olivia troye on confirmation of her worst fears. former impeachment manager joe neguse on why we didn t know this during the impeachment trial. and former dhs secretary jeh jeh johnson on with this means about how close we came to successful coup. then, some surprise arrests of an alleged coup plotter. it intercepted me getting on the plane. they put me in handcuffs. brought me here. and ari melber on what we know about the rest of peter navarro and what it means for the criminal investigation of the president. we had over 100 congressmen and senators on capitol hill ready to implement do you realize you are describing a coup? that s when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the ex president of the united states, donald trump, created such an acute security threat to his own vice president, mike pence, in pursuit of his attempted coup, that pence s chief of staff warned the secret service on january 5th that he thought that the vp
it s going to be tough for mike pence. i have been a fan. he did his duty on january 6th. he is a moral perp. he stands for straditional reagn republican values. path is narrow because if you look at the polling right now and you look at the metrics of the race it s a two man race between donald trump and ron desantis and everybody else is scraping the bottom of the barrel. i wish mike pence well. his message is great. his path to the nomination is narrow. alice, if there is this narrow path, there is a place nor the republican orthodoxy, christian conservative in this race. how much does tim scott s entrance into the racism pact the former vice president s ability to gain some steam here? it does impact along with others in the race as well.
[ growling ] the role of the secret service, of course, is to protect the president, the vice president, and to carry out investigations for crimes against the financial infrastructure of united states. usually, the threats they have to think about are coming from people outside of the government. but on january 5th 2021, the secret service detail, assigned to protect vice president mike pence, found out it had perhaps the most extraordinary, and unique situation, possibly in american history, because according to the new york times, marc short, pence s chief of staff, informed the head of the detail that donald trump, quote, was going to turn publicly against the vice president on january 6th, and quote, there could be a security risk to pence because of it. so they would have to protect the security of their charge from their threats and mating from his boss, the president of
yeah. i read that piece, it was chilling to me, knowing mark short well. and having worked with them and knowing the former vice president mike pence well when you read this, it sounds like you are reading something in atomic clancy novel. except for the fact that this is actual, real life. this happened in the white house. this happened in the united states. and in what is a democracy, a functioning democracy, for now. that is why this is so incredibly upsetting to process. every time i see a new story like this i have great concern. i was concerned for mike pence s life. i was concerned about the threats against him, and what s going to happen on january 6th. i was concerned because i know who donald trump is an identity is capable of. i know at that inner circle is like, when somebody speaks out against him.
a result of the presidents actions and his acolytes, but the real threat and danger that was supposed to the vice president himself, in terms of his personal security. i agree with my friend jamie raskin, the reporting that the vice president uttered and that entire episode are some of the most chilling that i ve seen in terms of what happened on january six. again, i m glad that marc short is cooperating with the committee. i m glad the committee knows this information. it s important, and i m eagerly looking forward to those hearings. would it help during the impeachment hearing? am i crazy the vice president s people have been like, yeah, you know the president did paint a big target on mike pence s back, and the hang mike pence thing wasn t short of an accident. i think it sort of had an effect you re certainly not wrong. i do think it would ve had an effect. clearly, the chants six committee has had the benefit of time and the ability to conduct compulsory process and issue