you have to game in the game republicans. republican d.a. starting every investigation right now. tonight, new reporting on a magazine very public payback campaign. is a terrible, terrible path that they are leaving us to. and it is very possible that it is going to have to happen to them. donald trump is openly signaling russia to help himself get elected again. russia, if you re listening. the president of russia will do that for me. and i don t believe he will do it for anyone else. judge aileen cannon wild move to help disrupt the documents trial. another installment of our special series, are you better off than you were four years ago? president trump posing for pictures, holding a bible without explanation. all in start right now. good evening, from new york. i m chris hayes. tonight tops store, including speaker of the house of representatives, dozens of senators and congressmen have been revealed to be working hand in glove with convicted criminals in
the accountability project is going to start. they are going to be in prison. a corrupt retribution scheme in plain sight. you have to get in the game republicans. starting every investigation they need to right now. tonight, new reporting on maga s very public payback campaign. it is a terrible path they are leading us to and it is very possible that this could have to happen to them. and donald trump is openly signaling russia to help himself get elected again. russia if you are listening, the president of russia will do that for me and i don t believe he will do that for anyone else. plus, judge cannon s wild move to disrupt the documents trial and another installment of our series, are you better off than you were four years ago? president trump posing for pictures, holding up a bible without explanation. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. tonight s top story, multiple current and former u.s. officials includi
appointments act. not even the other part of the issue that mr. trump argues, which is that it violates the appropriations clause. first of all that is an extraordinary amount of argument time on a single issue and to invite amici to present 30 minutes of argument. most oral arguments aren t even 30 minutes per side or party. so this is really extraordinary. i will say that those who requested oral argument representing amici who support donald trump s motion, there was a brief filed on behalf of of those supporting jack smith s side of this and those people said if the other guys get to argue, then we want to argue, too. and judge aileen cannon did grant that, so we will have someone arguing as well who is supporting jack smith. i am straining to sort of communicate this to nonlegal people. every time cannon does something, legal people are
those oral arguments in courts of appeals, arguing 30 minutes per side per party. this is really extraordinary. i will say, though. the two amici requested oral argument representing amici who supported donald trump notion, there was an amicus brief filed on behalf of jack smith side of this. and as people said, you know, if the other guys are going to get to argue, then we want to argue, too. and judge eileen cannon did grant that. we will have someone arguing, as well, who is supporting jack smith. again, i am straining to sort of communicate this to nonlegal people. i think legal people are like, every time cannon does something more or less, legal people are like okay, this is a weird one. she is running her own little supreme court there on this constitutional issue. she is a district court judge. here s a look at 2018, and other federal judge was a trump appointee, holds constitutionality of mueller appointment.