And deal . Or no deal . After seemingly coming to a bipartisan agreement earlier this week, the president s Infrastructure Agenda is in jeopardy after angering republicans. If only one comes to me, im not this if this is the only thing that comes to me, im not signing. Its in tandem. We are going to break down what comes next. Plus, the Derek Chauvin sentencing. Former minneapolis cop gets 22 1 2 years in prison, but is likely to serve less than that. George floyds cousin, tara brown, will join me later in the hour to talk about how the family is feeling following the sentencing. We are also going to look ahead to the charges chauvin is now facing. But first, i want to get to those breaking new developments in the Trump Organization probe. The New York Times reporting that the former president s company could be hit with criminal charges by the manhattan das office, as early as next week. The case is believed to be focused on gifts and fringe benefits, distributed to trumporganization
Through loud and clear, if it hasnt already, the extent of the January 6th Riot On Capitol Hill and the former president s role in all of it. An Impeachment Trial Set to start in just three days time, but Donald Trumps lawyer says that he has found the real villains in all of this. The democrats. Theres an awful lot of tape of cities burning and courthouses being attacked and federal agents being assaulted by rioters in the street cheered on by democrats throughout the country, and many of them in washington using, really, the most inflammatory rhetoric its possible to use. When you have the president of the United States give a speech and he says you should peacefully make your thinking known to the people in congress, hes All Of A Sudden a villain. So, while the previous president s preparing to defend the indefensible, the current one is trying to solve the crisis that he left behind. From new efforts to get more vaccines to all americans to the push for covid relief, President Bide
Good evening and welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, a nation divided, struggling to stand. Today marks one month since an angry insurrectionist mob stormed the u. S. Capitol. The broken glass and busted doors is been repaired. The political fractures remain. A few republicans voted to revogs the Committee Assignments of georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene, a freshman lawmaker who has traffics in the same Conspiracy Theories and racist tropes that drove the january 6th rioters. Greene has shown support for executing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and has behaved so towards her coworkers that one asked to have her office moved away from greene. When given the chance to deal with greene privately ended up giving her a standing ovation. Neck Week Senate Republicans will get their own chance to show they learned something from the events of january 6th when they begin the second Impeachment Trial for former president donald trump. Ill keep my expectations low. President joe biden to h
Georgia. This week, willis, her staff and the grand jurors that did to hold Trump Accountable for her actions or verbally attacked by the former president and authorities on alert in georgia, as those attacks have echoed by Trump Supporters calling for violence on social media. And for nearly every one of trumps competitors for the 2024 republican president ial nomination, even this latest indictment has not been caused enough for a Fuel Repudiation of the former president or his actions. That may be put to the test on wednesday, as the gop holds its first primary debate without trumps participation, as he faces a friday deadline for his mandated surrender to Law Enforcement authorities in Fulton County. The politics, the people, and the peril facing them over trumps fourth and department. All of that tonight on politicsnation. But first, i want to update you on the latest happening now with Hurricane Hilary. They says hilary remains a category three, churning off Mexicos Pacific coast
Were looking at a critical week ahead for donald trump. The republican president ial candidates and american democracy. Former president Donald Trumps 18 codefendants are required to surrender to a Fulton County jail to face charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Nbc news reports that the former president will not appear before thursday, Fulton County District Attorney fani willis, who gave the defendants a deadline of noon on friday august 25th. But they could turn themselves in at any time before them. So they also tell nbc news that trump is officially skipping the republican president ial primary debate on wednesday, and instead hes apparently seeking an interview with tucker carlson. Eight other candidates will take the stage without him, but inevitably that trump name will come up often. It remains to be seen how many of them will continue to defend the former president , and who will condemn his actions and stand up for democracy. This is the fourth crim