january 6th select committee hearings, judge luttig called out donald trump and his cronies as a clear and present danger to american democracy. you will recall that when the disgraced twice impeached four times indicted ex-president was pressuring mike pence to help him overturn the 2020 election results, pence in his moment of legal need called judge luttig for advice and in no uncertain terms he told mike pence that legally and constitutionally he could not help trump do what he wanted to do. now judge luttig is sounding the alarm again, about another constitutional question. does trump s role in the insurrection, not just make him a really, really bad choice to be the commander in chief, but does it actually bar him from ever holding office again? judge luttig argues that under the 14th amendment trump is actually prohibited from ever being the president again. judge luttig s legal theory is being adjudicated in multiple courts in multiple states right now. judge luttig h
individual s names in this report. the bar associations across the country, local bar associations have to step up. local prosecutors have to step up the accountability piece is the piece here, and that is what folks will be looking for. we certainly will, symone thank you. if you are just joining us right now i m stephanie ruhle. it is midnight on the east coast and i am on the west coast, we are continuing our breaking news coverage of the release of the january 6th committee s final report on the siege of the capital and donald trump s effort to change the results of the 2020 election. it was made public just over an hour ago, it totals 845 pages. what is the first passage all about? the big lie. with that, let s get smarter with a lead off panel, former you new york prosecutor in civil rights attorney charles coleman. pulitzer prize-winning reporter for an joyce vance, who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor and symone sanders-townsend still with us along with stua
that we have already seen to this. we cannot compare watergate, just this really was the beginning and the plot for what would ve been a civil war, a small version on january 6th. and that is laid out even in the first few pages of this document. from a legal standpoint, from a principled standpoint, it absolutely has to be taken seriously. it is not just an indictment on democracy, sorry an indictment on the republican party, it is as clear statement on how these people will go to any and many lengths to literally dismantle american democracy. and that is no laughing matter. katie, in 845-page report that is now sitting in the lap of the department of justice. jack smith, a report like this isn t like a pot potato that they now have to deal with or do they just get a winning lotto ticket? there are all sorts of details in this thing. i think based on in the summer over the election in the fall and now more recently the subpoena sent out to the fake electors plot i don
together. it s very nice to see you, i hope you had a great holiday. and look for a great new year. you too, my. friend thanks to all of you for joining us at home this hour. i m nikole all us two days after election day in 2020, before the result of the presidential election, president donald trump s chief of staff received a step message laying out a very detailed scheme. for keeping donald trump in power. attacks was from donald trump son, don jr.. it described in detail the plot to use republican legislature to keep trump in office. regardless of the actual and if that failed, republicans in congress could keep trump in power. the description pretty much matches up exactly, with a scheme that trump s allies did try to carry out. trying to replace biden electors with fake trump electors, in states that joe biden won. today, the committee investigating the deadly january 6th attack release the transcript of its interview, with donald trump junior. and donald trump g
hope you had a great holiday. and look for a great new year. you too, my. friend thanks to all of you for joining us at home this hour. i m nicolle wallace in for alex wagner two days after election day in 2020, before the result of the presidential election, president donald trump s chief of staff received a step message laying out a very detailed scheme. for keeping donald trump in power. attacks was from donald trump son, don jr.. it described in detail the plot to use republican legislature to keep trump in office. regardless of the actual and if that failed, republicans in congress could keep trump in power. the description pretty much matches up exactly, with a scheme that trump s allies did try to carry out. trying to replace biden electors with fake trump electors, in states that joe biden won. today, the committee investigating the deadly january 6th attack release the transcript of its interview, with donald trump junior. and donald trump general told the comm