good evening from new york. i m in for chris hayes. we are still waiting for the january 6th committee s report on donald trump s attempted coup. but today, ahead of the final product, the committee has released a brand-new batch of transcripts from its closed-door interviews. those transcripts providing new insight into the inner workings of the trump administration, both in the days leading up to january 6th and as trump s inner circle scrambled to respond to the committee, the committee s investigation. in fact, among the new transcripts is an interview the committee conducted with the former trump secretary of defense, this man, mark esper, who answered questions surrounding the ex president s desire to use the military to quell domestic disputes. in an interview with former deputy press secretary sarah matthews, who said she heard trump seemed to privately admit that he lost the 2020 election. quote, alyssa fara, the former communication director said to me that behind
count the electoral college votes as they have been cast, and quote. not long after pence released that letter, this mob stormed the capitol calling to hang mike pence. thankfully, mike pence held the line. judge luttig would eventually testify about the clear and present danger that donald trump and his allies posed to american democracy. now that the january six committee has finished its work and as the justice department investigation spans, we wanted to know which judge luttig thinks about where that threat to democracy stands today. and judge michael luttig joins us next. us next. may i? we re definitely not lit. i mean seriously, we named ourselves booking.com which is kind of lit if we are talking. literal. ha ha. it s why we re planet earth s number one site for booking accommodation. we love booking stuff! and we re just here to help you make the best of your vacation.