state investigations into his conduct, not to mention the humiliating, high-profile string of losses by his hand picked candidates in the midterms as well as the pervasive standing since he entered the fray back in 2015. for democrats time is of the essence. democrats on the ways and means committee before republicans take over the house in january. here s some of what we know right now about trump s taxes thanks to stellar reporting by the new york times. back in 2020 the times reported that, quote, mr. trump paid no federal income taxes in 11 of 18 years that the times examined. . in 2017, after he became president, his tax bill was only $750. he s reduced his tax bill with questionable measures including a $72.9 million tax refund. that was the audit.
monday in washington, d.c. for yet another trial against a far-right group for their actions on january 6. prosecutors in this case will argue that five members of the proud boys including its former chairman enrique tarrio committed seditious conspiracy by inciting a mob of violence. the trial comes after oath keeper leader stewart rhodes was prosecuted of the same charge. with the new york times, quote, prosecutors will offer the jury a detailed account of how the five defendants led their own troops and other, kweet, tools into the mob of the capitol and played a central role in breach frs of the building and hand-to-hand fight with the police. joining us is alec bowyer. his byline is on that times report we just read from. barbara, maya and kurt are still here. you mentioned in your reporting,
exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory in its work spanned a year and a half. politico reporting right now, the final report will be the committee s most important acts, quote, the committee is sitting on a stockpile of nearly 1200 witness interviews, transcripts and reams of documents about donald trump s attempts to derail the peaceful transfer of power. while the select group of nine members gathered monday that raw information, not the showmanship of the final in-person meeting will tell the story the committee has labored to piece together. it s a story that the committee is already sharing with the doj. in just the last hour, nbc news confirmed reporting that the committee started handing over transcripts and documents to the justice department ahead of their lease. this follows the committee receiving a letter from the special counsel s office on december 5th, asking for all the materials and marks a new phase in the panel s cooperation with
the weapons we re giving them. i would say we got to put more in his hands, not just javelin antitank but the british in laws, as well as stingers and antiair missiles. i ll quote with a churchill quote, the most quotable man in history. he told fdr, give us the tools. we will finish the job. and u.s. ultimately ended up in combat but i think the british knew what they needed and ukrainians know what they need as well. in fact, when i was in munich at the security conference last month, the president zelenskyy was calling for exactly what churchill ways a talking about when he said that to fdr and we didn t deliver until after the invasion and that s part of the problem. they ve out performed our
conference. that s a sign that covid is back. and you know, joe, there will be people who for crazy reasons will resist, but again, i thought biden was saying to republicans, to the world, or the country, watch me. watch us. we re not crazy. people will come around. so it was that expression of confidence. it s been a while since we ve heard kind of self-confident, comfortable with himself president. and he chose this trip to make the announcement about pfizer vaccine. the 500 million doses that the united states will send around the world. and that was the really significant, he chose this trip to do it. that s another sign of, america is back, we re leading the way, under pressure, of course. we re sending the vaccine to those who are needing it. it s the churchill quote. after exhausting all other possibilities, america always does the right thing.