brick in the wall confirming that the big lie is indeed baseless. from washington post, quote, u.s. postal service investigators found no evidence to support a pennsylvania postal worker s claim that his supervisors had tampered with mail in ballots according to an inspector general s report. allegations cited by top republicans to press baseless clams of fraud in the presidential election. richard hopkins alleged he heard the local postmaster general. he revised the initial claims eventually stated he had not heard a conversation about ballots at all. rather he saw the postmaster and supervisor having a discussion and assumed it was about fraudulent ballot back dating. the new report states. even though the dubious claim was recanted the damage was done. it became a case study in what trump and trumpism can do with a lie. trump referred to hop conditions as a quote brave patriot. senator graham cited the false claim from hopkins in a letter to the jd demanding a federal in
vote counts. the departments found those claims were not credible. not credible, as in, there was no foreign interference. the kind trump allies, rudy giuliani, sidney powell and others repeatedly touted on the campaign trail as evidence to fuel their dangerous lie on the legitimacy of the november result. of course, that was just a small part of the disinformation apparatus that trump and his supporters deployed in the weeks and months surrounding the election. there was also the lie that china not so much russia was involved in a massive election manipulation campaign. here s donald trump breaking with his own fbi director christopher wray on that point. we ve certainly seen very active, very active efforts by the russians to influence our election in 2020 through maligned foreign influence side of things. social media, use of proxies, state media, online journals, et cetera. an effort to both sow divisiveness and discord and i think the intelligence community has ass
plus, senate republicans block a bill to protect access to birth control as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we are now 153 days away from the election, and it that means it is exactly five months from today. and as we get closer to that day, president biden is trying to show the sharp differences between him and donald trump. right now he s in france to mark tomorrow s 80th anniversary of d-day. and while he is there for a very important occasion, he is also trying to reassure our allies about america s place on the world stage. and what will happen when voters go to the polls in november. as our friend reports for the atlantic, quote, in capitals across the continent, leaders and diplomats express a sense of alarm bordering on panic at the prospect of donald trump s re-election. on friday, he is scheduled to give a major speech on democracy and the global struggle against authoritarianism. compare that
you have to game in the game republicans. republican d.a. starting every investigation right now. tonight, new reporting on a magazine very public payback campaign. is a terrible, terrible path that they are leaving us to. and it is very possible that it is going to have to happen to them. donald trump is openly signaling russia to help himself get elected again. russia, if you re listening. the president of russia will do that for me. and i don t believe he will do it for anyone else. judge aileen cannon wild move to help disrupt the documents trial. another installment of our special series, are you better off than you were four years ago? president trump posing for pictures, holding a bible without explanation. all in start right now. good evening, from new york. i m chris hayes. tonight tops store, including speaker of the house of representatives, dozens of senators and congressmen have been revealed to be working hand in glove with convicted criminals in
the accountability project is going to start. they are going to be in prison. a corrupt retribution scheme in plain sight. you have to get in the game republicans. starting every investigation they need to right now. tonight, new reporting on maga s very public payback campaign. it is a terrible path they are leading us to and it is very possible that this could have to happen to them. and donald trump is openly signaling russia to help himself get elected again. russia if you are listening, the president of russia will do that for me and i don t believe he will do that for anyone else. plus, judge cannon s wild move to disrupt the documents trial and another installment of our series, are you better off than you were four years ago? president trump posing for pictures, holding up a bible without explanation. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. tonight s top story, multiple current and former u.s. officials includi