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best a sizable percentage of the employee population that felt sympathetic to the group that stormed the capitol and said it was no different than the black lives matter of last summer. some lament that the only reason this activity is getting more attention is because of quote, political correctness. this e-mail went on to flag a number of incredibly alarming examples of comments being made in different fbi field offices including one official saying this. quote, over 70% of his counterterrorism squad and roughly 75% of agent population in his office disagreed with the violence, but could understand where the frustration was coming from which led to the protestors getting carried away. the fbi declined to comment on the e-mail when it became public last week then the fbi agents association told nbc news that it does not comment on ongoing investigations. added this, quote, fbi agents understand the importance of separating their own personal views from their profession ....
us as we take a moment to rest and reflect a bit. we here at deadline white house are thinking about the families in ukraine, and what this holiday season must feel like for them. christmas eve marked ten months since the start of a russian war that has not let up even though it s now in the thick of winter. when russia unleashed the air strike on december 24th, it was the largest attack on that state since world war ii and then putin s forces two weeks later laid siege to maripol. devastating, and yet the twice impeached disgraced ex-president continues to claim with no evidence whatsoever, if he were the president ukraine would be just fine. on the day russia invaded ukraine, russia released this gem. if i was in office this deadly situation in ukraine had never have happened. to think if only trump were our president there would be peace in ukraine it s laughable thanks to an exhaustive and riveting new piece in the new york times, we have reason to believe trump ....
pottinger and former deputy press secretary sarah matthews t. two were inside the white house on january 6th 20, 21, were among the most high-profile officials to resign in protest in the aftermath of that attack. the new york times is reporting this about their role. mr. pottinger and ms. matthews are expected to help narrate what was unfolding in the west wing during those 187 minutes in a hearing that the committee sees as a capstone to a series of public sessions in which it laid out in detail trump s efforts to remain in office despite his defeat and how they led to the storming of the capitol. ms. matthews is expected to, among other things, speak to the efforts to get mr. trump to issue a statement. people familiar with the planning said by having them testify, the committee is sticking to what is now a tried and true practice of having trump insiders tell us the story of january 6th and explain the ex-president s push to overturn the 2020 election. with help f ....
mar-a-lago. could that change the judge s reasoning? we re going to explore that. plus, three months after the deadly shooting in uvalde, the police chief facing outrage for his response, has now been fired. his 17-page response to his firing, calling it a public lynching. what uvalde parents are thinking about that today. and president biden s loan forgiveness plan is getting mixed reaction. the washington post editorial board calls it a regressive, expensive mistake. even some former obama officials are shaking their heads. we ll get into that as well. but let us start with that fast-approaching doj deadline. joining me now is nbc news correspondent ken dilanian, legal affairs columnist for the l.a. times and host of talking feds podcast, lot of titles, harry, and lisa ruben, an nbc legal analyst. ken, so, the justice department has an hour more. are we even going to be aware when they ve submitted it? aren t they submitting this filing under seal as well? ....
this about the massive tranche of classified documents that were in trump s possession and have been ever since he left office in january 2021. they write this, quote, the extent to which such a large number of hailey sensitive documents remained at mar-a-lago for months, even as the department sought the return of all material that should have been left in government custody when trump left office suggested to officials that the former president or his aides have been cavalier in handling it, not fully forthcoming with investigators or both. the first batch of documents 15 boxes in total retrieved in january reportedly contained 150 classified documents, and the national archives relayed to trump s team just how sensitive these documents were in their may letter, telling trump s attorneys those boxes contained 700 pages of classified materials, some of them with the highest levels of classification possible. which suggests that they contain some of the government s mos ....