Left their jobs and families behind and fled to washington to keep a vote from going into law. Which means all eyes are on those State Representatives still camped out in washington. New york times reports, quote, abbotts announcement sent national Attention Swinging back to a hotel in downtown washington, where several dozen democrats from the Texas House of representatives are grappling with a familiar Question Stay or go back . But more progressive members are pushing to stay in washington and continue to call attention to Voting Rights, at least while congress is in session. I think there is a collective will of this caucus to do everything we can to continue to defeat repression of voting in texas. Thats what we did in may, we did that in july and we continue to do it going forward. Its not the federal legislation that texas democrats have been pressing for, but it might help. Merrick garland weighed back in on the Fight Today in a new oped of the Washington Post marking the 60th
it s reassuring to see that for-profit operations and businesses are speaking up about how these new jim crow laws are just an thet cal to who we are. the best way to deal with this is for georgia and other states to smarten up. stop it. stop it. and at the murder trial of expolice officer derek chauvin a minneapolis police training instructor testifying that chauvin putting his knee on george floyd s neck is not a restraining tactic taught by the department. i want to turn to the new reporting on matt gaetz. right now joining me mr. john avalon. john, good evening. thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. let s get into this. i want your reaction to the new york times report that matt gaetz asked the trump white house for a blanket pardon for himself and congressional allies for any crimes that they may have committed. it s unclear if gaetz knew he was under investigation at the time, but it s a new development in the story tonight. it is. i mean, again, part of th
ex-police officer derek chauvin, a minneapolis police training instructor testifying that chauvin putting his knee on george floyd s neck is not a restraining tactic taught by the department. i want to turn now to the new reporting on congressman matt gaetz. joining me now, mr. john avlon. john, thank you for joining. i appreciate it. let s get into this. i want to get your reaction to this new york times report that congressman matt gaetz asked the trump white house for a blanket pardon for himself and congressional allies for any cr crimes. it s unclear if gaetz knew he was under investigation at the time but it s a new development in this story tonight. it sure is. i mean, again, part of the problem with a preemptive, blanket pardon is usually the person who asks for it is afraid they ve done something wrong. let s not forget the crucial bit of evidence here or information that completely destroys any claims of a political witch hunt. the investigation that gaetz is
however, it is unclear just how far reaching the justice department investigation is. we know the department has indicted more than 700 people for their roles during the riot, but what about the broader attack on the election from trump and from those around him? since the 2020 election we have learned and even heard trump pressure georgia secretary of state find votes to overturn biden s victory in the state. and then there was the six-step plan on how pence could overturn the results. trump asked top justice department officials to declare the election corrupt and, quote, leave the rest to him and his allies in congress. so why hasn t the department of justice called this a criminal conspiracy? responding to garland s speech wednesday, constitutional law professor lawrence tribe arguing the doj not going far enough. i heard absolutely nothing, nothing about the larger plot to overturn the election. that was not january 6th. january 3rd was the date on which the president,
several pence aides have already been cooperating. so far the january 6th committee has interviewed more than 300 witnesses, issuing subpoenas when needed. we re clear where the committee s work is heading, but what about the department of justice? this week attorney general merrick garland vowed to hold, quote, all january 6th perpetrators at any level accountable for the assault on our democracy. however, it is unclear just how far reaching the justice department investigation is. we know the department has indicted more than 700 people for their roles during the riot, but what about the broader attack on the election from trump and from those around him? since the 2020 election we have learned and even heard trump pressure georgia secretary of state find votes to overturn biden s victory in the state. and then there was the six-step plan on how pence could overturn the results. trump asked top justice department officials to declare the election corrupt and, quote, leave t