just maybe things in this country would snap back into something resembling a pre-trump normal. dangerous elements of the far right would crawl back into their dark caves and corners that want harm done to the foundations of our most prized institutions, relentlessly maligned for years under donald trump would repair themselves. maybe even overnight. simply because trump is no longer the person sitting behind the resolute desk. sadly it appears that any of those hopes were in vain. more proof this afternoon that the destruction he left in his unhinged wake, the moral wrought he spread quietly continues to spread to this day inside some of our most important and revered institutions. considering chilling new reporting in today s the new york times, cataloging attacks on the fbi. the piece centers in part on a somewhat dishonest effort by a group of former agents calling themselves the suspendables. they wrote a letter earlier this month of accusing the fbi from discriminatin
outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories
she was also promised a really good-paying job where she d be very comfortable if she just did what she was told. really shocking stuff. brad raffensperger, his transcript is shocking in the same way. did you feel threatened? yes, i felt threatened. and it s a federal crime to threaten an election official. will you feel the way officers fanone and dunn have said they will feel if charges are not brought and prosecutions are not made of donald trump and mark meadows and his chief enablers of the coup? i i will be satisfied if the department of justice approaches this with courage and vigor. they ve got to reach the decision, not me. and of course we ve also got proceedings in georgia under state law going on in terms of the interference in georgia. so, i just want to make sure that the prosecutors take this seriously, that they re not
we were aided by an extraordinary staff. but again, everything that we did was based essentially on public record, things that were available to everybody and we put them together in such a way so that people could understand the story. along with never before seen video footage of what really took place, the real attack on the capitol. in fact, most members of congress were unaware of the breathtaking scope of the violence and the danger that we were all in, because people were inside. and, of course, the officers who were outside, who saved our lives and in many ways saved the congress and the democracy, they were the ones who took the brunt of the hit on that day and, so, you know, we owe it all to officers fanone and sergeant
preparedness who advises us on public health. he s also a professor of pediatrics at albertan stun college of medicine. good to see you after what was an emotional day. to jackie, what did this committee managed to do with this first hearing? what was important about how this all began? yeah, thank you for having me on. i think the select committee wanted to put the political chaos that we ve seen leading up to this first hearing of the investigation of january 6th, and to put the spotlight strictly on the first person accounts from these four heroic police officers, and the traumatic experiences that they had banking on the fact that these would resonate with the american public. breaking through the political war we ve seen back and forth between nancy pelosi and minority leader kevin mccarthy. all eyes were trained on officers fanone, gonell, and