republican congressman. we will wear that any members of congress had [inaudible] mr. gates and mr. brooks mr. gates was the first to ask for a pardon. [inaudible] i m sorry. the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. the president is getting very agitated and he said, people tell me i should just get rid of both of you and change the leadership, put jeff clarke in, maybe something will finally get done. i thought that it was [inaudible] how does the president even know mr. clark? i said, so suppose i do the, suppose i replace him, replace with [inaudible] jeff clark. what would you do? i said, mr. president, i would rather resign immediately. stephanie ruhle, all here for our special primetime recap of the fifth day of the january 6th hearings. good evening from msnbc headquarters, i m rachel. i am joined here by my beloved colleagues lawrence o donnell, nicole wallace, joy reid, ari melber. and if that s
adamant that he had one and that we were not doing our job. the president said, just say the election is corrupt and leave the rest to me and well. republican congressman. we will wear that any members of congress had [inaudible] mr. gaetz and mr. brooks mr. gaetz was the first to ask for a pardon. mr. biggs did, mr. gohmert asked as well. i m sorry. the only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you have committed a crime. the president is getting very agitated and he said, people tell me i should just get rid of both of you and change the leadership, put jeff clarke in, maybe something will finally get done. i thought the puzzle was asinine. how does the president even know mr. clark? i said, so suppose i do the, suppose i replace him, replace him, jeff rosen, with him, jeff clark. what would you do? i said, mr. president, i would rather resign immediately. but so baloney said this is a murder suicide pact. tonight rachel maddow, nic
next month. that visit coming as his administration is facing mounting pressure following record inflation and, of course, a surge in gas prices. president biden spoke about the trip at the joint base andrews in the last hour. take a listen. everything i m doing in the middle east, lays it all out, i m focused on labor all right, the president there also the major story we re following this morning, the january 6th committee set for another public hearing tomorrow morning. it was president trump s false election fraud claims that were the focus yesterday. several witnesses painted a picture of how trump and his allies used lies of election fraud to allegedly scam his supporters out of $250 million. question, though, this morning, will this committee make any criminal referral to the justice department? we ll have much more on that in a moment. a key inflation measure slowed slightly last month, but prices remain uncomfortably high all across the board. our chief bus
we have heard it from trump himself by the way. something a little different when sean hannity asked him if he could abuse power as retribution. he said you re not going to be a dictator are you. i said no. we are closing the border and drilling. okay, the big question tonight, are there any guardrails left? here tonight, someone who may have the answers. joining me now is eric holder, former u.s. attorney general under president obama.. i m so glad you are here. i served as a prosecutor while you were the attorney general. there is a lot that happened since those moments and there is new news tonight before we get into all we want to talk about tonight. there is new news about hunter biden. there is an additional indictment. a new nine-count indictment against him. it includes three felony counts for failure to pay taxes in california and he is accused broadly of a four-year scheme. this one to avoid paying $1.9 million. this comes after the plea offer and plea deal blew
involved in very significant environmental law briefing before various courts. and that reminded me that, yes, in fact primarily you re an environmental lawyer, how about you go back to your office and call you when there s an oil spill. donohue also informed president trump that upon clark s appointment, justice department leaders would resign en masse. the president turned to me and said, steve, you wouldn t leave, would you? i said, mr. president, i ve been with you through four attorneys general including two acting attorneys general but i couldn t be part of this. when clark was subpoenaed by the january 6th committee earlier this year, he refused to answer questions, pleading the fifth more than 125 times. did you discuss this draft letter to georgia officials with the president of the united states? fifth. coming up, inside the plot to pressure the vice president. it would have immediately