in the office s possession prior to my time here. he is talking about some new evidence are you aware of what that might be there s no new evidence that s spin. also this hour, house speaker kevin mccarthy meeting with taiwan s president tsai at the reagan library in california a show of support for taiwan how is beijing reacting? international pressure for vladimir putin to release evan gershkovich falsely charged with spying as he remains locked in a prison in moscow in my own mind there s no doubt he is being wrongfully detained by russia good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell. today in los angeles, former president trump continuing his attacks on both manhattan s district attorney and the judge presiding over his case while dismissing the felony charges that he is facing. there is no case. there s no case. my lawyers came to me and they said, there s nothing here never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our na
elections. and house speaker kevin mccarthy trading partisan political fights for a diplomatic one, meeting this hour with the president of taiwan mccarthy says the meeting will help make the world safer. china says it s doing just the opposite so a lot to get to we start with today and donald trump embarking on an effort rarely tried in american history running for president while simultaneously fighting criminal charges. his late night speech at mar-a-lago gave us a glimpse of what s to come, a defiant trump surrounded by a loyal band of ardent supporters thumbing through a well-worn political playbook lashing out at his perceived enemies and seeming a little stunned by what happened. i never thought anything like this could happen in america never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it one of many things that need fact checking. i want to bring in nbc s vaughn hillyard outside
state why not name a special council customer come after him of the house judiciary committee part of two hearings this upcoming week on governmen jt s overreach. ohio congressman jim jordan onhe why he is still waiting for responses from the d.o.j., whico sent americans top law enforcer to ukraine this week instead.eric communist china hitting america from all sides the air, the ground, the southern border. yet joe biden is laughing it o off. you talk about children being taken away from their parents. my children were taken away from me. this should not be politicized. the interesting thing is that sentinel came during the last .dministration [laughter] for coming up for her white house advisor steven miller reacts off of cpac with president trump. we are now in a marxism state of minor communism state of mind, which is far worse.op we are a nation in the client. our enemies are desperate to stop us becausy ste they know wt the only ones who can stop them. spent 201
Investigatinetg them for corruption, and that they called joe bide n. late and five days later, on december 9th, that same year,9, 2015, that joe bidn went to ukraine, spoke beforeiat their version in the parliament and then leveraged the billion dollaraged ids and said, you ret getting in unless you fire the prosecutor. so my sorosecuton can continue e enriched and paid. that all happened. is that the righ t timeline, sir? that s 100% correct. that was the quid pro quo. it was joe biden withholding american tax dollars in exchange for a country firing a prosecutor who the obama administration said was doing a good job. sai they wanted him fired becauseg he was investigating his son for corruption. so what does want to think, jim jordan, you re you re investigating and your committee? the judiciary committee. yeah. inating whr not our department f justice is politicized and weaponized, you see the treatment of the biden family and then you see the treatment of donalzed the .
but here s an even better excuse. listen to this one. mf the conduct they were talking about was an election year where the subject s fatherr was on the ballot. so the, quote, slow walkinwas og that they talk about was actually done by bill barr s justice department because of election year sensitivities. so one election year slowsie. an investigation down by fivewn years. goldman s bad at math. soy is in politics. i get it. that s why i m in tv. but i didn t knois in pow electn years were so sensitive for the department of justicestice because they spied on trump s campaign during an electioben year. trump was impeached during an election year for zeroing in on bidenn corruption, and now trump s on trial in three separate cases. when yeah, it s going to beco in an election year. seemyes likear. the department f justice gets a lot done in election years when trump s the targettion yea. but jake tapper thinks all presidents families are treated the same. do you thintek that