jury investigating fundraising fraud. and breaking reports that stephen miller has been subpoenaed. then, new signals that donald trump s favorite judge maybe backing down to the justice department. plus, a victory for democracy and reproductive rights as the states supreme court smacks down michigan republicans. and as king charles greets his subjects for the first time, melissa murray on coming to terms with the imperial past of the british empire. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the department of justice s investigation into january 6th, attempted coup, is once again expanding its scope. quite a bit, in fact. the doj sent out a raft of new subpoenas this week for just learning about. subpoenas of former trump white house and campaign officials. reportedly relation to trump save america pack, as well as the fake elector scheme. top trump policy advisor in speech writer stephen miller, and trump s white house political director brian jac
conflicted as the daughter of jamaican immigrants. there will be in outpouring of respect, maybe even love and admiration, for a life devoted to duty, but also a desire to movie on an imperial pass to a more independent future. maybe that is inevitable legacy of britain s first postmodern monarch. melissa murray who call hosts the podcasts joins me. now it s good to have you. here thanks for having me. i love the thread. already knew, because we re friends. i should say, full disclosure, you are real, real lawyer royals of sesser. tell me a little bit your perspective as the daughter of jamaican immigrants, obviously, colonized by the british. your relation to the crown and how you ve been feeling and thinking through these contradictions. something that s really complicated. so, as i said in the tweet. my entire childhood is bound up in visits back to my relatives in jamaica. and they are 20 years since jamaican independents. the commonwealth and the monarchy were very muc
backdrop of my life, to some degree, but also recognizing the way in which the institution that she headed has really shaped the lives of a land that i love were people i love live, in very material ways. what is the why do you think you like to follow the royals? what is it? i m an only child. this is a sprawling family. i think only of children are always idealistic about what sprawling families are like. i remember being interested in one of my earliest memories, watching the wedding of charles and diana. and for an american kid raised on disney, watching someone transform into a princess before your eyes is actually heavy stuff. but thinking about the legacy and the way in which this family sort of infiltrated all of these other families and penetrated every aspect of the geopolitical landscape in europe, is actually quite fascinating. i m a family law professor as well as a constitutional law professor.