acknowledged his plans were not constitutional and he acknowledged that he had told the president that. so donald trump, like the big lie that he was propagating, was continuing to bring that through his plan, his multipronged plan, that ended with mike pence on january 6. so many more questions i d love to ask each of you. got it leave it there. thank you all so much, hannah, barbara, lisa, vaughn and jane. my appreciation to you all. and when we re back, new details about the u.s. soldier now detained in north korea. what we ve learned about the moments before he bolted over the border. and steve kornacki will be here with new polling. and the scramble to make the debate stage. and also ahead, how many ways are left to say it is way too hot. you may be one of the millions at risk of this relentless summer scorcher. and later, an incredible story
now charged in a fake electors scheme in that state. what that means for them and the wider probe. and later, what we re learning about the american soldier detained in north korea including an account that he ran over the border at, quote, full gas. thanks for joining us. i m anna cabrera reporting from new york. and we begin with a deluge of news about the special counsel election interference investigation as donald trump is told that he is a target of that probe. this morning we re learning that trump has reached out to leading congressional republicans to strategize. here with us now, vaughn hillyard and lisa rubin and also jane trimm and also a committee spokesperson. and also barbara mcquaid.
committee showed to the american people from jack smith and his team. and we just saw new charges in michigan related to the fake electors scheme there. 16 people now facing forgery charges. jane, this is something that you have been reporting on. yeah, the michigan attorney general brought charges against 16 michigan republicans who send knowingly falsely forged certificates claiming that donald trump had won the 2020 election and imposing as michigan s electors to the kree electoral college. this is part of the scheme to try to give mike pence something else to count on january 6. of course we know biden won michigan in that election. these people face eight felony counts, some are party sort of leaders in michigan. you see the rnc committee woman, and also a former co-chair of the state gop party. and they face eight counts each.