Hur and also a letter to Merrick Garland . Objection. And with that, mr. Chairman, i see my time has expired and i yield back gentlelady yields back the chair is recognized. Mr. Her, why do you do it . Why did joe biden your words willfully retained and disclosed, classified materials . I mean, he knew the law in an office like 50 years five decades in the United States senate, chairman of the Senate Foreign relations committee, eight years as Vice President , he got briefed every day as Vice President. Hes been in the situation room. In fact, you know, he knew the rules because you said so on page 226 President Biden was deeply familiar with the measures taken to safeguard Classified Documents and joe biden told us he knew the rules mr. Armstrong said this earlier. Joe biden was deeply familiar with it. Youre exactly right because he told us when jack smith goes after President Trump, joe biden says, how could this happen . What data was in those documents that could compromise source
His role in january 6th, he was charged in the District Of Columbia for his role in january 6th. Owes 400 million to the state of new york for defrauding the state through his taxes and he has been judged a rapist. You want to be perceived understandably as credible. I want to first see if you will pledge to not accept an appointment from donald trump if he is congressman, im not here to testify about what will happen in the future. Seems like an easy question. I am here to talk about the report. You dont want to be associated with that guy again, do you . Im not here to talk about that, i will talk about the work in the report, which i stand by. There were no limits on you what you could charge by the Attorney General, is that right . The decisions reflected in the report are my own. You did not bring charges, correct . Correct. There were no limits on john durham in the Prior Administration when he was Special Counsel, correct . I dont have the information. He sat in the same chair a
State of new york for defrauding state through his taxes. And he has been judged a rapist. You want to be perceived as credible. So i want to first see if you will pledge to not accept an appointment from donald trump if he is elected again as president. Congressman, im not here to seems like an easy answer considering what i laid out. Im here to talk about the report and the work that went into it. You dont want to be associated with that guy again, do you . Im not here to offer opinions. Im here to talk about the work that went into the report. There were no limits on you as to what you could charge President Biden by the Attorney General, is that right . The decisions that i made that are reflected in the report are my own. You did not bring any charges, is that correct . Correct. There were no limits on john durham and his investigation of the prior administration, when he was Special Counsel, is that right . I dont believe i have the information required to answer the question abo
and for those keeping score at home, it s two democratic appointees and one republican appointee who are hearing this case, which i think lends some optimism to the jack smith s team because of that makeup. it s also true, this argument for donald trump is a pretty extraordinary stretch. remember when we covered the mueller investigation. and there was much sdiscussion that there s is a justice department policy. not a law, but a policy, that says a sitting president should not be indicted. implicit in that policy, of course, he could be indicted later for something he did. that s always been the assumption. gerald ford pardoned richard nixon for his crimes in watergate. if he couldn t be prosecuted, there would be no need for a po pardon. for a former president, for conduct while in office. that s what the pardon was for. everyone assumed without the pardon, he could be prosecuted. once you are out of office, you are an order citizen like everyone else. interestingly
people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. a black man can t. you just learn to be good, and in the and you benefit from that extra resilience. coates: i want to get right into all this with attorney jeffrey toobin, he is the author of the nine inside the secret world of the supreme court. as well as home grown timothy mcvay, and the rise of homegrown extremism. jeffrey i m glad you re here tonight. first of all take a step back with me. many people are wondering if tomorrow is the day that the appellate court will decide that trump committed an insurrection. that is not tomorrow is, tomorrow is about whether immunity exists for a president. what do you say? correct. what is important to remember about tomorrow, is it is a question of does donald trump have to stand trial? trump is arguing that the whole case should be thrown out, before it is even tried. which is unusual in a criminal case. because under his understanding of presidential immunity,