tonight on the reidout are you aware of any members of congress seeking pardons? mr. gaetz and mr. brooks. mr. gohmert asked for one as well. mr. perry asked for a pardon, too, i m sorry. mr. perry, did he speak to you directly? yes, scott perry did ask for a pardon and new reporting sheds new light on why he would have wanted one. his text messages following the 2020 election reveal the integral role he played in trump s plot to overturn joe biden s victory. also tonight, the koch network goes all in for nikki haley. apparently, they see her as a mainstream alternative to trump, but history suggests she s very much a radical right winger in sheep s clothing. but we begin tonight with what has become a new pattern in donald trump s pitiful defenses for his many, many, many, many legal woes. it is no longer enough to attack judges or prosecutors. which as we have all seen and heard, trump clearly has no problem doing. but now, he s shown how small a man he real
i m ari melber. our top story is this new gag order that binds defendant donald trump in his new york civil trial. the gag order is back on. the judge also noting they ll be enforcing it regular rousely and vigorously, and we ve seen the judge deliver on that promise before. as discussed, these things matter but only become this big a fightf you have the rare case of defendant who is flout the law against their interest. trump s already been fined on for this on two occasions, violating this order and been forced to payorit. you may say, what does he care about fines? itas fines that forced him into deposition as well. it is how the system, however slowly, enforces theseul trump s move comes after court filings show the judge and law clerk were receiving threats, a deluge of threats after trump was deliberately using his public following and online profile to try to whip up antagonism or worse, potentially other things, menacing things against these individual who is administ