From House Democrats. Its such a body blow to our democracy. Just how far reaching was this effort by the Justice Department . Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is trying to mend fences and build bridges. As President Biden is welcomed back to the club at the g7 summit in europe, he is also preparing for a closelywatched summit with russian president Vladimir Putin as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. The president will take questions from reporters this hour. We will bring that Press Conference to you live when it happens. In the meantime, the president s priorities here at home from infrastructure to Voting Rights have run smack into the reality of a 50 50 senate. And late this week, a stunning new revelation prompted an uproar on capitol hill and beyond. We learned the trump Justice Department seized Cell Phone Data from the former president s political enemies including members of congress. And joining me now exclusively is the House
From House Democrats. Its such a body blow to our democracy. Just how far reaching was this effort by the Justice Department . Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is trying to mend fences and build bridges. As President Biden is welcomed back to the club at the g7 summit in europe, he is also preparing for a closelywatched summit with russian president Vladimir Putin as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. The president will take questions from reporters this hour. We will bring that Press Conference to you live when it happens. In the meantime, the president s priorities here at home from infrastructure to Voting Rights have run smack into the reality of a 50 50 senate. And late this week, a stunning new revelation prompted an uproar on capitol hill and beyond. We learned the trump Justice Department seized Cell Phone Data from the former president s political enemies including members of congress. And joining me now exclusively is the House
anti-lgbtq laws, shielding russia information from public. what do you make of all that? yeah, you know, in addition to all of the suits that you had just mentioned, the biden d.o.j. also decided they were going to pursue action on arguing in court for u.s. citizens who reside in puerto rico to have lower eligibility for social security than their counterparts, u.s. citizens in the continental united states. essentially, advancing second class citizenship and continuing second class citizenship for puerto ricans on the island. and so i think the actions of biden s d.o.j. has been extremely concerning and it s not just on the actions on gag orders, which is also extremely concerning, but across the board, i don t believe that while i believe that the emphasis on voting rights is
essentially, advancing second class citizenship and continuing second class citizenship for puerto ricans on the island. and so i think the actions of biden s d.o.j. has been extremely concerning and it s not just on the actions on gag orders, which is also extremely concerning, but across the board, i don t believe that while i believe that the emphasis on voting rights is appreciated, we aren t seeing a transformational d.o.j. that i think people had been looking forward to. and that is something that deserves a lot more questions. i want to ask about top democratic house leaders and a dozen of your jewish democratic colleagues issued a statement criticizing your friend be and colleague ilhan omar, congresswoman from minnesota, for what some democrats said was a, quote, offensive and misguided remark that they say equated the u.s. and israel with hamas and taliban, terrorist