counsel for. i think it s really hard to ascertain, you know, which investigation that jack smith is looking at is potentially more promising or which one they re closer to reaching a charging decision because of just how the proceedings with regards to january 6th have been more secretive or we ve known a lot more about it publicly, i think. on both tracks you can see the special counsel s office moving full steam ahead as quickly as possible trying now to knock out some of the bigger targets, people who were working directly with the former president on the range of these issues. mike, i remember some reporting, i think it was towards the end of last year, about cash patel aiding in this as well as a former aide that left mar-a-lago and traveled with donald trump and may or may
manhattan da s investigation one into hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels. michael cohen testified and attention now turns to stormy daniels herself. questions about whether or not she ll testify before the same grand jury there s new reporting in the new york times that says this, quote, trump s campaign is laying the groundwork for a broad attack on manhattan da alvin brag, a democrat according to two of trump s allies they will aim to portray any charges as part fd a coordinated offensive by democratic party against mr. trump, who is looking to leave office. trump s entire reason for being in the arena his whole political brand is toxic, as it is, seems pred predicated on dragging into the mud to get anyone who crosses him, closes him.
frankly, tucker carlson doing for him in front of massive audiences. reporter: right and i think actually if i may, it was cpac two weekends ago where i think it s a perfect demonstration of how this is playing out among the base of the grassroots republican party today, if you may. and instead of a focus there on defending ukraine, supporting the democratic alliance, you know, this is a republican party that was welcoming bolsonaro to cpac two weeks ago victor orban was there last year i got to catch up with jair bolsonaro, and he had the second loudest applause of anybody, second to donald trump even trump when he took the stage noted that he got a bigger applause than any american did here bolsonaro, of course, is the former brazilian president who fled here to florida and really we saw the echoes, we saw a capitol siege in brazil, we saw
but do you have clearly there were intelligence failures. clearly there were intelligence failures clearly the security should have operated better than it did, but this was a mob donald trump sent to the capitol and i think that s important to keep our eye on a memorable mic drop moment over on fox news for the vice chair of the committee that spent a year and a half investigating and combing through hundreds of thousands of documents and interviewing more than 1,000 witnesses about how january 6th happened it s worth keeping in mind while house republicans this month launched their own probe light investigation it is not going to focus on the men who sent the rioters to the capitol but instead solely on the security failures are being led by the trump ally who was shown on tape thanks to the work of the 1/6 select committee giving capitol tours during the attack. joining us now the ranking
the current leader of the republican party saying out loud, in front of cameras, and in man make-up that other americans and not russia represent the gravest threat to western civilization is sadly where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. former white house press secretary jen psaki is here, this is the best news of all she s the host of the new msnbc show inside with jen psaki. it premieres this sunday at noon clear your calendar and get ready to watch it will also stream on peacock charlie sykes, editor at large, msnbc contributor, and nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard in west palm breach glad you re free for anyone who drops in and out of trump s delusions and covers them as sort of a dramatic new position, people who cover him all the time know that is part of a piece, a continuation really, not a new position he sought to exit the united states from nato from the