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Attorney General Merrick Garland isn’t ruling out charging former President Trump and others for their role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol or for attempting to interfere in the presidential election. Mick Mulvaney is the former acting chief of staff for President Trump. He joins AC360 to discuss Garland’s comments.

Plus, in Trump’s first trip back to Washington, DC since leaving office he outlined a harsh criminal justice agenda for the Republican Party saying the country needs to give the police “the respect that they deserve.” Former DC Police Officer Michael Fanone was brutally attacked by rioters on January 6 outside the Capitol and suffered a traumatic brain injury and later, a heart attack. He tells Anderson Cooper that he thinks the former president is the “least credible person in our history to deliver any remarks purporting himself to be pro-police.”

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A source tells CNN former Vice President Pence’s Chief of Staff Marc Short testified last week in front of a federal grand jury investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Former federal prosecutor and CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin tells Anderson Cooper why Short testifying is a “big deal.”

Plus, after a weekend filled with extreme, record breaking heat in the Northeast, CNN Correspondent Gary Tuchman brings AC360 to the hottest place on Earth: Death Valley, California to see what life is like when summer temperatures often top 120° F.

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A federal jury reached a unanimous guilty verdict on the two contempt of Congress charges in the case against Steve Bannon, a former aide to President Trump. CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin and CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin discuss the verdict and what it could mean for getting cooperation from future January 6 committee hearing witnesses.

Plus, the committee held their eighth hearing which revealed audio exchanges between former Vice President Pence’s secret service detail during the assault on the Capitol, and testimony from advisors to the President about what he was and was not doing while the violence was unfolding. CNN Senior Law Enforcement Analyst and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, CNN Contributor and former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean and CNN's Abby Phillip discuss whether or not the hearing strengthened a potential criminal case against the former president.

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The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack is preparing a primetime finale, with a focus on the 187 minutes during which former President Trump “refused to act to defend the Capitol as a violent mob stormed the Capitol," according to committee aides. Maryland Democratic Congressman and House Select Committee member Jamie Raskin tells Anderson Cooper about snippets of video he says they will play from Trump speaking on January 7. Congressman Raskin also raised the possibility that there may be more hearings later on because “new material and new evidence is surfacing all the time.”

Plus, the Justice Department rests its contempt of Congress case against Steve Bannon, a former aide to President Trump. CNN Political Correspondent Sara Murray reports from court. Plus, CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin and journalist Joshua Green discuss the latest developments.

Airdate: July 20, 2022

Guests: Rep. Jamie Raskin, Sara Murray, Jeffrey Toobin, Joshua Green.

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Long-time Trump ally Steve Bannon is on trial on contempt of Congress charges for failing to comply with subpoenas from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. Anderson talks about the case with CNN Contributor and former Watergate star witness John Dean, who served as White House Counsel in the Nixon Administration, and CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip.

Also, heat alerts cover more than 20 states today and tomorrow across the Southern Plains and parts of the Northeast, and temperatures will soar above the century mark for 60 million people over the next week. All while a similar heat wave is bringing record temperatures to Western Europe. 

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Just one day after a Texas House investigative committee released a preliminary report outlining a series of failures by multiple law enforcement agencies in their response at the scene, the school board is holding a meeting in Uvalde, Texas where angry families and community members are asking for accountability.

Plus, more video from inside Robb Elementary School, unseen until now, reveals footage from Uvalde Police Officer Justin Mendoza’s body camera. CNN’s Crime and Justice Correspondent Shimon Prokupecz continues to push officials for answers about what happened almost 2 months later. 

Also, Parents of the children killed are continuing to speak out. Angel Garza’s stepdaughter Amerie Jo Garza was just 10-years-old when she was murdered inside her classroom. Garza tells Anderson Cooper “It makes no sense that there are still things unanswered about this.” He adds, “our kids can’t rest in peace, all this arguing, and bickering and lying to our face. It doesn't help our situation at all.”

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The Department of Homeland Security inspector general briefed the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol about the Secret Service erasing text messages from the day of the insurrection and the day before. Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren is a member of the committee. She tells Anderson Cooper if the explanation of the missing texts makes any more sense after the meeting.

Plus, conservative attorney George Conway joins AC360 to discuss the possibility of Trump running for President again in 2024 and what will happen if he announces before midterms. 

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A source tells CNN that a Washington, DC police officer who was in the motorcade with former President Trump on January 6 has corroborated to the House Select Committee investigating the insurrection, the details of the heated exchange between the former President and his Secret Service detail when he was told he couldn’t go to the Capitol. Cassidy Hutchinson first bought up the alleged incident during her testimony in front of the committee. CNN Congressional Correspondent Ryan Nobles tells Anderson Cooper whether or not the panel is trying to get Secret Service agents who were in the motorcade to testify under oath.

Plus, disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was indicted for the 2021 murders of his wife and son. CNN National Correspondent Randi Kaye gives AC360 an update on the mysterious murders and if Murdaugh has responded to the indictment.

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A January 6 committee member tells CNN that next week’s hearing will focus on former President Trump’s behavior and actions inside the White House while the insurrection was happening at the Capitol. Denver Riggleman is a former Republican U.S. Representative and was a Senior Technical Adviser to the House Select Committee. He tells Anderson Cooper how much he thinks former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone’s testimony bolsters the evidence that the committee has about Trump’s actions or inactions on January 6.

Plus, President Biden says tackling inflation is his “top priority” after a new government data shows consumer prices surged by 9.1% in June year-over-year to the highest level in more than 40 years. CNN Senior Data Reporter Harry Enten joins AC360 to discuss how inflation is affecting the President’s job approval rating.

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