targeted the special counsel. two reports commissioned by the senate intelligence committee and focused on the internet research agency, the russian troll farm, robert mueller indicted last february. according to one of them, quote, what is clear is that all of the messaging clearly sought to benefit the republican party, specifically donald trump. the goal was to reinforce tribalism, polarize and exploit societal factors. blur the lines between reality and fiction. our trust in media entities and the environment in governor. the interference is active and ongoing. notably the trolls have tried to create and amplify the narrative. the emerging russia stories were a weird conspiracy pushed by liberal cry babies, who else? the online post received nearly 265 million engagements as they re called a cross
donald trump doesn t have those kinds of homecomings. good principles carried out with good cheer. that s what i wanted to hear and what i wanted to give you the opportunity to say on television having read your name. bill kristol, friend of this broadcast. thank you for coming on. thanks, brian. another break for us. more on the 11th hour when we come back.
may it rest in peace. i think that s a wish of his, not an actual sincere hope. the wish is that it will go away, we re going to rest in peace. charlie sykes, steve haze, john mcormack and i and others will continue to write and speak out. as i said before, i think that, you know, scales are coming off other people s eyes on donald trump. they don t quite want to say it yet, but i was approached earlier today and in the past he would berate me, mom me. sticking to the anti-trump kind of things. so we ll see. we ll see what happens. you have to call it as you see it. i m very proud of what was put out. i think it was a high quality magazine. i m proud of almost all of the people who worked there. great pleasure being a colleague of theirs.
donald trump is about to enter year three of his presidency and here s how bad it is when compiled by one enterprising journalist. wired magazine tallied up at least 17 distinct court cases stemming from at least seven different sets of prosecutors and investigators. that does not include federal investigations. we have six categories. russian interference in 2016 campaign. hush money payments. inaugural committee spending. misuse of charity funds. foreign payments and emoluments clause. and a defamation lawsuit over a sexual assault from a former apprentice contestant. we ve been left to read this story in progress. as it s laid out in all the
scary stuff, but it needs to be said. needs to be heard. thank you for joining us. coming up for us, an angry james comey letting republicans have it saying they re too afraid to defend the fbi. they re too afraid to stand up to donald trump. bill crystal is with us, another recent target of donald trump when the 11th hour continues.