Lying about election results, mailing personal insults at its critics. Making famously veil threats towards those who seek to hold him accountable. But none of trumps can change the cold, hard fact that the former president now faces serious criminal charges in three separate cases. In the coming days and weeks, it could even be one more. We start tonight with congressman benny thompson, democrat of mississippi. The former chairman of the january six commission. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Its always good to talk to you. Lets talk about trumps lawyer, john moreau. He did it washington and said recall the full ginsburg today. Almost a little bit about what he had to say becho and get your response on the other side. Take a listen. The defense is quite simple, donald trump, President Trump believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. As an american citizen, he had the right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had the right to petition governments aroun
ongoing arrest and capture of insurrectionists and the sedition hunters that are finding them. then we need one more indictment to close out this election, one more indictment [applause] 91 felonies across four jurisdictions. will the law stop the republican front runner before he has a chance? when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. it has been almost three years since the january 6th attack on the capitol, the combination of donald trump s attempted coup. an investigation of the assault on american democracy continues to this day. it is still an open case. it is the largest case in american history conducted by the department of justice. more than 1200 people have been charged, nearly all 50 states and the district of columbia. of course earlier this year the investigation worked its way up to the mom at the top, don trump now facing four felony charges related to his attempt to rein in power after he lost the 2020 election. but the
Trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 president ial election results. The paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. Nbc has not heard or verify the Audio Recordings. But its statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. This afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect at the Election Officials were under pressure back in 2020. Theyre recording in the detroit i tyler the recording. It didnt surprise me, the content of which we were well aware that he was trying to pressure these local pointed officials to subvert their own duty, the legal duty under the law. We knew as it was happening, its really, when youre up against the president of the United States, the purported leader the free world, that we had the truth, the law, the will of the people on our side, its really
party runs interference, the ongoing arrest and capture of insurrectionists and the addition hunters that are finding them. then we need one more indictment to close out this election, one more indictment [applause] 91 felonies across four jurisdictions. will the law stop the republican front runner before he has a chance? when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. it has been almost three years since the january 6th attack on the capitol, the combination of donald trump s attempted coup. an investigation of the assault on american democracy continues to this day. it is still an open case. it is the largest case in american history conducted by the department of justice. more than 1200 people have been charged, nearly all 50 states and the district of columbia. of course earlier this year the investigation worked its way up to the mom at the top, don trump now facing four felony charges related to his attempt to rein in power after he lo
trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. nbc has not heard or verify the audio recordings. but it s statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. this afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect at the election officials were under pressure back in 2020. they re recording in the detroit i tyler the recording. it didn t surprise me, the content of which we were well aware that he was trying to pressure these local pointed officials to subvert their own duty, the legal duty under the law. we knew as it was happening, it s really, when you re up against the president of the united states, the purported leader the free world, that we had the truth, the law, the will of the people on our