President at the United States. The only person who could possibly have told jack smith and The Grand Jury about those phone calls is mike pence. The january Six Committee invited mike pence to testify, but he refused. The january Six Committee did not bother to issue a statement to mike pence since they knew he would ignore it, just as some other elected republicans ignored subpoenas from the committee. Mike pence could not ignore jack smiths subpoena. Mike pence went to court in what he knew was a legally hopeless attempt to block jacks mitt subpoena. Mike pence went to court to try to show trumps quarters, whose votes he wants in the president ial campaign to think that he was forced by Judicial Process to testify to jack smiths grand jury. Mike pence did not just testify to jack smiths grand jury. He became the star witness, and he will be the start witness when the case that the United States of america versus Donald J Trump is presented to a trial jersey in washington, d. C. They
Today. Nuclear. Did you see maduro, venezuela unbelievable. Even argentina, they went maga. You know, argentina, great guy. Were a recent that just recently heard that saudi arabia and russia will be oh. What . Donald trump slurring his words once again, and unable to remember who the current president is. Displaying his cognitive unfitness just in time for the Supreme Court to hand him another big victory on his way to the republican nomination. Also tonight, trump left highly sensitive classified documents unprotected behind a cheap Shower Curtain in his bathroom at maralago. Now, as the likely republican nominee, were facing the scary prospect that he could start receiving classified briefings again. Plus, after calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza, Vice President Kamala Harris meets with netanyahus chief political rival. While trump says very little about the situation in gaza. But we begin tonight with todays date, march 4th. Today was supposed to be the first day of Donald
The vote of the people determining who the president of the United States is, or instead, violence and forced determining. As alleged in this indictment, he chose the latter. And he failed at it. And now the country and federal government will attempt to hold him criminally responsible for what he tried to do. For that alleged felony criminal conspiracy. We of course have been expecting this indictment for a long time but it is no less stunning for having been foreshadowed for so long. This is a federal criminal indictment of the former president for trying to overturn an election and keep himself in power. The indictment also describes six unindicted coconspirators. Five of the six of them, lawyers, primarily those who crafted the bogus legal arguments that underpinned trumps alleged attempts to undermine the electoral process. I say that because theres been interesting efforts within the Legal Profession to essentially police itself, and without accountability of various kinds for a
Says that the president has the First Amendment right to speech. Yes. Even the First Amendment right to lie. Absolutely. This indictment is criminalizing conduct not speech. Its criminalizing speech. Why the randomly incised judge is bad news for the defendant. The complicated calendar of republican front runner facing three criminal trials and congressman jamie raskin on jack smiths decision to charge civil rights law used to prosecute kkk violence. Check out detroit. Check out when all in starts, right now. Good in a few new york. Im chris hayes. For the third time in four months, donald trump will be arrested and arraigned tomorrow. And a federal courthouse in washington, d. C. Hes got to be getting used to it by now. He will stand for a federal magistrate judge. He will enter a plea as he has done in the last two cases. In this new Criminal Case laid out against him for attempting to steal the 2020 election. Tomorrow he will be returning to the scene of that crime, as laid out in t
Third arrest and arraignment, the easy answer for the ex president s defense. The indictment specifically says that the president has the First Amendment right to speech. He even has a First Amendment right to lie. Its right here, this indictment is causing conduct not speech. And then, why the randomly assigned judge is bad news for the defendant. The complicated calendar of a republican front runner facing three criminal trials. And congressman jamie raskin on jack smiths decision to charge vil ghts law used to prosecute kkk violence. Check out detroit, check out philadelphia, check out atlanta. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. But the third time in four months, donald trump will be arrested and arraigned tomorrow at the federal courthouse in washington d. C. Has got to be getting used to it by now. He will stand before a Magistrate Judge and enter a plea. As hes done in the last two cases. In the new Criminal Case laid out against him or attempting to steal the 2020 elect