Despite all that outrageous behavior. Plus, looking ahead to next weeks republican primary debate in which trump now says he will not participate. Im not making Chicken Noises right now, but i really, really want to. And Morgan Freeman joined me, yes, i said Morgan Freeman. Joined little old moi to talk about his new documentary on The First Black Tank Battalion to fight in world war ii. That interview is straight ahead. But we begin the reidout tonight with the clearest picture yet of the expansive plot trump and his allies unleashed after he lost the 2020 election. The January 6th Committee and Special Counsel jack smith exposed the what as well as the who in the plot. But it was the georgia case led by Fulton County d. A. Fani willis that really shows us the full scope of characters in the trump gang. The indictment is full of bizarre cameos like Texas Attorney general ken paxton who is referenced on page 30, when prosecutors note how donald trump attempted to get the Georgia Attorn
That special Council Jack Smith is looking into trumps fundraising off false voter fraud claims. As some of trumps codefendants may be getting ready to throw trump under the bus. Plus, the extreme gerrymandered maps that helped republicans win the house are now rapidly getting struck down by the courts. Alabama is just the latest state to feel the judges wrath. Good evening. Im Jonathan Capehart in for joy reid. We begin tonight with breaking news. The former National Chairman of one of the most prominent neofascist White Supremacist Militia Groups in the country is going to prison. Henry enrika tarrio was sentenced just a short time ago to 22 years in prison for Seditious Conspiracy in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. That is the longest sentence in any january 6th case so far. But notably less than the 33 years prosecutors were asking for. Judge Timothy Kelly told the court, quote, i dont have any indication that hes remorseful for the actual things that hes con
case for more than two years. they ve prepared for all sorts of eventualities. there are motions to slow down the case, motions to speed it up, motions to move it to the federal court. we re not only seeing a preview of trump s arguments we re also seeing a preview of her arguments happening now in federal court. that s why this is the first true big litigation battle involving this indictment. and the outcome s really going to shape the rest of this case because as you mentioned earlier, if mark meadows is successful other litigants with move to remove this case to federal court. and this is exactly what fani willis does not want. she s prepared for this eventuality but she does not want that. she wants all 19 defendants to be tried together in fulton county court. harry, let s explore this a little bit. there are five defendants who have asked to remove their cases to federal court. mark meadows of course on that list. former justice department official jeffrey clark. former republ
right republican senator who is claiming wrongly that there could be a special session to oust fani willis. now, there s no votes for that. it would require democratic votes. but he s inspired enough trump supporters to make them think this is possible. and now you re hearing from republican senators telling him to knock it off because it s leading to more dangerous threats. the same sort of threats we saw here in georgia in 2020 after donald trump s defeat here. guys, i appreciate your time. greg bluestein and harry litman, we appreciate you being with us this afternoon. when we return, amid donald trump s four indictments there s also a lawsuit brought by members of congress and the naacp that the ex-president violated the ku klux klan act by conspiring with white supremacist groups in the build-up to january 6th. the lead plaintiff in that suit is going to join us after a break. also ahead the argument raised by legal scholars on both sides of the political spectrum that donald tr
going on. all three according to the charging document pressured, threatened, and intimidated ms. freeman, citing baseless claims she was involved in voter fraud. then we have part three of the plot, prosecutors are now in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of trump s legal team to the early january 2021 voting system breach and heavily republican coffee county. a county trump won by nearly 70% of the vote. those players include attorney sidney powell, misty hampton, a former coffee county election supervisor, cathy lathem, a fake elector, and bail bondsman howell scott. and last but not least, we have the fake republican electors themselves, who claimed illegitimately that trump had carried the state. not all of them are facing charges but two of the three charged are david schaefer and shaun still, who know a thing or two about politics.