mcenany, here with my co-host emily compagno, fox business anchor and co-host of the bottom line, dagen mcdowell, and cheryl casone and fox and friends weekend s pete hegseth. we are live outside the federal courthouse in birmingham, alabama. jonathan. jonathan: hi, joran van der sloot was brought to the federal courthouse you see behind me, earlier this morning. we expect the arraignment to get underway momentarily, will joran van der sloot will answer the federal charges of wire fraud and extortion. legal experts are expecting he will plead not guilty, in which case this case will go to trial, possibly within a year or maybe a little bit later. the charges stem from allegations dating back to 2010, when joran van der sloot allegedly approached natalee holloway s mother telling the missing woman s mother that he would reveal the location of her daughter s body in exchange for a quarter of million dollars. after receiving a down payment of $25,000 joran van der sloot pr
general bill barr. last week, that focus will shift to the effort to pressure state legislatures to unlawfully result reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election. scheduled to appear as a witness on tuesday s georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. in the early 2021, raffensperger was thrust into the spotlight with audio and phone call between him and then president trump was released. remember, during that call, trump asked raffensperger and other georgia election administration officials to find some more votes for him. all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. which is one more than we have. because we won the state. so we re gonna do to get those? i only 11,000 votes. fellas, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. the call was made just four days before the insurrection of the capital. a few weeks ago, raffensperger also appeared before a special grand jury investigating possible election interference conducted by trump, and his associ
knew he lost the 2020 election and that their scheme to overturn the results was illegal. and yet, they attempted it anyway. president trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night. and instead, followed the chorus recommended by apparently inebriated rudy giuliani. to just claim he won. and insist that the vote counting stop. to falsely claim everything was fraudulent. and there are an lies the true nature of these hearings. to truly hold trump and his fellow coup plotters accountable. the committee has already uncovered evidence that trump may have committed serious federal crimes. but it s up to the justice department to bring criminal charges. as neil cocktail argues in the opinion page of the new york times today, attorney general merrick garland could bring a charge of conspiracy to defraud the united states even if trump truly believed in what he was saying. and it wasn t just democracy at stake, but lives as well. vice president mike pence fa
she accepted it bill barr s conclusion that the 2020 election was not stolen. according to nelson, 20 million tuned in to watch the first public hearing. the next one will begin this monday. msnbc news we ll have the latest on monday. joining me now is former congressman, carlos cobbles of florida. the host of the digital show ryan unfiltered. and jason johnson with a word with a jason johnson podcast and he is a political contributor. because your onset with me, jason, i will kick it off with you. i know that we are saying over 1 million watched. this is a lot of people. let s put this in contrast. 120 million watch the super bowl. this is a big contrast. what did you learn that you did not already know? i did know a lot of this reminded me of the impeachment hearings. there is still an appetite and a level of curiosity that the american people had. i tweeted this. this was amazing to me. before the hearings, i got a text from my barber who said get your popcorn ready. i
clean slate of actors is chosen. she did not respond very comment. she is under scrutiny for similar text as she said to chief of staff mark meadows around the same time. this has renewed questions about potential conflicts of interest for justice thomas. also, remember this? i also intend to see that those members of congress are embedded. those members who had groups coming through the capitol that i saw on january 5th, our common sense for the next day, those members of congress that incited this violent crowd, those members of congress that attempted to help the president undermine our democracy. i m going to see that they are held accountable, and if necessary, ensure that they do not serve in congress. republicans on the house administration committee, then allegedly reviewed security footage and denied that there was any tours in the days before the attack. in a new letter, loudermilk calls a claim into quote that this contradicts it. they ask for meeting with hi