tell you, im disappointed. Bill barr, what he did is weakened it, and its a twoway street. Neil, thank you so much. Neil can tonights last word. The 11th Hour with Brian Williams starteds right now. Good evening once again as we start a new week. Day 125 of the biden administration. Tomorrow will mark one year since the murder of george floyd, killed on a City Street in broad daylight as the whole world got to watch on horror on video. The video unleashed a wave of