court and in the federal right to abortion, the nightmare scenario is playing out across the country as we get new evidence of hope of a growing backlash. all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. you know maybe 2022 but we today we have a new in the official investigation into an apparent or possible trump administration s conduct. today, the irs announced it is asked the treasury department inspector general to look into audits of the two leaders of the fbi james comey and andrew mccabe. they were both selected by the irs, supposedly at random for very rare intensive financial audits. to give you a sense of just how rare this invasive random audit is, just one out of 30,000 sickening to taxpayers is selected forward in any given year. now they started an interim investigation the irs is still run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is ludicrous and untrue to suggest that i arrest officials somehow tout targeted these officials. knowing
and two weeks after the supreme court ended the federal right to abortion, the nightmare scenario is playing out across the country as we get new evidence of hope and growing backlash. all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. you know, it may be 2022 but today we have a new story in the official investigation into an apparent or possible trump administration s conduct. today, the irs announced it is asked the treasury department inspector general to look into audits of the two who dared to cross donald trump. james comey and andrew mccabe. they were both selected by the irs, supposedly at random for very rare intensive financial audits. to give you a sense of just how rare this invasive random audit is, just one out of 30,600 taxpayers i selected for in any given year, and all the sudden interment us occasion with the irs is still run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is quote, ludicrous untreated suggest that senior irs officials are
in 2018 in a hotel in moscow, charged with espionage by russian authorities, something of course that he denies. now in prison for that. the u.s. considers him wrongfully detained. and earlier this month secretary of state antony blinken was able to speak to him over the phone and he told him keep the faith, we re still working to getting you out. you raise a good point about his expression. he definitely doesn t appear to be a broken man which is remarkable given the circumstances. and it is curious given that russia today has state influence, state control. so they wouldn t be able to go into the prison and interview a high value prisoner of the russian state without some form of spermission. it is all very interesting. salma, thank you very much. still to do the world s two biggest economies trying to get trade relations back on track. and plus spanish soccer is
run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is ludicrous and untrue to suggest that i arrest officials somehow tout targeted these officials. knowing how frequently trump sought to punish adversaries of the state, it s important to remember these two men were the first two men who refused to go along with trump s tactics. james comey had been the director of the fbi for nearly three years when he opened the investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia in july of 2016. he first met then president elect trump in january, 2017 when he informed trump of the evidence the fbi had collected. tony was also tasked with informing trump in a secret research document. trump described comey described trump s reaction to that in 2018 interview. i started telling him about the allegation that he had been involved with prostitutes in a hotel in moscow in 2013 during
irs is still run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is quote, ludicrous untreated suggest that senior irs officials are now targeting specific individuals. in light of this news in how frequently trump sought to punish adversaries abusing the power of the state. it s worth remembering that these two men were the first people in the ex presidents administration who refused to go along with trump s tactics. james comey had been the director of the fbi for nearly three years when he opened the investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia in july of 2016. he first met then president elect trump in january, 2017 when he informed trump of the evidence the fbi had collected. comey was also tasked with informing trump in a secret research document. trump described comey described trump s reaction to that in 2018 interview. i started telling him about the allegation that he had been involved with prostitutes in a hotel in moscow in 2013 during