the email in which he asked for one. thank you. congressman brooks told nbc that he sent this out of concern that democrats would abuse the judicial system by prosecuting and jailing republicans who acted pursuant to that your constitutional or statutory duties. and so all republicans needed pardons. and matt gaetz's pardon was supposed to be the beginning of time up until today for any and all things and he started asking for that in early december. that seems normal, right? our colleague stephanie ruhle joins us now. you said you were eager to talk about the congressional pardons. >> not so much the members of congress but the president. why didn't he give them pardons? he has 100% control. and he is okay with pardoning people who have money laundering and all sorts of things, criminal, but in this case, could they be co-conspirators,