it was about the freedoms of every individual. it was about the role of government. damage control for nikki haley after she did everything shy of declining to name slavery as the cause of the civil war. just the latest example of the republicans mission to erase the difficult parts of american history. also tonight, profiles in cowardice. just as she s facing a tough re-election campaign, lauren boebert announces plans to abandon her constituents and run for office elsewhere. plus, we re just days away from what promises to be a momentous year in politics. we ll preview the many criminal and civil trials of the republican front-runner, donald trump, and trust me, there are a lot of them. good evening. i m charles coleman jr. in for joy reid, and you re watching the reidout. we have a lot to talk about. we begin tonight s conversation with revisionist history by the republican party about one of the darkest and most painful periods ever in america. this time, from
when the many legal troubles facing donald trump will come to a head, tonight the ex president has just lost access to the presidential ballot in a second state. secretary of state from maine ruled that, quote, donald j trump is not qualifi to hold the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment. which bars people who have engaged in insurrection from holding office. quote, the events of january 6th, 2021, where unprecedented and tragic. and the evidce here demonstrates that they occurred at the behest of and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing president. she adds, quote, i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived presidential candidate of ballot access based on section three of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful however that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection. the main ruling comes just about a week before the colorado state supreme court reached the same conclusion. bayard trump from the ballot. t
That special Council Jack Smith is looking into trumps fundraising off false voter fraud claims. As some of trumps codefendants may be getting ready to throw trump under the bus. Plus, the extreme gerrymandered maps that helped republicans win the house are now rapidly getting struck down by the courts. Alabama is just the latest state to feel the judges wrath. Good evening. Im Jonathan Capehart in for joy reid. We begin tonight with breaking news. The former National Chairman of one of the most prominent neofascist White Supremacist Militia Groups in the country is going to prison. Henry enrika tarrio was sentenced just a short time ago to 22 years in prison for Seditious Conspiracy in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. That is the longest sentence in any january 6th case so far. But notably less than the 33 years prosecutors were asking for. Judge Timothy Kelly told the court, quote, i dont have any indication that hes remorseful for the actual things that hes con
ignoring ukraine, ignoring gaza, the maga conditions for aid to israel. making it much easier for the ultrarich to cheat on their taxes. how the heck could that be their highest priority? tonight, the republican plan to make billionaire tax cheats great again. plus, what s happening with hostages and the humanitarian collapse inside gaza, as the israeli invasion continues. then a day before his adult sons testify, is the indicted ex president already violating his gag order? and senator sheldon whitehouse on subpoenas for republican megadonor s over lavish spending on supreme court justices. i would like to keep that, friends. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the united states congress began this week with the speaker of the house and both of its chambers in session. the last time that was true, we were an entirely different world. just remember, it was on october 3rd, when a small group of maga republicans fired the last
happen with this defendant, but any other defendant would probably be facing you don t think she would put him in jail or they would decide to put him in jail ultimately? i don t think so. according to former attorney general eric holder, any other defendant would be sent to the slammer for violating a gag order. so what s stopping the federal judge in donald trump s january 6th coup case from making good on her vow to treat trump just like any other defendant? plus, senate democrats set their sights on a couple of conservative supreme court justices besties in their quest to impose some level of ethics oversight on the high court. and with abortion rights emerging as a driving force in upcoming elections, does anyone else find it weird that house republicans have chosen an anti-abortion extremist as their new speaker? and we begin tonight with the constitutional question that could determine whether donald trump appears on a state ballot next year. the house j