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Of the many things included in the closed-door testimony from former White House Counsel Don McGahn before the Justice Committee is the comment that McGahn had a hard time getting Trump off the phone.

While it isn't likely to change the outcome of a case, it certainly sent many to chuckle at the desperation by McGahn to escape the president.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has navigated several scandals before and after taking office and now it's being reported that he's being investigated for possible sanctions by the state bar association.

"The investigation is yet another liability for the embattled attorney general, who is facing a years-old criminal case, a separate, newer FBI investigation, and a Republican primary opponent who is seeking to make electoral hay of the various controversies," said the Associated Press. "It also makes Paxton one of the highest-profile lawyers to face professional blowback over their roles in Donald Trump's effort to delegitimize his defeat."

The House Judiciary Committee has released the transcript of the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn, who dodged testifying to Congress for two years.

McGahn was among the few people who were critical in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into former President Donald Trump and his dealings with Russia.

MSNBC's Brian Williams closed his show Tuesday night by defending those mocking President Donald Trump for his ill-fitting pants on display at the North Carolina Republican Party dinner.

Williams, like many, was swept up in the comedy of the moment of those claiming that Trump's trousers were on backward. While other angles and high definition proved the theory false, it did spark another look at Trump's pants problem.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has come out against the sweeping For The People Act, the Democrats' marquee voting and elections reform bill — however, he does support the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. And while the passage of that is uphill as well, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) advising his party against it, this bill has at least one Republican supporter in Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).

But what is the difference between these two bills? Writing for The Washington Post, Peter Stevenson broke down the basic differences.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) spent months running scared from process servers attempting to hand him a subpoena. It's unclear what Brooks has been afraid of or why he thinks he needed to avoid the subpoena or the lawsuit, but he ran nonetheless. Finally, on Sunday, Brooks was served through his wife.

Now, however, Brooks is insulting Rep. Eric Swalwell and telling him that he should "be a man" and serve Brooks and not his wife.

Attorney General Merrick Garland decided to uphold Attorney General Bill Barr's decision to use the United States Justice Department to defend Donald Trump against a defamation suit from a woman who said that she raped her.

"Under Merrick Garland, the Department of Justice is AWOL on all of the important stuff facing them right now," Maddow proclaimed.

On CNN Tuesday, anchor Chris Cuomo tore into Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for his opposition to the John Lewis Voting Rights Act — and matched up his rhetoric with a clip of a senator who, more than half a century ago, used similar arguments to defend Jim Crow.

"Of course, McConnell says the bill won't have his vote. But listen to why," said Cuomo, playing the tape. "What they're trying to do directly through H.R. 1, they would try to achieve indirectly through this rewrite of the Voting Rights Act," said McConnell in the clip. "It's against the law to discriminate in voting on the basis of race already. And so I think it's unnecessary."

Terrorism, intelligence, insurgency, and torture expert Malcolm Nance joined retired Capitol Police Officer Butch Jones to demand action from officials blocking the Jan. 6 Commission.

Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid, Jones explained that the Republicans' newly released report on Jan. 6 made it clear that they are trying to scapegoat the Capitol Police for the attack.

On Tuesday's edition of MSNBC's "The Beat," Ari Melber mocked right-wing cable network Newsmax for refusing to hire Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) — after the cozy relationship the two enjoyed for a long time was frayed by the report that the FBI is investigating him in a child trafficking case.

"It was just hours before this story broke on March 30th that Gaetz began floating the idea of retiring from Congress altogether, pursuing a job at Newsmax, according to three sources who spoke to Axios," said Melber. "Conservative media was already part of his job." He played clips of the two of them complimenting each other, with Gaetz saying, "Newsmax has talk that is the truth and has breaking news. Both of these things can be very threatening to folks in Congress," and one Newsmax host calling Gaetz "a hero during the impeachment hearings and beyond."

Sandra Garza, the partner of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick spoke to CNN Tuesday about her loss and the anger she has around the attack on the U.S. Capitol that led to his death.

Both she and Sicknick were avid Trump supporters, but in wake of the attack, things have changed.

Massachusetts' Republican Gov. Charlie Baker is one of the most popular governors in the country, with even a majority of Democratic voters in the overwhelmingly liberal stronghold approving of his job performance. He maintains this rating largely by bending to the will of the voters and legislature on social issues, while distancing himself from former President Donald Trump.

But according to POLITICO, this distance from the former president has led to discontent from some Republicans in Massachusetts — and the party is arguing over whether they even want Baker to run for another term.