new york times reports a major escalation in the department of justice grand jury probe of trump s inner circle. and, mark ally on the part of the big lie in the claim they have a 45,000 new poll launches for election day but, 57 days out. new caution on what will look. like great numbers for. democrats, and why even the pundits of russian cable news are openly and loudly disagreeing with their favorite pundit on american cable news. vladimir putin is not losing the war in ukraine, he s winning the war in ukraine. when all in starts right now good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. in a major escalation, the department of justice has now sent 40 subpoenas to trump allies, just this past week, as part of its investigation into the attempted coup and the insurrection. new york times reports, the doj also seized cell phones from two of trump s coup plotting aids, boris epshteyn and mike roman. now, mike roman might feel a little remote in your memory. there s
that s how it starts. that s the very beginning. this was written by jeffrey berman who ran sdny in southern district of new york for half of trump s time in office. he was fired from that job at sdny and fired loudly in a way that made a difference. we ll have more on that in a second. that s important. but now since he is the former u.s. attorney, he has written this book. to put it in the public record how trump and his administration tried to force federal prosecutors to go after trump s political enemies to go after democrats, to help trump s allies. regardless of the law. regardless of the crimes committed or lack thereof. geoff berman was told to bring the prosecution before the midterm elections. told to do so because some republicans had been prosecuted and so now it was time to prosecute a democrat. he was told to even things out. berman refused to do it. he didn t bring that prosecution. so, yea rule of law for a second. what happened after geoff berman refused
taxpayers and disproportionately benefit the wealthy. in recent days, there has been considerable bipartisan pushback to the plan. that is now going forward as the country faces record high up beflation. president biden today claiming the plan will have no meaningful affect on inflation but his critics, including some former obama administration officials remain unconvinced. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. white house officials say they have no idea how much this plan is actually going to cost because they think there are plenty of eligible student loan debt holders who are going to choose not to go online and tell the government that they want to cancel up to $10,000 in that debt. now it s time to address the burden of student debt. the president s announcement benefits 43 million borrowers including 20 million who will see their student debt totally canceled up to 10,000 in
indicated he would like an assault weapons ban sank it makes no sense for people to be able to purchase a weapon with 300 rounds. he called on congress to cooperate and say his powers don t go that far. this saturday he also urged our country to unite honoring sacrifices of our troops. president biden remembering americans you made the ultimate sacrifice in what he calledle a sacred ritual. we must never betray the lives [indiscernible] hety depended democracy amon the war in ukraine. he stood alongside goldstar families. he addressed the families of th service members who lost their lives in afghanistan but make specific mention of the 13 who died under his watch during the withdrawal, the only armed forc to diet by enemy attacks since he took office. the ceremony is coming one day after he privately grieved for the shattered community in uvalde, texas, telling reporter there s some hope for gun control agreement in congress, encouraged by mitch mcconnell to find com
ban, saying it makes no sense that people can purchase a weapon that fires up to 300 rounds. he called on congress to cooperate and said his powers alone don t go that far. this on a day he also urged our country to unite, honoring sacrifice of our troops. president biden remembering americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in what he called a sacred memorial day ritual. we must never betray the lives laid down to make our nation a beacon to the world, a citadel of liberty and justice for everyone. reporter: biden marked the importance of defending democracy amid russia s war in ukraine. also mourned on the anniversary of his son beau s deathed, a veteran who died of brain cancer. biden addressed the families of the 2,461 service members who lost their lives in afghanistan but made no mention of the 13 who died under his watch during the withdrawal, the only armed forces to die by enemy attack since he took office. the ceremonies coming one day after biden privately grie