put himself above the law. the defense suggesting that to contempt of congress charges against him were politically motivated. proceedings began today after the judge in the case, carl nichols, who is a trump appointee, denied a defense request for a month long delay. you will recall that last week he rejected the number of defenses, including bannon s claim of executive privilege, leaving one ban a defense attorney to ask and these are his words what s the point of going to trial if there are no defenses? to which the judge replied, agreed. remember, this is the same c van who promised, as he made his first court appearance to make his, quote, the misdemeanor from. it s the same stephen and who, even as he recently offered to appear live before the select committee, express contempt for its members and continued his tough guy routine, conditions for his testimony here s what i need. give me a date, a time, a room number, a microphone and a wholly bible i can take the
also new this morning, surrounding new details surrounding former president trump s efforts to overturn the election, a georgia district attorney tells 16 so-called fake electors they are now targets of this ongoing criminal investigation in fulton county, georgia. it is a notable escalation. we ll explain why. and it comes as another election denier just secured the republican primary for governor in maryland. trump-backed candidate dan cox known for encouraging former president trump to seize voting machines will face off against the democratic nominee there in november. let s begin with the single text exchange that the secret service has provided to the january 6th committee, our justice correspondent jessica schneider is with us. just one back and forth, that s it? that s it. the committee members here continue to be dissatisfied with the secret service response. what we learned from this letter overnight, obtained by jamie gangel, the inspector general requested a m
are you? i don t think any of these people were providing the present with good advice. i didn t understand how they got in. in alleged conspirators invited into the white house by the president with bizarre results. can the federal government sees voting machines? the terrifying idea. come over back down pat cipollone if he had the authority to made me special counsel and he said. yes a mob summoned by the president to come not just to the nationals capital sitting, but to the u.s. capitol building. we are going to be only the saved by millions of americans moving to washington, occupying the entire area, if necessary storming right into the capital. there s gonna be a red wedding going down january. six so why did you decide to march to the capital. basically, the president got everybody riled up and told everybody to come down, so we basically just follow what he said. a jarring closing revelation from the investigators. after our last hearing, pr
was defined by some observers asked, you know, x happened, and then, officer dunn later clarified, no, that s not what happened. it went down differently than you think it did. it was a pretty remarkable moment. and that photo was a pretty remarkable thing. i am really looking forward to see that interview. rachel, that s the photo that someone tweeted, and labeled it, apology offered, and of apology accepted. and then, officer dunn, re-tweeted that, saying apology offered, dot dot dot. did not say in his tweet whether it was accepted. we will ask him about that. excellent. get to it. thank you, rachel. well, the real job of the president of the united states is the part we never see. it s not the speech. it s not where the cameras are. the real job of the president is making the presidential decision, the decisions that only the president can make. all of the important decisions are made after consultation with the presidents most trusted advisers, most of whom usual
is not doing enough. and d.c. news reporting a white house official, highlighting biden s election executive actions, boosting abortion pills, and contraception. only congress can codify roe v. wade into law. comes as america on friday, louisiana judge ruled that the state can now enforcing near total ban on abortions. just events a constitutional amendment that would ban abortion in that state. that could be on the ballot as soon as next year. president biden reproductive freedom he s also calling it the high court for its dangerous and outrageous kneeling we cannot allow an out of control supreme court working in conjunction with extremist elements of the republican party to take away freedoms. and our personal autonomy. the choice we face as a nation between the mainstream and the extreme. but we are witnessing is in a constitutional judgment, it was an exercise of raw political power. the mainstream, and the extreme. and as you know, it is not just abortion rights.