schumer how one of the rioters got a tour of the capital capitol from a republican congressman the day of the insurrection. but no one in that group showed that type of aggression that day. committee member adam schiff is here on that, plus the planned hearing tomorrow focusing on vice president mike pence and the we live consequences of the big lie on a local election in new mexico. i have huge concerns with these voting machines. i really do. when all in starts right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we now have a blueprint for the violent insurrection, from far-right gang the proud boys, and it uncannily matches up in specific detail with what actually transpired on january 6th. today, we got the first look at the document titled, 1776 returns, when the lawyer for the philadelphia president of the proud boys, included it in a federal court filing. we heard mention of this document in previous indictments against members of the proud boys, some
george, let s start with the role that luttig has played in his testimony tomorrow. i find myself watching bill barr, and some of these people and almost giving myself eye strain from how hard i m rolling my eyes. and now they tell us, luttig is in a different category, he was called upon to do this. what do you anticipate will hear from him? well, i agree with you, chris, i really want to hear this testimony. i think it s gonna be a blockbuster moment. these hearings. and the reason is, that mike luttig, was a conservative judicial icon, he was leading the people in the supreme court, he was the judge that really all young conservative lawyers really looked up to. most of his law clerks went on to clerk for the supreme court as you mention, much of those
the controversial cleric s time it s confirmation hearing in 1991. he then went on to be named a federal judge, public and president in the short list for supreme court g8. many conservative lawyers throughout the years clerked for a, and he was called a feeder judge, his clerk would go on to the supreme court and on to greatness. and that includes senator ted cruz, and the aforementioned john eastman author of the coup medal, he clerked for luttig, before clarence thomas. according to luttig, a day before the election the vice president outside cancel, as luttig to, probably skate pence could not reject electoral votes. meaning luttig to quote, the constitution does not empower the vice president to alter in any way the votes that have been cast, either of them rejecting certain or otherwise. there s real reason to believe wet luttig road wet push pants over the top. so, i cannot wait to hear what he has to say tomorrow. george conway s himself a conservative lawyer and former republi
underway, jacobson and an all-time legendary email to an lawyer named john eastman, who is of course one of trump s coup plotters. he s been pushed for pence to overturn the election by am sat with the capitol literally under attack this is what greg jacob emailed to cool blotter, john eastman, quote i don t think a single one of those framers would agree with your position either. certainly, judge lieu dig, has made thanks to you re bullshit, we re now under siege. the other witness is the man that jacob mentioned in that email former federal judge, michael lunatic. for all the retroactive reputation brandishing, that many of the people around trump attempted to do in their depositions. lou dog is one person who s fully deserves accolades for standing up when it counted most. alluding was a star for many years, he worked in department of justice, where according to npr he served as the behind the same maestro for the burbs administration during
vice president s outside counsel richard cullen on the evening of january 4th. reporter: cullen was calling for lieu dig s help since the former appeals court judge is considered one of the top minds in the legal world. that law is an institution separate and apart from politics. reporter: luttig learned his former law clerk, john eastman, was advising trump and pence that the vice president had the authority to overturn the election results. you can tell the vice president that i said that he has no such authority at all. and richard said, he knows that. we need to do something publicly. get your voice out to the country. reporter: judge luttig had just opened a twitter account, and the two men agreed a message online would be the best way to showcase luttig s legal an analysis. i understood the gravity of