in fact, it s almost reaching critical mass. i wonder if that s part of what s going on in his answer to hannity last night. you know, chris, it s hard to know exactly what s going on in donald trump s mind, but if you look at past behavior as sort of an indicator of what s going on here, i would say that one of donald trump s tells about how he feels and how undermining and worried he is about this is that he goes to the nuclear option and many of his public speeches by saying, you know, when they indict me, they re indicting you. when they try to go after me and they try to attack me and use the department of justice against me, they re going after you and/or you re next. that very personal message that he uses with his supporters and voters generally is, again, that kind of like last resort kind of
in my opinion and i think it s a clear fact pattern that they are hunting republicans. ment tara set mayer is a senior adviser to the lincoln project. nbc s vaughn hillyard joins me here. what more are we hearing from opponents? there are a very few who actually said something critical. right, chris christie and asa hutchinson, i feel like we re going to be talking about them for the months to come as long as their presidential bids go because they re the two that are keen on actually going on the offensive against donald trump. if you take a look at the statement from asa hutchinson, it s telling. calling for the suspension of the campaign, quote, while donald trump would like the american people to believe that he is the victim in this situation, the truth is that the real victims of january 6th were our democracy, our rule of law, and those capitol police officers who worked valiantly to protect our capitol. if you see what then chris christie in a tweet he put out suggesting
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white house aide named william russell, a young 30 something aide. so it s not believed that he has precise material information, but it may more have to do with his prom sick proximity to dona trump, things he saw and heard. it s all about that proximity. let s go back to the letter and what we re learning about it. what does this list of federal statutes tell you and do you make anything significant out of the fact that it doesn t mention incitement? yeah, you know, first of all, i think we should all understand that this is not an exhaustive list. for example, if, you know, after the expiration of the four days donald trump was given to decide whether he wants to appear before the grand jury, which i think we all sense will not happen, jack smith then moves to returning indictments. i don t think there s any chance you re only going to seek three charges. i think this was intended to sort of give a flavor of some of
send a target letter saying we re possibly going to indict you. we need you to come in and testify now and give your version of the story. that s what a target letter is in this instance is coming right in the middle of a cycle when it best suits donald trump to go for that last resort of, hey, it s all political. it s all to get you through getting me. he is nothing if not consistent in that messaging. so glenn, we re also getting in details that former arizona governor doug ducey is cooperating about the election interference case. the az central put it like this, quote, that gulp you just heard, that was trump envisioning the feel of the legal noose that s tightening around his neck. what do you make of doug ducey and what he could bring to this investigation? you know, chris, it really does feel like an embarrassment of prosecutorial riches. there are so many potential