live. plus, connecting the dots between the election in brazil, brexit, and donald trump. and meet the new attorney representing brett favre and his volleyball welfare scandal. i got a great effing criminal defense lawyer. you re gonna need it. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, today, we got an extended look at just how narrowly we avoided the january 6th insurrection becoming much, much worse. because this morning, the seditious conspiracy trial of five members of the oath keepers started. and of course, the far-right militia group who prosecutors say, blotted to use violence, weapons, if necessary, to block the peaceful transfer of power. now, even before today s opening arguments began, lawyers from one of the defendants argued to suppress evidence of to hand when it s found in an rv. apparently, brought to d.c. by one of the alleged coconspirators, this man is named jeremy brown. lawyers say brownstein a was not f
unmasked. the new york times reporter who revealed his identity joins me live. plus, connecting the dots between the election in brazil, brexit, and donald trump. and meet the new attorney representing brett favre and his volleyball welfare scandal. i got a great effing criminal defense lawyer. you re gonna need it. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, today, we got an extended look at just how narrowly we avoided the january 6th insurrection becoming much, much worse. because this morning, the seditious conspiracy trial of five members of the oath keepers started. and of course, the far-right militia group who prosecutors say, blotted to use violence, weapons, if necessary, to block the peaceful transfer of power. now, even before today s opening arguments began, lawyers from one of the defendants argued to suppress evidence of to hand when it s found in an rv. apparently, brought to d. c. by one of the alleged coconspi
heavy weapons do you think that were forced to, are you planning to do that? i had no idea, and no, i was not, darker. look, i was a navy guy, okay? now, navy guy, it s like aircraft carriers, you know blue water navy here. so, this other stuff, i don t know anything about, didn t have any role in planning any of it. it s just more hooley. so, his arguments there, as you can see backed up by tucker carlson, that these allegations are false, and i guess, he never even wrote that. he s just a harmless old man. that s probably a characterization prosecutors would disagree with. according to a search warrant filing from earlier this, year when law enforcement search caldwell s home, they found, and i quote here, a document that included the words death list, handwritten across the top with a name of a georgia election official, a purported family member of that official, and the county and state associated with that official, all handwritten underneath. now, i should say a judge ruled
the potomac, with what they described as heavy weapons. were you planning what kind of heavy weapons do you think that were forced to, are you planning to do that? i had no idea, and no, i was not. look, i was a navy guy, okay? now, navy guy, it s like aircraft carriers, you know blue water navy here. so, this other stuff, i don t know anything about, didn t have any role in planning any of it. it s just more hooley. so, his arguments there, as you can see backed up by tucker carlson, that these allegations are false, and i guess, he never even wrote that. he s just a harmless old man. that s probably a characterization prosecutors would disagree with. according to a search warrant filing from earlier this, year when law enforcement search caldwell s home, they found, and i quote here, a document
reporter: the defense, however, claimed there were two absolute reasons potter is innocent, despite firing her gun. she didn t cause this, and she had a right to use deadly force, even though she didn t know she was using it, she had a right to. and that s what the law is. reporter: defense attorney earl gray pushed even further saying daunte wright is to blame. she says taser, taser, taser. and he should have, okay, stop, i give up. daunte wright caused his own death unfortunately. reporter: a characterization prosecutors took issue with. i want you to consider if we accept that argument that he caused his own death, we have to accept that any time a person does not meticulously follow the commands of a police officer they can be shot to death. that s absurd. reporter: monday s closing arguments came after eight days of testimony and over 30 witnesses, including kim potter. and i remember yelling taser,