you, we have a special holiday weekend of all in, here, alertly or than usual. i d hope you are somewhere warm and comfortable to set in. we will be here for a while. we have something to talk about because we finally have, finally have, donald trump s tax returns. today, house democrats released thousands of pages of the ex president s tax records, covering six years, from 2015 to 2020. of course, that was the period when trump both campaign for president, and subsequently the president of the united states, formally in the white house. the release of this information is the culmination of a years-long quest, undertaken by a whole bunch of folks, civil society lawyers, reporters, democratic members of congress alike. you will remember from the moment that donald trump came down the golden escalator in trump tower, june 2050, and to announce his candidacy, there have been a ton, almost endless questions about his finances, particularly his potential financial conflicts of, in
a little earlier than usual. i hope you re warm and comfortable. settle in, we ll be here for a while. and we have something to talk about, because we finally have, finally have donald trump s tax returns. today, house democrats released thousands of pages of the ex-president s tax records, covering six years from 2015 to 2020. of course, that s the period when trump was campaigning for the president and subsequently the president of the united states, four years in the white house. the release of this information is the culmination of a years long quest undertaken by a whole bunch of folks, civil society lawyers, reporter, democratic members of congress alike. you ll remember when donald trump came down the golden escalator to announce his presidenty. in have been a ton of questions about his finances and conflicts of interest as he entered the white house and existed within it. he claimed over and over again that the irs was auditing him. i want to release my tax returns
you. i m mehdi hasan. just like daylight saving time, showtime this sunday. special addition of the mehdi hasan show. alicia melendez she will be with you from 7 pm eastern for a special two hour look at the math dash to election day. that is where we begin this hour, with the question of whether american democracy will and/or. in two days time, the biggest test yet of this great american experiment, if you think election day is just about the next two years, think again. also tonight, young voters, there are 8 million new eligible voters this time around. joins may live tonight to talk reproductive rights and why it is nonsense to say this election is pitted between abortion and the economy. nothing short of a national emergency. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. this is a perilous and precarious time for american democracy. the future is on the ballot in these critical midterm elections. over the weekend in key swing states like wisconsin, the final early voters were cutti
full extent of donald trump s misdeeds, including the attempted coup, the attack on the capital, or coming to life in remarkable detail. that is thanks to that long-awaited final report from the bipartisan january 6th select committee. last night on this show we highlighted just one portion of that report, and one aspect of his particular misconduct. his work in tandem with his lawyer john eastman to corruptly pushed the bogus and legal theory that then by s president mike pence could unilaterally throw out the results of the election and install trump as a winner. even though both men knew the plot was unlawful. now, the committee referred to that plot in chapter five as, quote, a coup in search of a legal theory. now, that alone frankly should be enough to american politics permanently if not true trump criminally. but chapter five, the chapter that we focused on last night was just one of eight chapters detailing all aspects of the attempted coup. the 845-page report dro
january 6th insurrection, the full extent of donald trump s misdeeds including the attempted coup, the attack on the capital, are coming to light. in remarkable detail that is thanks to that long awaited report from the bipartisan january 6th select committee. last night on the show, they highlighted just one portion of that report, and one aspect of trump s particular misconduct. his, work in tandem with his lawyer john eastman, to corruptly pushed the bogus and illegal theory that then vice president mike pence could unilaterally throughout the results of the election and install trump as the winner, even though both men knew the plot was unlawful. now the committee referred to that a coup in search of a legal theory. that alone, frankly, should be enough to pardon trump from american politics permanently, if not charge him criminally. but chapter five, the chapter that we focus on last night, we just one of a chapters dealing all aspects of the attempted coup. the 845-