third anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol, biden framed the election as an existential choice for the future of democracy. this is not rhetorical, academic, or hypothetical. democracy is still america s sacred cause and the most urgent question of our time, and it s what the 2024 election is all about. a new washington post university of maryland poll shows a third of republicans and nearly half of trump voters believe the false claim that the fbi organized and encouraged the jan 6th attack. that s despite one of the largest criminal investigations in american history resulting so far in more than 1250 charged, 890 convictions. president biden accused mr. trump of refusing to denounce
behaviour leading up to the january the 6th attack on the capital was a stain on his presidency. you may see some candidates like vivek ramaswamy come to donald trump s defence. that would be a source of friction on the debate stage, as some of them tried to distance themselves from donald trump while others try to ingratiate themselves to donald trump s voters by coming to his defence. trump s voters by coming to his defence. ~ ., , trump s voters by coming to his defence. ~ . , ., ., defence. what is more important to republican defence. what is more important to republican voters, defence. what is more important to republican voters, a - defence. what is more important to republican voters, a debate . to republican voters, a debate like this all the fact the former president is going to be turning himself in, in atlanta, on thursday? i turning himself in, in atlanta, on thursday? turning himself in, in atlanta, on thursday? i don t know what republican on thursday? i don t kn
relationship with its allies, particularly those that banned the use of cluster munitions. over 100 countries have done so. the u.s. says it s confident they have managed to reassure allies that this is what ukraine needs right now. national security advisor sullivan sought to draw distensions between how russia and ukraine are using them on the battlefield. russia does have cluster munitions. importantly, the dud rate in terms of how many of those little bomblets that scatter actually explode, actually do not explode is much higher than the dud rate of the munitions the u.s. would provide. what does that mean? the risk posed to civilians in the longer term by the russian cluster munitions is greater than those that would be posed by the ones that are going to be provided by the u.s. the u.s. is drawing a disti distinction. the ukrainians are defending their own territory. the rush slansians are using th
the process did not go quickly lawyers at the fbi and justice department launched into wha became many weeks of debat over the justification for the investigation and how it shoul be worded. one time consuming issue becam whether to name trump as a subject. finally, as public pressur mounted, quote, in april 202 more than 15 months after th attack, fbi director christopher wray signed off on the authorization opening criminal investigation into th fake electors plot it has been a year and a hal since we began talking about the fake electors scheme on th show almost two now here sinc justice department was first advised to start looking int it still no federal charges, bu now we at least have an idea o why it has been taking so long to take this point thanks to this great reporting from the washington post today we posted a link to the stor at maddow blog tonight,
see how it plays out. the formal arraignment is on tuesday and if the trial is not for a very long time, obviously. trial is not for a very long time, obviously- obviously. the timing will be critical because obviously. the timing will be critical because we obviously. the timing will be critical because we have - obviously. the timing will be critical because we have the | obviously. the timing will be - critical because we have the race for the nomination, and then the race for the white house. yes. for the nomination, and then the race for the white house. yes, the trial in new race for the white house. yes, the trial in new york race for the white house. yes, the trial in new york has race for the white house. yes, the trial in new york has been - race for the white house. yes, the trial in new york has been set - race for the white house. yes, the trial in new york has been set for. trial in new york has been set for march 202a. that s when you learn who the front runne