had a few minutes with the report. andrew, let me get your first reactions to anything that has leapt out at you, if anything. recognizing that you ve only had a few minutes, i m gonna give you more time to read, this but this is just your first headline reaction to it. yeah no i see dan and i are doing the same thing. we are trying to do two things at the same time. this is a monumental, or as you said, it is over 800 pages and there are four appendices that look fascinating, addressing such minor issues as the preparation of law enforcement to meet the challenges of january 6th and whether there was foreign interference in the 2020 election there were these appendices, and they re trying to take the entire report. and then the table of contents is really, to me, attracts what i think is the genius of the january six committee. which is really focusing on all of the different ways that the former president tried to stay in office. as opposed to just thinking about january
you, we have a special holiday weekend of all in, here, alertly or than usual. i d hope you are somewhere warm and comfortable to set in. we will be here for a while. we have something to talk about because we finally have, finally have, donald trump s tax returns. today, house democrats released thousands of pages of the ex president s tax records, covering six years, from 2015 to 2020. of course, that was the period when trump both campaign for president, and subsequently the president of the united states, formally in the white house. the release of this information is the culmination of a years-long quest, undertaken by a whole bunch of folks, civil society lawyers, reporters, democratic members of congress alike. you will remember from the moment that donald trump came down the golden escalator in trump tower, june 2050, and to announce his candidacy, there have been a ton, almost endless questions about his finances, particularly his potential financial conflicts of, in
good evening and thanks t at-home for joining us in th special edition of alex wagner tonight. we are coming up on the tw year anniversary of the januar 6th attack, and i think all of us at this point have memories of that day seared into ou minds, where we were what we were doing even after all these times past i mean, almost all of us hav those memories as it turns out, a few peopl have no memory of that day a all, apparently. here is an excerpt of deposition of one of president donald trump s persona secretaries, who worked just outside the oval office, testifying to the january 6t committee, from their fina report quote, i don t remember where was that afternoon do you remember being at the white house that afternoon even if you don t remember where exactly you were at th white house? no, i do not do you remember being home wherever home is for you, on the afternoon of january six as opposed to being at the white house? no, i don t. so, you don t remember whether you ar
we start with the bombshell new details in the justice department s investigation into the capitol attack. nbc news confirming with an administration official that the doj has been asking questions about former president trump s actions leading up to january 6. the official adds there is not a criminal investigation of mr. trump himself. nbc news reached out to a trump spokesperson for comment. the doj is not officially commenting on the story but in an exclusive interview with lester holt attorney general garland states that no one is above the law. we will hold accountable anyone criminally responsible attempting to block the peaceful transfer of power. that conversation between merrick garland and lester holt. we want to bring in pete williams, charlie savage, chuck rosenberg. we have a great group to get us started. pete, confirming the questions asked related to donald trump s actions on that day and leading up to that day. what specifically do we know? what is the f
but he was at the center of this unlawful effort to overturn the election. we believe that you take all the evidence that we compiled, and look at the criminal statutes of their, and there is reason that he shouldn t be prosecuted, so we sent that over to the department of justice. of course they have to make their own independent decision, but we think that the evidence that we have compiled is important. and significance. i want to read a portion of cassidy hutchinson s transcript, which is very interesting. and i mention this just as zoom in a little bit. she talks about the experience of basically being told to not be candid for the committee. two adverts to i don t recall whenever possible. even in places where she may recall. and she s talking about the lawyer that she had, who had advised her about this, who was paid for by the trump circle. stefan had said something to the effect, of the committee doesn t know what you can and can t recall, so you want to be