stacey abrams will be my guest. and then new reports trump s top white house lawyers both subpoenaed by the department of justice over january six. plus he got the message is right there. you know a perjury is right? alex jones and is misinformation factory facing justice for his sandy hook lies. you must tell the truth while you testify. this is not your show. all in starts right now. good evening from washington d.c.. i m mehdi hasan and in for chris hayes. do you know the last time kansas went democratic in the presidential election? it was 1964 when lyndon b. johnson carried 44 out of 50 states plus the district of columbia. since then, republicans have won the state of kansas every four years for the last 54 years. in 2016, donald trump won kansas by 20 points. less than two years ago in 2020, he won by nearly 15 points. kansas is a red, red state, and yet last night we saw a huge win for liberals in kansas. voters resoundingly rejected and an amendment remov
rights protections for their stay constitution, voting it down 59 to 41%. now just to put that in a little bit more into context, to put the entire political earthquake into context, that ballot question was supposed to be an easy win for the antiabortion side. was not even supposed to be close. a recent poll said the 47% of kansans plan to vote yes on the amendment compared to no gland vote no. and republicans were supposed to cruise to victory with their demographic advantage. last night, most of the primary races were for republicans. there was not much incentive for democrats to even show up, aside for this one ballot question. and it was a strategic and very cynical question to put this question on the primary ballot, instead of the general election. proponents of the measure were hoping and planning for a low turnout. the question itself was intentionally garbled to confuse people. the text read in part quote, to the extent permitted by the constitution of the united s
And whats ahead. While trial resumes next week, Kaitlan Collins starts off the hour with an exclusive interview. Katelyn. Yeah. Anderson, im joined here tonight by william barr, who served as the former president Attorney General, and who told him that his 2020 allegations of Election Fraud but were not true. But as now said, he will support the republican ticket. Therefore, donald trump, again, mr. Attorney general, its great to have you. I want to talk to you about how youre going to vote in 2024 in a moment, but putting the merits aside, i like how youre laughing about that. Putting emeritus, id say no, you dont agree with the merits of the new york hush money case, but you worked for i dont trump. You got to know him. What do you think its like for him to be in court, being treated like any other criminal defendant having to be there for days a week i think its real tough on them. I think a lot of the countrys sympathizers with them. So i think the longer the trial goes on, the mor
I mean, you know how this works and how the breakdown in this works. President s dont have any role in what a local district attorney, what case they bring thats normally true, and i dont im not suggesting biden is involved, but i think what theyre saying is that this former federal official whos gone up to try the case that this somehow shows a link. I dont know whether it do you i mean, you worked you were i Attorney General prosecutors leave and go work at other places all the time . Its right. I think the impetus for this came from the new york prosecutors. I think that theyre behind and not President Biden. I dont know. I dont know. But yeah. But you have no basis to believe that the president would be in charge of an investigation. Thats being brought by the manhattan district. I dont know i dont think hes in charge of plus two geisha, but politics, this is a political case. Your predecessor was brought up at the trial. Jeff sessions because david pecker, this National Enquirer t
To have you. I want to talk to you about how youre going to vote in 2024 in a moment, but putting the merits aside, i like how youre laughing about that. Putting american id say no, you dont agree with the merits of the new york hush money case, but you worked for donald trump. You got to know him. What do you think its like for him to be in court, being treated like any other criminal defendant, and having to be there for days a week i think its real tough on them. I think a lot of the countrys sympathizers with them. So i think the longer the trial goes on, the more supportive gets well, i mean, he has claimed multiple times that this case is being brought essentially by President Biden. I mean, you know how this works and how the breakdown in this works. President s dont have any role in what a local district attorney, what case they bring normally true. And i dont im not suggesting biden is involved, but i think what theyre saying is that this former federal official whos gone up t