president was going to turn publicly against the vice president, and there could be a security risk to mr. pence because of the. the vice president team feared that the president of united states posed a legitimate threat to him, believe it or not. in the very next day, sure enough, the trump mob stormed the capitol, chanting, hang mike pence. more from the report, quote, mike meadows, the white house chief of staff, is reported to have told colleagues that mr. trump said that perhaps mr. pence should have been hanged. we now know that the january six committee is investigating this reporting. they are also looking into a newly-revealed plan to overturn the 2020 election. in a recent court filing, we learned of a memo approach up attorney, john eastman, that sketched out a plan for mike pence to hold out the certification of the victory, overturning the election. a judge memo said that it is potential criminal acts committed by donald trump and john eastman. against the backd
documents to the committee, and a second, before failing to appear for a death of he is now the second former trump advisor to be indicted for criminal contempt in congress. in connection with this investigation. presidential advisor, steve bannon, indicted on similar charges in november. it now appears navarro, in fact, will be the last person indicted. why? because on friday, the justice department said, they will not file criminal contempt charges against trump s ethics chief of staff, mark meadows, or dance give enough, for their refusal to cooperate with the committee s investigation. they call the decision not to indict meadows, and scavino, quote, puzzling. we are such learn more about trump, and his company s efforts to overturn the last election during the committee s public hearing, which got underway thursday. we should note, the groundwork has been laid for graham to. new things showed by s future election results. recruit, and install, party trained volunteers,
learned of a memo approach up attorney, john eastman, that sketched out a plan for mike pence to hold out the certification of the victory, overturning the election. a judge memo said that it is potential criminal acts committed by donald trump and john eastman. against the backdrop of all these new details, a shift is taking place within the republican party. they re in the 2020 election, as we all know, republicans claim that voter fraud was happening everywhere you look, all the time. now, as this year s primary unfold, we are seeing a very different reaction to election results. suddenly, everything is fine, there is no fraud anymore. you see, when it is republican races on the line, all the votes are somehow magically legitimate. curious how they have changed their tune in such a short time. joining me now is david jolly, an msnbc political analyst and national chairman of the conservative movement, molly jong-fast, it contributing writer for the atlantic and author an
welcome to ayman. tonight, the former trump official who just quit the gop to help save it from ruin. is it too little too late? plus, republicans want to regulate you. i mean, everything about you. what you read, when you watch. what you do with your own body. so much for small government values. then, new details on ginni thomas s or efforts to overturn the 2020 election as her husband ruled on cases about that very election. , i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. the country is in danger of imploding. democracy is in danger of disintegrating. those are not my words. that is the ominous warning from house majority james clyburn who told the washington post quote, i don t know why people feel that this country is insulated from the historical trends. maybe autocracy is the future of the country. before you at home say congressman clyburn s language is hyperbolic, just take a look at what is happening in pennsylvania and michigan. just this week, a self proclaimed 202
Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. After five weeks, the first criminal trial of a former u. S. President is nearly over. The defense rested, this morning, it called only two witnesses. Despite all his bravado and insistence to the contrary, yeah, donald trump was not one of them. We knew that, right . Instead, we heard briefly from a paralegal, attorney Todd Blanches from about phone records, for a man by the name of Robert Castella took the stand. Costello is a former federal prosecutor, a very close associate of Rudy Giuliani, the twice indicted former mayor of new york city. More about him later in the show. And, also, Donald Trumps personal attorney while he was in the white house. I think it is fair to say that costellos testimony, this week, backfired on the defense. How much remains to be determined. But, trumps attorneys main reason to put that man, Robert Costello understand, was to directly contradict and impugn the credibility of the prosecution three witness key w