house republicans are doubling down on their criticism of the department of justice, on the heels of donald trump s second indictment, and hunter biden s plea deal with federal investigators, politico reports house committees controlled by the gop will make finding finding the doj and the fbi, the cornerstone of the party s agenda, in the coming months. a multi pronged assault could tuned include attempts to impeach attorney general merrick garland, who fbi director christopher wray remember, is a trump appointee from his position slashed the budget for various law enforcement agencies and cut the fbi surveillance of 40 authority. the first phase of that fight is expected in the coming days. wednesday the fbi director will testify before the house judiciary committee. donald trump s efforts are similar. in a barrage of new posts on his social media platform, including from a few hours ago, trump went after both special counsel jack smith and what he calls the, quo
and the reidout with joy reid is up next. good evening everyone. welcome to the reidout. we begin tonight with major breaking news. a bombshell ruling from the colorado supreme court in just the last hour, states that donald trump is disqualified from holding the office of president. and from appearing on the republican primary ballot in that state. in a more than 200 page ruling the court found that trump is ineligible for the white house under section 3 of the 14th amendment to the u.s. constitution. the court found that district court was correct in its early ruling calling the january 6th attack on the capitol an insurrection and that trump, quote, engaged in that insurrection through his personal actions. the court noted we do not reach these conclusions lightly. we are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. we are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law without fear or favor. and without being swayed by public reaction to
after president biden was sworn in as president, we are still learning new ways donald trump and his allies tried to hold on to power. the attempt to overturn the 2020 election has deep roots in to preserve our democracy, we must have a full understanding of the threats we face. just this week, we learned of another poll call of trump, urging election officials to reject the will of the american people. the detroit news made revealed the call may days after the election. in the, called the news outlet reports trump pressured to republican canvassers in michigan not to certify the 2020 presidential election. and we see news has not heard or verify the audio recordings. another took note, president biden, won michigan by nearly 150,000 votes in the fair and free election. but for donald trump, accepting defeat, not an option. instead, he discouraged supporters to show up to the capitol on january 6th. you know what happened next. the deadly insurrection. donald trump s all ha
face. just last, week we learned of another phone call from donald trump urging election officials to reject the will of the american people. that detroit news reports the call made just days after the election. of the call, the news outlet reports trump pressured two republican canvassers in michigan not to certify the 2020 presidential election. nbc news has not heard or verified the audit reports. president biden won michigan by nearly 155,000 votes in a fair and free election. but for donald trump, accepting defeat, not an option. instead, he discouraged his supporters to show up at he encouraged his supporters to show up to the capitol on january 6th, and you know what happened next. a deadly insurrection. and donald trump s all hands on thick effort to derail american democracy failed but we cannot let down our guard. a new column from the deli piece rates the fact that didn t work should not give us a false sense of security regarding the potential danger that someth
development in the high stakes legal battle to abortion access, the most high stakes since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. a federal court of appeals heard arguments on why the widely used abortion drug mifepristone should be available. and attorney for the pharmaceutical company and anti-abortion groups squared off and a circuit court of appeals, which has historically been one of the nation s most conservative appeals court. during the tour to the hearing, the panel of judges, all of whom had previously backed abortion restrictions took repeated shots at the fda and, in the process, expose their fundamental lack of knowledge with the facts behind medication abortion. the hearing turned hostile within seconds with the judge james ho interrupting a lawyer after she described the landmark case as unprecedented in her opening statement. judge how asked that she, quote, just focus on the facts of the case rather than have the sort of fda can do no wrong theme. in anoth