on this tv show, you know, with some understanding of what we were going to discuss, and there s breaking news still, fully eleven months and change after january 6th. that s how much information there is out there about who did what and why and for what reasons. and it s amazing that we re finding out this information so late. and one wonders how much more information we re going to find out that shows how many people should be held accountable for the activities of january 6th. mr. axelrod, in that vein, beyond that meeting, the times describes how members of the conservative house freedom caucus acted as foot soldiers for trump, all familiar names, by putting pressure on the justice department to investigate fraud claims, pressure state legislators to conduct audits and plot to disrupt the certification process. this was a deliberate campaign to overturn the election from the get-go. there s no question about it. and as preet said, it s something that the president
singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. - san francisco can have criminal justice reform and public safety. but district attorney chesa boudin is failing on both. - the safety of san francisco is dependent upon chesa being recalled as soon as possible. - i didn t support the newsom recall but this is different. - chesa takes a very radical perspective and approach to criminal justice reform, which is having a negative impact on communities of color. - i never in a million years thought that my son, let alone any six-year-old, would be gunned down in the streets of san francisco and not get any justice. - chesa s failure has resulted in increase in crime against asian americans.
so tonight the justice department reviewing the criminal contempt referral of mark meadows by the house as the big lies exposed piece by piece by the january 6th committee. back with me preet bharara, david axelrod, and david gergen. preet, you first. we see the abject lying and deception involved at all levels. and there has been zero accountability. should merrick garland be doing more to hold the planners and organizers of the insurrection accountable? well, you know, we don t know what all he s doing. we don t know what s happening behind the scenes. what we know is a process that began before he even was in office was to arrest, investigate, prosecute hundreds of people who were involved in the insurrection at various levels. there is some concern that the department of justice may not be looking at the highest level