good evening from new york, i m chris hayes one week after its release, we are still digesting the final report from the january six committee. in almost 900 pages before appendix. later this week, we examined one particularly pernicious aspect of donald trump s attempt to stay in power as outlined in chapter five of the report, titled, search of the legal theory. that chapter details the lengths to which donald trump, as the lawyer of john eastman, knowingly pushed and illegal scheme to have then vice president, mike pence, unilaterally throw out joe biden s victory and hand the presidency to trump. yesterday, we spoke to committee member, jimmy raskin, of maryland about the criminal referrals the committee made against trump, some of his closest allies, and why he thinks trump is likely to go to prison for his attempted coup. and while the report does an excellent and thorough job of centering donald trump s culpability as the main, first and foremost, as the man first and foremost
tonight, we will review these criminal referrals that were announced today by a congressman and constitutional law professor, jimmy raskin. those referrals were soon after he announced them unanimously endorsed by all members of the investigation, as i said earlier. we will be speaking with one member of the investigation, congressman adam schiff, live, in just a few minutes. as soon as the investigators took that vote today, and gaveled to a close, this final public meeting, they also released a big document, a 154-page introduction to their final report. when it is the introduction that s 154 pages, you know the report is going to be a doorstop. the final report is expected to be huge. it s due out on wednesday. investigators said, in addition to however much paper we are expecting from them on wednesday, again, this is the introduction. the report itself is going to be gigantic, a technical term.
get a free pass. settle in. tonight, we will review these criminal referrals that were announced today by a congressman and constitutional law professor, jimmy raskin. those referrals were soon after he announced them unanimously endorsed by all members of the investigation, as i said earlier. we will be speaking with one member of the investigation, congressman adam schiff, live, in just a few minutes. as soon as the investigators took that vote today, and gaveled to a close, this final public meeting, they also released a big document, a 154-page introduction to their final report. when it is the introduction that s 154 pages, you know the report is going to be a doorstop. the final report is expected to be huge. it s due out on wednesday. investigators said, in addition to however much paper we are expecting from them on wednesday, again, this is the introduction. the report itself is going to be gigantic, a technical term. we were told by the investigators today, in addition to the
his own choosing. let s be clear, i ve been a part of a lot of investigations and oversight inquiries. this is the most nonpartisan investigation in the united states congress history, when you consider that we have republican members, a unanimous vote to move this referral outside of the committee. you could have that most of the witnesses or all republicans. let me just say, i m one of those guys rooting for kevin mccarthy to be speaker of the house, keep going, kevin. it s working out great. adam kinzinger and jimmy raskin have probably never voted for the same thing in their entire congressional careers. they agreed on this. eugene robinson, hugo, kurt, that s tonight s the reidout. stay right there, after a really quick break, i ll be joining rachel maddow, alex wagner, and ari melber for a recap special of today s committee meeting. you do not want to miss it. don t go anywhere, get some popcorn! popcorn!
congressman and constitutional law professor, jimmy raskin. those referrals were soon after he announced them unanimously endorsed by all members of the investigation, as i said earlier. we will be speaking with one member of the investigation, congressman adam schiff, live, in just a few minutes. as soon as the investigators took that vote today, and gaveled to a close, this final public meeting, they also released a big document, a 154-page introduction to their final report. when it is the introduction that s 154 pages, you know the report is going to be a doorstop. the final report is expected to be huge. it s due out on wednesday. investigators said, in addition to however much paper we are expecting from them on wednesday, again, this is the introduction. the report itself is going to be gigantic, a technical term. we were told by the investigators today, in