of trump s tax returns to the public. trump spent the last four years suing to try to prevent that outcome, and a losing in the supreme court. and then wednesday, the january six committee is scheduled to release its final report, expected to include all of the evidence supporting possible criminal charges. after donald trump, there are claims of a success tonight with his most recent venture. the website selling those widely mocked card to digital trading cards he announced yesterday indicates they have been sold out. there reports, 35,000 were sold in less than a day at $99.08, which if true, could remain a nearly 4.5 million dollar payout for the former president. who is already facing millions and ever growing legal bills. all right, and with that, let s start with our terrifically lead off panel, john, allen senior national politics reporter for nbc. former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years in the
literally, on a private jet in april of 2020. and eventually, the guy who invited you invited you on that jet pled guilty to a 34.5 million dollar contract. when did you know something was not right? i had a suspicion something was not right from the beginning. i was pouring over the early contracts and taking a look at the company names. trying to figure out who is new. and this company had never received a federal contract and was really big, $34 million for that administration which oversees the . i called him and asked him how he got his contract, and how he was to deliver something like 6 million masks. and he said, i m the real deal, i ve got them. i m hopping on a private jet tomorrow to deliver them. and i said that s really interesting, would you mind if i tried to log? almost immediately as we are taking off, he says he does not have the masks.