Impeachment trial of donald j. Trump. A new brief says the former president holds unmistakable responsibility for the capitol riot, and that it was obvious and foreseeable that his remarks on january 6th would lead to that riot and disaster. The president s new legal team faces a noon deadline to file a response. These are two developing story lines in the biden reset. Today he will form a new White House Task force to reunite children separated from their parents during the Trump Administration. President biden would like major Congressional Action on this topic, but primary number one is covid relief. The monday night meeting between the president and ten republicans was cordial but did little to fill the gap between what the republicans want and what the president is necessary. Today this new data point in the republican fracture over the direction of the gop. Loony lies and Conspiracy Theories are a cancer. Those are the stern words of the Senate Republican leader, Mitch Mcconnell
A, quote, cancer to the Republican Party. Question is, will we see action against her in the house . And a key day in the second impeachment of donald trump. Today is the deadline for his formal response to the charge against him. Question is, whats his defense . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that has some fond memories of bayside high. Weve really missed you, screech. Im kasie hunt on this tuesday, february 2nd. Well start with the news. Its looking more and more likely that democrats will push through the Biden Administrations nearly 2 trillion Economic Relief package with or without republicans. The president met with a group of Senate Republicans for about two hours in the oval Office Yesterday to pitch their much smaller 600 billion package. But the message from the white house is that it doesnt meet the moment. Senator Susan Collins said the meeting was very productive and cordial, but when it comes to striking a compromise, the s
Results of the 2020 president ial election. Unlike his three previous indictments, this, time the former president will have to make a trip to jail, or he will be booked ahead of his arraignment, which is scheduled for the week of september 5th. Trump is now facing a total of 91 criminal charges in four separate cases across different jurisdictions. Yet, for criminal indictments and the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison, has not humble the former president in the least. He remains unrepentant and unapologetic for his actions, and, if anything, hes grown more defiant. Nearly three years later, he still denies the result of the 2020 president ial election, even though he hasnt offered up a shred of proof of the sort that has been able to withstand the slightest scrutiny. On top of that, he continues to attack anyone remotely connected to the cases against him, except the one judge that he appointed who will oversee the maralago documents case. Despite receiving multi
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are so grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari begins right now. Have a great show. Thank you. And welcome to the beat. Im katie phang in for ari melber. We begin with House Republicans using the power of their gavel to drive home one critical point that could shape the entire 2020 election, that donald trump is facing multiple criminal charges for mishandling classified documents. I mean that was ultimately the result of their much hyped hearing featuring robert hur, the special counsel who investigated president bidens Classified Information. Today hur repeated his reports findings, that the evidence did not support any charges for biden. We did not, however, identify evidence that rose to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Because the evidence fell short of that standard, i declined to recommend criminal charges against mr. Biden. Republicans had hoped that the hearing would
Week but theres no question overall two big things stuck out to me. First of all this week was an extraordinarily reminder of just how much legal trouble the legal president is in. Its really something to have all eyes glued on the courthouse in washington, d. C. Watching what jack smith is going to do, waiting for an indictment in the investigation and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, only to have a new separate Superseding Indictment Draft in the investigation into his mishandling of classified documents. All happening within the span of hours. You really cant make this stuff up sometimes. And put 1 figure on this mountain of legal trouble, just last night the Washington Post came out with a new piece detailing the more than 40 million trumps Political Group is spent on legal costs to defend not just trump, but his advisers and others in the first half of this year alone. The first half of this year alone, at 40 million from Trump Supporters all across the country footing l