court and in the federal right to abortion, the nightmare scenario is playing out across the country as we get new evidence of hope of a growing backlash. all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. you know maybe 2022 but we today we have a new in the official investigation into an apparent or possible trump administration s conduct. today, the irs announced it is asked the treasury department inspector general to look into audits of the two leaders of the fbi james comey and andrew mccabe. they were both selected by the irs, supposedly at random for very rare intensive financial audits. to give you a sense of just how rare this invasive random audit is, just one out of 30,000 sickening to taxpayers is selected forward in any given year. now they started an interim investigation the irs is still run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is ludicrous and untrue to suggest that i arrest officials somehow tout targeted these officials. knowing
and two weeks after the supreme court ended the federal right to abortion, the nightmare scenario is playing out across the country as we get new evidence of hope and growing backlash. all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. you know, it may be 2022 but today we have a new story in the official investigation into an apparent or possible trump administration s conduct. today, the irs announced it is asked the treasury department inspector general to look into audits of the two who dared to cross donald trump. james comey and andrew mccabe. they were both selected by the irs, supposedly at random for very rare intensive financial audits. to give you a sense of just how rare this invasive random audit is, just one out of 30,600 taxpayers i selected for in any given year, and all the sudden interment us occasion with the irs is still run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is quote, ludicrous untreated suggest that senior irs officials are
the next month in february, trump asked comey to drop the investigation into his chest fire national security adviser michael flynn. he said i hopes i can let it go. and when he said that, you thought is asking me to drop the investigation now former security adviser. direction? i took it is a direction. his words were i hope you can. i took hope as this is one i want you to do. comey we came to learn, immediately wrote email memo detailing that interaction. it was the new york times reported part of the paper trail that comey created documenting what he perceived as the presidents improper efforts to influence the ongoing investigation. in march of 2017, comey confirmed publicly for the first time the fbi was investigating potential coordination between the trump campaign and russia. hearing that for the intelligence committee, comey
run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is ludicrous and untrue to suggest that i arrest officials somehow tout targeted these officials. knowing how frequently trump sought to punish adversaries of the state, it s important to remember these two men were the first two men who refused to go along with trump s tactics. james comey had been the director of the fbi for nearly three years when he opened the investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia in july of 2016. he first met then president elect trump in january, 2017 when he informed trump of the evidence the fbi had collected. tony was also tasked with informing trump in a secret research document. trump described comey described trump s reaction to that in 2018 interview. i started telling him about the allegation that he had been involved with prostitutes in a hotel in moscow in 2013 during
one has his involvement been with donald trump who again this is one of those appointments, a little like the federal reserve where they re supposed to be arms length distance right? correct. reddick was someone who represented wealthy clients in disputes with the irs. he advocated in 2016 that donald trump should not release his tax returns because he was under audit. giving credibility to the argument the trump made on the campaign trail. he s someone who owns two properties at a trump property in waikiki, hawaii. is someone who democrats and republicans have been able to work with. he was a respected lawyer in the tax world. people think very highly of him there. at the same time today, the white house press secretary when asked whether biden had confidence in reddick to run