new york times broke ground in the collective understanding of what happened on january 6th. the proud boys paramilitary group were part of that crowd storming the capitol that day and donald trump had shouted them out before the election. but the way these groups achieved the grave, remarkable active breaching the capitol, during that long schedule national security, event that s not been fully accounted for. that s what we re going to get into right now. because this was, of course, one of the only days of the year that both houses of have congress have all their members gathered, along with the vice president. many people tend to bring their families as well for that swearing in ceremony. and yet they got in, the very first january 6th hearing broke the news that prior to trump s reilly at the ellipse that day, those proud boys were actually casing the joint. just to be aware, to be advise, there s probably about 300 proud boys, marching eastbound and it s 400 block of i
georgia s republican secretary of state, brad raffensperger, and his deputy gabriel sterling are both expected to testify. we ve all heard the infamous phone call where then president trump was trying to force raffensperger to find votes, essentially, just make stuff up so he could become the president again. but we will go through a variety of issues that we think will be revealing. not everything has been out in the public so far. we also know the justice department is paying close attention to the house investigation. today, the committee said, it s cooperating with the doj request for transcripts of the interviews with witnesses. the department made its first request back in april. but the panel wanted to wait until its investigation was over. on wednesday, doj ramped up the pressure with a letter warning that the delay was holding up criminal cases tied to the insurrection. the committee spent the past week tying trump and his team s actions to that very attack. on m
that is testimony from mike pence s former adviser regarding former president donald trump s repeated efforts to get pence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. we will hear much more of the key moments from yesterday s january 6th hearing, including the vice president s close call with the mob, very close call that day. and the pardon request from the architect of the president s election scheme. plus, new reporting that the house select committee now wants to talk to conservative activist ginni thomas. she is, of course, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 17th. along with joe and me, we have white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way to too early, jonathan lemire. washington post s jackie alemany. host of politicians nation and host of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. and nbc legal analyst joyce vance. good morning to everybody. joe, anothe
one of the most exclusive clubs in the country has a brand-new member tonight, but it s not a club you d actually want to belong to. tonight, on laura coates live. with apologies to the sound of music how do you solve a problem like george santos. no surprise i think they may have cracked a nut voting today to kick him out of congress. what s his response? why do i want to stay here? to hell with this place, i m quoting him, the epitome of you can t fire me, i quit from the now ex-congressman who yesterday refused to resign while wearing ferragamo shoes and arriving in a jaguar. i point that out because some of the receipts that came in the ethics report. now he s joining a pretty exclusive club, no, not the college volleyball team, this is a really exclusive club with only five members. well, now they have a sixth. the only six members who have ever been thrown out of congress in the 234-year history, and let me tell you, they are a regular, well, rogues gallery might b
. one of the most exclusive clubs in the country has a brand-new member tonight, but it s not a club you d want to belong to. tonight i m laura coates live. how do you solve a problem like george santos? well, no surprise. i think they may have cracked a nut. the house voted today to kick him out of congress. what s his response? why do i want to stay here? to hell with this place. i m quoting him. that is the epitome of you can t fire me, i quit. from the now ex-congressman who just yesterday refused to resign while wearing ferragamo shoes and arriving in a jaguar. i point that out because of some of the receipts that came in the ethics report. now he s joining a pretty exclusive club. no, not the college volleyball team. this is a really exclusive club with only five members. well, now they have a sixth. the only six members who have ever been thrown out of congress in the 234-year history. and let me tell you, they are a regular well, maybe a rogue s gallery might