hope you had a great holiday. and look for a great new year. you too, my. friend thanks to all of you for joining us at home this hour. i m nicolle wallace in for alex wagner two days after election day in 2020, before the result of the presidential election, president donald trump s chief of staff received a step message laying out a very detailed scheme. for keeping donald trump in power. attacks was from donald trump son, don jr.. it described in detail the plot to use republican legislature to keep trump in office. regardless of the actual and if that failed, republicans in congress could keep trump in power. the description pretty much matches up exactly, with a scheme that trump s allies did try to carry out. trying to replace biden electors with fake trump electors, in states that joe biden won. today, the committee investigating the deadly january 6th attack release the transcript of its interview, with donald trump junior. and donald trump general told the comm
touch. you were right. that was kind of a buzz kill. politico sam stein, thank you for the great polling information. we will speak to you again soon. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. stick around for morning joe, which starts right now. a senator who has never run anything at all, but his mouth. the senator obviously resorting to lying, cheating and trying to steal. senator, how gullible to you really think florida voters are? repeating yourself again. we ve seen this show before. socialist, socialist, crazy, marxist, silly when one would you prefer? on your list for talking points. look, the senator can play national security expert all he wants. i know he needs that for his next presidential run. yeah. i mean i don t know what you mean playing national security, vice chairman of the intelligence committee and previous chairman. it s actually my job. some of the highlights from last night s fiery
and the uniform stonewalling -able subpoenas. we re grateful were on the story. we ll stay on as. well thank you for your time tonight. that does it for us. now it s time for the last word with my friend alicia menendez in for laura. menendez in for laura. menendez in for laura. menendez in for laura. menendez in for laura. menendez in for laura. menendez in for laura. menendez in for laura. menendez in for laura. menendez in for laura. over 18 months the january six committee interviewed more than 100 millions of pages of documents and help ten public hearings. the january six committee accomplished in those public hearings has redefined what a congressional hearing can do. the committee led by betty thompson, gave clarity to the chaos, the american public had seen the images, of committee gave us the story understanding of how we arrived think-able breach, they connected the dots and sharing was a guest stars plot twist new details. they re all pointing to an ultimate
tonight on the readout tonight on the readout and we fight like hell, and if you do not fight like hell you re not gonna have a country anymore. we are going to walk down pennsylvania avenue, i love pennsylvania avenue. and we are going to the capitol. a judge ruling about those comments from donald trump, which seemed to open up the possibility of lawsuits against the former president by victims of the january six insurrection. meanwhile, transcripts just released from the january six committee, revealing a whole lot of trump insiders with convenient memory lapses. also tonight, more of george santos lives are uncovered. we are going to look closely at his finances, which highlight the glaring need for campaign finance reform. and, in state after state, it may turn voters rejected election deniers and how democrats of a golden opportunity to safeguard voting rights. one of the governors leading that fight joins me tonight. good evening everyone, i m in for joy reid. we beg
two days after election day in 2020 before the results of the presidential election have even beenio called. president donald trump s chief of staff received a text message laying out a veryte detailed scheme. for keeping donald trump in power. the text was from donald trump s son, don jr. and described in detail the plot to use republican legislatures to keep trump in office regardless of the actual vote count. if that failed, republicans in congress could keep dump in keep trump in power. it matches up with the scheme that trump and his allies tried to carry out by replacing biden electors with fake trump electors in states that joe biden won. today the committee investigating the deadly january 6th attack released the transcriptsse of the interview with donald trump jr. and he told the committee he doesn t remember where the idea came from. quote, question. is that something you wrote, or did you cut and paste that from somebody else? junior,me i imagine i cut and paste