The congressman suggested his info may have been leaked in response to his criticism of President Trump. Were learning about president elect bidens ambassador to china. And china analyst gordon chang coming up. Mike emanuel is in washington d. C. With more. Good afternoon. A leading critic of President Trump is now under fire for his ties at one point with an alleged chinese spy. Axios reported Eric Swalwell was part of a group of Northern California democrats targeted by a Chinese National named christina fong. Her First Contact was swalwell when he was a city councilmember in dublin, california. Swalwell says federal authorities alerted him about her. I was shocked. I was told about this individual. And then i offered to help. I did help. I was thanked by the fbi for my help. That person is no longer in the country. South Carolina Republican senator Lindsey Graham noted a double standard say democrats get defensive briefings when theres concerns about foreign influence. When it came
Something terrible from his past. In eight weeks we have had an uprising, a pandemic, and an economic shutdown and it is only halfway through the year. Who knows what is going to happen between now and november. For the moment, trump has shown an inability the rise to the occasion. Adam serwer, whose great piece can be found in the atlantic on line or i think in the print magazine. I dont know. Did we do that anymore. No, it is on line. Thank you. I appreciate it. All right. That is all in for this evening. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, rachel. Good evening, chris. I owe you one my friend. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Time being the operative word there. I will tell you, speaking of time, i was initially scheduled to have today off from work. There is a small mouthed bass somewhere in range of my canoe that i urgently need to meet, and soon if i am going to maintain my sanity. But i dont have a day off toda
Alone control. They are tearing down statues, desecrating monuments and purging dissenters. Its not the behavior of the peaceful political movement. Its the behavior of a totalitarians and tyrants and people that dont love our country. They dont love our country. Dana lets go right to chief White House Correspondent john roberts. John, catch us up. Dana, good afternoon to you. We are told by sources at the white house that the president is expected to sign an executive order dealing with a lot of these protests that we have seen about defacing and trying to pull down monuments. The white house is moving with some speed and trying to get this done as quickly as possible. Though the text is still being developed. We do know that the president yesterday tweeted about and later talked about this idea that people who deface or otherwise try to damage federal monuments could spend up to 10 years in jail. Listen to what he said as he was leaving the white house for arizona yesterday. We are l
That jeffrey berman, attorney for the United States district of new york was stepping down. This was of course untrue. Mr. Berman had not resigned. The work of mr. Bermans office included a number of criminal investigations aimed at those close to President Trump. Among them the president s attorney, the president s inaugural president and rudy giuliani, the Campaign Advisor and direct live to kiev. The effort to remove berman is a part of a dangerous line of conduct that began when mr. Barr took office and continues until this day. Mr. Barrs actions made it clear that in his department of justice the president s allies get special treatment. President s enemies, real and imagined are targeted for extra scrutiny and the needs of the American People and the needs of justice are ignored. After the president s associate roger stone was convicted of obstructing justice mr. Barr overruled his career prosecutors and recommended a lighter sentence for President Trumps friend. In may mr. Barr