unmasked. the new york times reporter who revealed his identity joins me live. plus, connecting the dots between the election in brazil, brexit, and donald trump. and meet the new attorney representing brett favre and his volleyball welfare scandal. i got a great effing criminal defense lawyer. you re gonna need it. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, today, we got an extended look at just how narrowly we avoided the january 6th insurrection becoming much, much worse. because this morning, the seditious conspiracy trial of five members of the oath keepers started. and of course, the far-right militia group who prosecutors say, blotted to use violence, weapons, if necessary, to block the peaceful transfer of power. now, even before today s opening arguments began, lawyers from one of the defendants argued to suppress evidence of to hand when it s found in an rv. apparently, brought to d. c. by one of the alleged coconspi
and the white house, and it s of great interest to all the various entities investigating the insurrection. all which is to say, we still have a lot more to learn from this trial, and it s only nestler promised the jurors would see, and what he previewed for them in opening statements is, we see the defendants breaching the capitol. we see the defendants in the capital. we hear of the defendants on tape, bragging about, quote, taking the capital. so, you know, no case is a sure thing. criminal litigators know that. but after i heard the openings, and after i heard the openings from the defense attorneys, three of the five defense attorneys shows to open. the other to reserve, which is unusual, but not unprecedented. defense attorneys don t have to open at the beginning of their case. what they can do is assess the