this week, from the hurricane hitting florida, to politics and war in ukraine. much like last friday night, we brought together a really interesting group of people to break it down all of what it means. let s welcome humorous george hahn, tim o brien, senior columnist for bloomberg opinion, julian taft, chair of the editorial board, and enter large for the financial times, and my old friend dozens michael, democratic strategist and former executive director of new york state democratic party. guys, we have a lot to cover. and i m going to start with january 6th committee. they finally bring in justice clarence thomas s wife, ginni, and what did she do? she doubles down and tells the committee she believes the election was stolen, that joe biden won. she says she didn t discuss any of her postelection activities, contacting all sorts of people, she never told her husband. supreme court justice clarence thomas. women return to you first,
this week, from the hurricane hitting florida, to politics and war in ukraine. much like last friday night, we brought together a really interesting group of people to break it down all of what it means. let s welcome humorous george hahn, tim o brien, senior columnist for bloomberg opinion, julian taft, chair of the editorial board, and enter large for the financial times, and my old friend dozens michael, democratic strategist and former executive director of new york state democratic party. guys, we have a lot to cover. and i m going to start with january 6th committee. they finally bring in justice clarence thomas s wife, ginni, and what did she do? she doubles down and tells the committee she believes the election was stolen, that joe biden won. she says she didn t discuss any of her postelection activities, contacting all sorts of people, she never told her husband. supreme court justice clarence thomas. women return to you first, basil. should the january six
people telling him that he can do these novel crazy things that support what his view is of what he should get away with, and then there is also a lawyer to who says maybe you should be poking the bear in the justice department, or whichever bare he is poking at any given moment. not always because it is so reminiscent of the crazy scene that was painted by the january six committee of an oval office meeting where he s trying to get wind of the head guy of the justice department and he literally had that guy, jeff rosen, and jeffrey kept the one who had replaced him, battling it out in front of him like some sort of roman emperor with gladiators to make this argument about who should be calling the justice department. none of this is no at all. trump s legal strategy comes from trump. let s be clear. none of them are anything like gladiators. charlie, i know you re out with a new piece tonight. talk about how trump s claims of executive privilege, how
odds with one another over legal strategy. his newest lawyer, chris guys, want them to turn down the temperature or the department of justice but the rest of the team, and trump, they don t agree. this, week trump did get a ruling in his favor from the judge in charge of the case. his 2020 appointed judge alien cannon, overruled orders that would force trump s lawyers to backups on the claims he s making in an actual court of law. just hours ago the department of justice filed a new appeal asking to speed up its request to shut down the special master process entirely. the doj is trying to get a hold of the non classified records that were seized at mar-a-lago. with that, let s get this evening started with the help of our lead off panel. john allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc news, barbara mcquade, veteran by the prosecutor, and former u. s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan, charlie
washington post post reporting tonight, his lawyers are at odds with one another over legal strategy. his newest lawyer, chris guys, want them to turn down the temperature or the department of justice but the rest of the team, and trump, they don t agree. this, week trump did get a ruling in his favor from the judge in charge of the case. his 2020 appointed judge alien cannon, overruled orders that would force trump s lawyers to backups on the claims he s making in an actual court of law. just hours ago the department of justice filed a new appeal asking to speed up its request to shut down the special master process entirely. the doj is trying to get a hold of the non classified records that were seized at mar-a-lago. with that, let s get this evening started with the help of our lead off panel. john allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc news, barbara mcquade, veteran by the prosecutor, and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan, charlie