knew he lost the 2020 election and that their scheme to overturn the results was illegal. and yet, they attempted it anyway. president trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night. and instead, followed the chorus recommended by apparently inebriated rudy giuliani. to just claim he won. and insist that the vote counting stop. to falsely claim everything was fraudulent. and there are an lies the true nature of these hearings. to truly hold trump and his fellow coup plotters accountable. the committee has already uncovered evidence that trump may have committed serious federal crimes. but it s up to the justice department to bring criminal charges. as neil cocktail argues in the opinion page of the new york times today, attorney general merrick garland could bring a charge of conspiracy to defraud the united states even if trump truly believed in what he was saying. and it wasn t just democracy at stake, but lives as well. vice president mike pence fa
horrifying. because they re admitting out loud that they basically are being held hostage by this man and they don t have the courage and the spine like liz cheney or judge luttig to say something about it. so i think brett humans fought on, i think they want him to go away but they re not brave enough to make him go away and to hold him accountable. our poor country. sophia nelson, it will return later in the show. matthew dowd, jennifer reuben, thank you very much for coming on the sunday show. in a reminder to tune in on tuesday pre-special coverage of the next january 6th hearing at noon eastern, led by katie tyreek, andrew michelin hallie jackson. followed by a two hour recap special beginning at 8 pm eastern you see them all right there, right here on msnbc. the descendants of the enslaved community of monticello, the home of thomas jefferson, gathered for a juneteenth celebration this weekend. called ascendant. according to the thomas jefferson foundation, more than