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In a discussion about former Attorney General Bill Barr and revelations that he lied in court, MSNBC experts discussed with host Nicolle Wallace how a former attorney general is held accountable. At the same time, the group wondered if Barr worked so hard to cover this up, what else there is that he lied about and tried to cover up for former President Donald Trump.

"We've gotten used to talking about the politicization and the corruption of the Justice Department under Bill Barr," said former DOJ spokesperson Matt Miller. What I think we're seeing more and more is just the outright dishonesty. In this case you have a nesting doll of lies where you have the underlying fact where he misled the country about what was in the Mueller report. You have the Justice Department lying to the court about the purpose of the memo and lying to the court about the contents of the memo and what you find is that there is a culture of dishonesty that permeated the department and the tangled web you weave and the department told an initial lie in Bill Barr's letter in Bill Barr's press conference in 2018 and had spent the last two years trying to cover it up."

Speaking to MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell in Ukraine, a former adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that Rudy Giuliani heavily pressed the president's office to destroy Joe Biden as he began his presidential campaign in July 2019.

Igor Novikov was asked to listen in to the call with Giuliani that gave Ukraine the implication that he was trying to create policy. Giuliani introduced himself as President Donald Trump's personal lawyer but also implied that he was a policy adviser.

If former Attorney General Bill Barr lied in court, then it stands to reason that his testimony to Congress was also a lie, noted Center for American Progress communications VP Jesse Lee, citing a New York Times report.

Barr was outed by federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson for lying to her, to the court, and to the American people about the process for investigating and considering whether or not President Donald Trump would be prosecuted for obstruction of justice.

Jimmy Kimmel brought together doctors and nurses to compare their expertise to that of people who post photos of their dollhouses on Facebook trying to pretend they're somehow COVID vaccine experts.

Walking through their expertise, the doctors explained how many years they had to go to school and then how many years they had to do a residency before they were allowed to work as doctors. A doctor appeared in a hospital room recalling a time when she had to crack the chest of someone and manually beat their heart for them with her own hands. In one case, an emergency doctor who said he'd delivered several babies in cars, noted that he likely won't pay off all of his student loans until he's retired.

The Republican Senator formerly attacked by Donald Trump as "lyin' Ted" is kissing the ring at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday night.

In a photo posted to Twitter, the Texas senator said that he had dinner with the former president, noting "he's in great spirits!"

Anti-maskers are continuing to freak out in public places only to be filmed by those observing the meltdown. Such was the case when a woman hilariously mocked one man during his anti-mask meltdown.

In the Tik-tok video, the man is seen losing it in a grocery store before storming into the parking lot waving his mask and ranting when telling the woman filming, "you can shove it, b*tch."

On CNN Tuesday, former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) scorched the GOP under House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, declaring it unable to purge the "whackjobs" from its ranks.

"Going forward, [moderate Republicans] will be savaged by their own," said anchor Chris Cuomo. "This is a party that will hang with Matt Gaetz. I'm all for due process. He would be a dead man on the left because it's all about the process. Here, they stick with the QAnon kook and kill Liz Cheney. If you're a moderate, aren't you a DMW, Dead Man Walking?"

Conservative columnist and Bulwark editor-in-chief Charlie Sykes has penned a letter to former Speaker Paul Ryan, who is currently on the Fox corporate board.

In the letter, posted in Politico Magazine, Sykes explains that something must be done to stop the racism and lies being spewed under the name of the conservative network.

On Tuesday, the Huffington Post's Ryan J. Reilly reported that a judge denied pretrial release to Matthew Klein, an Oregon-based member of the far-right Proud Boys group charged with participating in the January 6 Capitol riot — in large part because his parents were found to be unsuitable guardians to take custody.

According to the report, his parents made statements that appeared to be in encouragement of the riot. His father allegedly advised his brother Jonathan, also charged in the riot, that "braggers get caught" — and his mother allegedly advised to "pull a Hillary and use a hammer."

On CNN Tuesday, Dan Eberhardt, a wealthy Republican megadonor, warned Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) that his refusal to apologize for his role in the invasion of the U.S. Capitol is a dead-end for his political career.

"So, Dan, you know, you supported, of course, Senator Josh Hawley in the past," said anchor Erin Burnett. "But you were disappointed in him after January 6th. Today you say he doesn't regret his actions on that day. And he's raised $3 million in the first three months of this year. A lot of money. And Marjorie Taylor Greene raising about the same amount as well. What do you make of that, and are you going to continue to support Hawley?"

As TMZ reported Tuesday disgraced Duggar sibling, Josh Duggar, argued that he deserves to be granted bail because he's "too famous" to flee the country.

Duggar, who was part of the "19 Kids and County" show on TLC, claimed in documents that he's not a flight risk because he "has no criminal convictions, and has known about this federal criminal investigation since November 2019 when Homeland Security Investigations executed a search of Duggar's prior workplace."

This week, an independent Facebook oversight board is set to rule whether President Donald Trump will be allowed back onto the social network, after having been banned from it months previously for his role in promoting the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.

According to POLITICO, if the board moves to reverse the ban, it could have far-reaching implications for politics in the coming years — not least of which is Trump's viability as a candidate in the 2024 election, and the viability of anyone else who might want to run.

Pam Beach County has a message for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL): We make the mask rules. Not you.

BocaNewsNow reported Tuesday that the county Board of Commissioners has their own rules lined up for Palm Beach and that includes requirements for President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club and his family who recently moved to the area.