and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence, and we will not back down from defending democracy. attorney general merrick garland facing a republican party hell bent on doing everything it can to push conspiracy theories and attack the rule of law in the wake of donald trump s felony conviction in new york. plus, president biden making bold and controversial moves today on immigration and on his rhetoric towards israel. but we begin tonight with the rule of law. in our democrat, system it is the principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are supposed to be accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated. in a perfect world, the idea is to protect the rights of all people in our society. it hasn t always worked out perfectly, to say the least, in this country s long and difficult history, but that is the idea. donald trump and his maga
defending y all. they have no problem with letting those people continue to be threatened, have michael fanone s mom be doxed. this doesn t bother them. there are right wing entities trying to find out who the jurors are and dox them. meanwhile, you have this piece of news, todd blanche, donald trump s attorney, to ask that the gag order be lifted against donald trump so he can go back to attacking the judge, the judge s daughter. what kind of threat would that put these people in? including the jurors at this point. we re all at risk of threats of violence.ress. it s true for election citizens just sayday. i ll sit there at the polls for ten hours. but no, not if i m under threat of violence. this is extraordinarily dangerous. the a.g. has said it, and as i have said, it is it s so insidious that the very people who are decrying that americans don t have faith in our