it comes to presidential politics. on trump s first day in office he started raising money for his reelection campaign, and some of that donor money poured right into his businesses. in 2018, you would say today said washington hotel taken $351,000 during his first year in office. about 60% of that came from the republican national committee to host events at the hotel. trump also has a history of using charitable donations for his own benefit. in 2019 new york times, excuse, me new york judge find trump $2 million after the trump foundation misused donations meant 4chan charity. the npr reported at the time, quote, the case is tied to a televised fund-raiser for veterans held by trump in iowa when he was running for president. trump said the funds raised would beach distributed to charities, but according to two court documents, the trump foundation improperly use nearly $3 million it received from that fund-raiser and now a year and a half after trump s 2020 election defeat
yasmin vossoughian. i ll be back later with a report on the january six. hearings simone sanders starts. now greetings, you are watching simone. one of the most conservative judicial minds in america, tell us the january six committee, donald trump and his allies are still a clear and present danger to our democracy. that is happening right in front arise. plus, i have been saying, and republicans go low, it is time to go toe to toe. so i am asking, why aren t democrats changing from the we ve tops about ginni thomas and her alleged emails to trump attorney john eastman? you know, at the architect of the attempted coup. and, law versus protocol, i am very struck by how much the government functions on protocols that are not rules of law. so, we are going to dig into the difference today, and how this was on full display on january 6th. i am simone sanders, and i have something to say. e sanders, and i hav something to say all right i need you ought to listen. that the janua
good evening, i m mehdi hasan, tomorrow morning the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on our capitol. will hold its second public hearing, if it s anything at all at the first hearing, it s set to be explosive. tomorrow the panel will zero in on trump s lies, his efforts to spread debunked claims about the 2020 election, witnesses include b.j. pak, former u.s. attorney for the northern district of georgia fire him for not backing his election lies. i ll schmidt, the republican city commissioner of philadelphia, that there wasn t fraud in his city. and bill stepien, and trump s 2020 campaign manager, in thursday s hearing and everybody seen video interviews, we learned the former president s inner circle as well where the big lie was just that. alive. attorney general bill barr revealed that he told his boss, allegations of election fraud were quote, bs. trump s own daughter of rank agreed with that assessment. putting the committee that she respect
again why i m home, i tested positive for covid. but that s to the fact, i am vaxxed and boosted. i have no symptoms and i feel just fine. because i care about the health of my colleagues, i ve chosen to work from home, and practice social distancing. with so much going on, i didn t want to risk the chance to bring all the news to you. so, let s get started. tonight s need moment of truth, with following breaking news this afternoon that the senate has worked out a framework for bipartisan gun legislation, that could represent the biggest federal rule to curb gun violence in decades. at the same time, in the house, on the eve of the second round of public hearings from the select committee investigating january six, essentially tomorrow. morning taken together these momentous moves on capitol hill, give me help. on this sunday, because sunday is a dear hope for a ministry. that democrats and biden administration are making some progress, and fulfilling their promise to defe
gun reform bills. containing most of what president biden called for in his primetime address. among them a resurrected assault weapon ban. one of the many measures presumed to be for republicans in the senate. where are much narrower package is being negotiated, cast by some as less ambitious but possibly best chance to advance any kind of gun reform. even amid more than more than 20 mass shootings in the last month. still, you must win elections to pass legislation. after the recent shootings in buffalo, eovaldi and elsewhere. this is one of the political realities that democrats must reckon with before the midterm election. along with abortion rights right. the rise in inflation. and the likelihood of even more seismic developments. coming out of the house select committee from january 6th to white house aides of donald trump now having been indicted for defying subpoenas related to the investigation. by the end of the week, we will have seen the first witnesses in the