the election. mitch mcconnell is threatening to scorch the earth if democrats get rid of the filibuster. later i ll be joined by the perfect guest to discuss the intimidation tactics, harry reid. he has a lot to say about mitch. we begin with ron johnson continues to dig a hole for himself. he s doubling down on his experiment in making the quiet part really loud. last week when he said he would be more afraid if the violent insurrection on january 6th was led by black lives matter protesters. on january 6th, i never get threatened. i knew those were people that loved this country and truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law, and so i wasn t concerned. now, had the tables been turned, this could mean trouble. had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have been concerned. it s no surprise that the remarks provoked justified accusations of
ultimately, what president trump said is, let s go with option d. let s just halt, let s pause the voting and allow the state legislatures to take one last look and make a determination as to the as to whether or not the elections were handled fairly. that s constitutional law. that s not an issue of criminal activity. i will be joined by nancy pelosi on the charges against the former president. the republican support for him, which is increasing, plus the challenges for congressional democrats. reaction from the officers who defended capitol hill on january 6th. they were in the courthouse yesterday to watch it unfold. it was refreshing, if you will, so to speak, to see the president the former president treated like any other criminal who violates the law sitting in that courtroom going through the judicial process.
security checks in order to pay a billionaire s legal bills. david: let s bring in pierre thomas, live in washington. of course, this is the special counsel s mar-a-lago case. jack smith, we know, also investigating january 6th, not only thecapitol, the planning, and this alleged scheme to send fake electors to try to keep trump in power. i m curious, pierre, what are your sources telling you tonight, when can we expect to hear whether jack smith will indict in that case, too, and, of course, this is something that trump has predicted himself, and soon. reporter: david, the grand jury investigating trump s role regarding january 6th will likely meet tomorrow. now, that s not a guarantee of indictment, but all signs point to the special counsel making its final decision one way or another soon. this is the end game, we re talking days, not weeks, david. david: all right, if something comes, you ll be right here with us. pierre, thank you. we re going to turn to the heat shiftin
special counsel jack smith is preparing to indict the former president again. in a separate case, this time involving his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. culminating in that riot on capitol hill on january 6th. trump today predicting the indictment could come any day now. the prosecution s now the driving issue of trump s own presidential campaign. i consider it actually a great badge of honor, i do. it s a great badge of honor, because i m being indicted for you. reporter: and today, we re learning that trump used tens of millions of dollars in donations from his supporters to pay his legal bills. today, campaign finance filings poised to reveal that his pac spent more than $40 million to pay lawyers. the bills soaring so high that the pac had to request a rebund of $60 million it sent to another group that supports trump. a spokesperson for ron desantis seizing on those numbers, tweeting, maga grandmas were scammed out of their social
states and the possible witness tampering statute which we believe will very likely would be charged as obstruction of an official proceeding and that very much tracks with the arc of this full january 6th investigation where pros cecuto have looked at not just what donald trump was doing in the west wing and not just what happened at capitol hill on january 6th, but what happened across the country and the same thing they ve been asking questions about for many months now from many, many witnesses from a lot of different parts of both federal and state govern ams. sara? katelyn polantz thank you for your reporting throughout these many weeks. in revealing the letter, donald trump lashed out against the special counsel and that continued throughout the day. speaking publicly about the target letter and the likelihood of a third indictment while on the campaign trail in iowa. cnn s alayna treene is in bridgewater, new jersey, which is near donald trump s bedminster property and join