tonight on the reidout this is a scam. it s a rigged trial. it shouldn t have been in that venue. we shouldn t have had that judge. it s reckless. it s dangerous. it s irresponsible. for anyone to say this was rigged, just because they don t like the verdict. a stark split screen today as donald trump lashed out about his 34 felony convictions, while president joe biden defended the american justice system. plus, the unhinged republican response. they want to tear the whole system down and punish everyone involved. because that s what authoritarians do. but we begin tonight with the man nicknamed teflon don, and no, i m not talking about the mafia boss of the gambino crime family. i m speaking about donald trump. but like gotti, trump has a history of not only skirting the law but always finding a way to evade any serious accountability for his actions, despite being constantly under legal scrutiny. trump used his wealth and fame to make his own rules. it was that
think one of the week. absolutely. i have been saying that a black man won, celebrate that. for all the reasons eugene said. because 70 people were doing the media rounds, talking about how inept he was and that he wasn t going to be able to get it done. my 1a is the jury. we have to actually think the folks that sat there and watch this, listen to this in that period of time. and knowing that they might eventually be targeted. my answer is he s leaving, leaving all that midnight train to georgia. i also say alvin bragg. we agree. these are the pips. thank you, basil michaels, eugene robinson. that s it, the reidout . we all agreed. this is very rare, i think we should mark the occasion.
jason osborne, and democratic strategist basil michaels. so let s talk politics first. you each understand the political realities that the republicans are dealing with, that the democrats are dealing with. i ll start with the republicans, they walk into this meeting tomorrow, particularly for kevin mccarthy. can he afford to give much? and then, can he afford not to when it comes to the economics of it? i think he walks in there with the big, stick right? he has the ability because the house passed by very slim margin. a very comprehensive package. the senate republicans are sticking with him, and so as long ago senate republicans stay with him, and i think he is able to go in there and say look, i have to go back to my conference with something. now i m gonna start with everything, and then give me something in that. and so what that something is, in the end, i think is yet to be seen. but there are four pretty good choices, i think, in there. i think it s curtailing spending, whic
rosen was requested to appear before the house and senate panels at the end of july. he sat in the closed-door testimony yesterday, for hours it was staff led interviews and he told them that donald trump excuse me, his former deputy beneath rosen actually pressured, tried to help donald trump subvert the results of the 2020 election. now, those interviews were attended by senator richard bloom in. he told reporters, yesterday, new information, they came close to a catastrophe here, they are ready to move forward on the investigations, chris. fascinating. a troubling testament took place yesterday, and unusual to have this committee hearings on a weekend. julie tsirkin, thanks so much. we want to dive more into this now with republican strategist shermichael singleton, and basil michaels. that s, well i want to talk about this infrastructure bill over here, because as julie said, it is not if, but when. for example, when i was talking to representative steve cohen