Well, it's been quite a housecape of a week since Trump was inaugurated, starting with the president's decision to pardon violent insurrectionists.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer once had her own brush with political violence.

She talks about it and a lot more in her new book, and she's coming up first.

Plus, I'll ask former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn what it's like to see the leader

of the oathkeepers out of prison and hanging out at a Trump rally. Also today, former Obama

ethics czar Norm Eisen is going to help me break down Trump's late night purge of 18 federal

watchdogs. And later, as Pete Hexedat is sworn in as Secretary of Defense, I'll do a deep dive

into all of the red flags that Republicans ignored along the way.

So I don't think everything should be a five-alarm fire. I mean, even in the age of Trump, I don't think everything should be a five alarm fire. I mean, even in the age of Trump,

I don't think that. But I also think sometimes we have to spend a little bit of time delving into the most egregious things he does.

On Monday, he pardoned roughly 1,500 people convicted for their actions on January 6th, including 600 who engaged in

violence. And he also commuted the sentences of 14 others. So that means all of them. Even the most

violent of the insurrectionists are free. It means someone like David Dempsey, who prosecutors called

political violence personified, who attacked officers with flagpoles, crutches,

pepper spray, broken furniture, and his own hands and feet is free. So is Daniel Rodriguez, who

drove a stun gun into the neck of Officer Michael Fanon. So is Christopher Quaglan, who screamed

at, pushed, punched, swatted, slapped, and choked police officers. And so is

Andrew Taki, who assaulted officers with bear spray and a metal whip. Now, in pardoning these people

and hundreds more like them, Trump sent a pretty clear message that there are no consequences,

that if you commit a crime in his name, no matter how violent, it's not a

crime. That political violence is okay. And that's exactly the message some of the worst offenders

seem to have received loud and clear. I mean, just listen to former proud boy leader,

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