results. today politico reporting this about the runup to the insurrection. quote, just a day before the january 6 riot the secret service warned the u.s. capitol police that their officers would face violence at the hands of supporters of former president donald trump. and that is where we begin today. joining us now betsy woodruff swann, an msnbc contributor, with us olivia troye, a top aide to mike pence, now director of the republican accountability project, and national security reporter for the washington post. thank you all so much for getting us started. betsy, this is a very broad request for records all due in two weeks time. how do you see this playing out? this is going to drive former president trump crazy. it s the kind of document that has such sweeping language and is looking to hoover up so much information that what i expect is he and his lawyers are going to say they are going to oppose it hook, line and sinker and try
into hunter biden to keep it from the public during the 2020 election. politico reporting, quote, last summer, prosecutors have sought search warrants. they had already sought and this issued a flurry of grand jury subpoenas. this is before the election. but, they were told not to release that information over fears the investigation could influence the 2020 presidential election. so, in other words, they didn t issue the warrants or the subpoenas. they kept it quiet until the election was over. probe is underway over hunter biden s business dealings and possible tax law violations. nfl quarterback baker mayfield has a beef, of course he does with the texan longhorns. is he an oklahoma sooner. i don t know where this is going but i will read and it a beef with the big 12 conference. trolled the team and the conference with these photos after the big 12 started are penalizing the horns down time. some warned he might be offended
he campaigns throughout the state but also was his supporters say they like and respect about him, that sanders is who he is, he does and says what he has consistently for over 40 years, and they see it as a real sign of respect and consistency, that sanders isn t going to back down on the issues that they seek to vote him in on, whether it s medicare for all, free college or overall electability into the white house and being able to bring about other issues like climate change, advocating for the green new deal. so we seek to see what sanders will bring as far as his support with 45 days to go in new hampshire. okay. i want to thank you for that, amanda golden, and also our nbc road warrior shaquille brewster before that. also new reporting this week on how the two democrat billionaires in the 2020 race are making their mark by saturating the airwaves with campaign ads, with politico reporting that together bloomberg and steyer have poured $200 million into television and digital
power on you giving me something that is personally beneficial. that meets the federal criminal analog of extortion. and that may be the house democrats plan to forget about the mueller report, move forward on something the public can seize on and understand really primarily an extortion case. you ve got politico reporting that the president is rewarding republican senators by tapping his fundraising network for members facing tough re-election bids. saying trump is exerting leverage over a group he badly needs in his corner with an impeachment trial likely coming soon to the senate. aren t these senators set to be jurors when and if this reaches the senate, would you go so far as calling this bribery? i don t know if it s bribery necessary. it s definitely jury tampering if you think about it in that sense. obviously they have their day jobs as senators, but in this unusual process, impeachment,
questions that they ask. and there s no limitations on the number of members that can be in the room who are on the three committees. one of the things the president suggested yesterday and one of the things the former congressman sean duffy who was on the show yesterday suggested is while there can t be a quid pro quo because they asserted somehow the ukrainians did not know that military aid was being withheld or that the meetings were being held up. cnn s reporting that president zelensky knew within a few weeks of being elected that the united states was pressuring or conditioning cooperation with them on investigations. the new york times goes further and suggests they knew about the military aid being withheld as a condition there and bill taylor s testimony, public testimony or the part that was released describes they knew in early september at least based on politico reporting. is it the testimony that you have heard or what have you heard in the testimony that you can tel