last hour as we got positive news about the two congressional staffers who were attacked in virginia today. members of congress of course have their main offices in the capitol in washington, d.c., but of course they also have offices in their districts back home. this attack today happened at the district office for democratic congressman from virginia gerry connolly who you see here. this is his district office in fairfax, virginia, northern virginia just outside d.c. the congressman, himself, was not in the office. he was out apparently at a ribbon cutting for a local food bank. a man showed up at the office wielding a metal bat. he asked to see the congressman who wasn t there. then he reportedly just started swinging. congressman connolly s chief of staff tells nbc news tonight that the man smashed computers in the office and smashed glass with the bat. he then attacked two staffers. one senior staffer to the congressman, the man reportedly hit in the head with this meta
republican. it makes no sense that in four months, four months, five months, i am indicted. one day after donald trump found liable for sexual abuse. he did it. and you know it. tonight, the slow wheels of justice turn a little quicker, then, can you defeat a republican front runner by excusing his sexual battery? serving alongside the president i never heard or witnessed behavior of that nature. plus, rachel maddow and the biggest as yet uncharged crime of donald trump, and jamelle bouie and what is exactly is going on here. do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military? well, they call them that. i call them americans. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the scandal ridden republican congressman from new york, the one and only george santos, was arraigned in federal court today, where he pled not guilty to 13 separate counts of fraud and other financial crimes. i ve got to say, you probably ag
republican. it makes no sense that in four months, four months, five months, i am indicted. one day after donald trump found liable for sexual abuse. he did it. and you know it. tonight, the slow wheels of justice turn a little quicker, then, can you defeat a republican front runner by excusing his sexual battery? serving alongside the president i never heard or witnessed behavior of that nature. plus, rachel maddow and the biggest as yet uncharged crime of donald trump, and jamelle bouie and what is exactly is going on here. do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military? well, they call them that. i call them americans. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the scandal ridden republican congressman from new york, the one and only george santos, was arraigned in federal court today, where he pled not guilty to 13 separate counts of fraud and other financial crimes. i ve got to say, you probably ag
It was part of what he was tried for in the senate, but its also a crime in the state of georgia to pressure an official into messing with the administration of an election. And so this veteran prosecutor, 19year prosecutor in the county where that alleged crime occurred in Fulton County, georgia, has now opened an investigation into the pressure that was put up against georgia officials around the administration of the president ial election, Fulton County, georgia, is where atlanta is, atlanta, of course, is the state capital of georgia. Fulton county is a majority minority county. Its the largest county in the state. Fulton County District attorney faunae willis confirmed to us on thursday night that her investigation does specifically include President Trumps calls to georgia officials pressuring them over the Election Results. And in letters that she wrote to georgia officials announcing that she was opening that inquiry, telling Georgia State officials and multiple agencies they
Gamechanging kind of potential to have someone like ted championing this cause, and it had the potential it turn it from what had been at best a partisan fight into a debate about civil rights. And so they then set out to find the plaintiffs. And ted actually had wanted a different kind of he had a specific set of criteria. He wanted a bookstore owner. He wanted a cop. And i forget what the other two they wanted six altogether because they figured what if the opposition turned up something in somebodys background. They just wanted to have more, and he didnt want any children. He thought that that was a complicating kind of factor, which is, of course, really ironic because if any of you have followed this, when Justice Kennedy when these cases finally got to the Supreme Court, it was the kids that Justice Kennedy was very focused on, like what about the 40,000 children of gay couples in california . Dont they have arent they part of this story . Arent they part of this argument . Why s