events. the house republicans deny any involvement and nbc news has not independently confirmed. two of the republicans, madison cawthorn and mo brooks did speak and they said it was supposed to be a peaceful rally, that didn t stop mo brooks from saying he wore body armor to the event for his safety and we know definitively, donald trump has not and seemingly cannot accept that he lost the election. that s been true from the very minute joe biden was declared the winner last november and since then trump shaped his cult of personality around that single grievance. it s the only thing he seems to care about. it s all he ever talks about. and everything, i mean, everything that has happened between november 3rd and january 6th was centered around his desperation to undo that one fact that he cannot live with, that he lost. trump was able to get his minions in congress, disgraced figures like rudy giuliani and governor s mansion to do his bidding, to do whatever it took to undo
federal judge in louisiana. here s his exchange with republican congressman mike johnson on wednesday. the fbi made the social media platforms pull that information off the internet if it came from conservative sources. they did this under the guise that it was disinformation. can you, can you define what disinformation is? our focus is on malign, foreign disinformation; that is, foreign hostile actors who engage in mr. wray to use our social media platforms i have to stop you for time. that s not accurate. you need to read this court opinion, because you re in charge of enforcing it. paul: joining the panel, columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and bill mcgurn. so, bill, first, let s start with that exchange on disinformation. what do you make of the fbi director s answers? i think he answered very weakly. he came across as a man who either hadn t read the material as congressman johnson suggested, or he just didn t take the whole oversight process very