aides in the trump administration including former chief of staff mark meadows. a spokesman for trump did not immediately respond to request for comment. attorney general garland sat down for a rare and exclusive interview with nbc s lester holt and defended the justice department against criticism it is working slower than the house select committee s investigation into january 6th. look, the justice department has been doing the most wide-ranging investigation in its history, and the committee is doing an enormously wide-ranging investigation as well. it is inevitable that there will be things that they found before we have found them, and it s inevitable that there will be things we find that they haven t found. the justice department has from the beginning been moving urgently to learn everything we can about this period and to bring to justice everybody who is criminally responsible for interfering with the peaceful transfer of power. you said in no uncertain terms t
we start with the bombshell new details in the justice department s investigation into the capitol attack. nbc news confirming with an administration official that the doj has been asking questions about former president trump s actions leading up to january 6. the official adds there is not a criminal investigation of mr. trump himself. nbc news reached out to a trump spokesperson for comment. the doj is not officially commenting on the story but in an exclusive interview with lester holt attorney general garland states that no one is above the law. we will hold accountable anyone criminally responsible attempting to block the peaceful transfer of power. that conversation between merrick garland and lester holt. we want to bring in pete williams, charlie savage, chuck rosenberg. we have a great group to get us started. pete, confirming the questions asked related to donald trump s actions on that day and leading up to that day. what specifically do we know? what is the f
Good morning. i m peter alexander. in today for jose diaz-balart. it is the story that s reverberating across the nation s capital. nbc news confirming the justice department is investigating former president trump s actions as part of the criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. plus inflation nation. the fed is meeting in hours expected to raise interest rates yet again. what it means for the wallet as fears of a recession mount. on capitol hill as we speak senate democrats are running out of time. a marriage equality bill. will enough republicans get on board to pass it? democratic senator hirono will join us to discuss that effort. wildfires, drought, punishing record heat. is this our new reality? this morning i speak with washington governor jay inslee what we need to do right now to combat the climate crisis.