we ll get the details from carole lending one of the reporters who broke that story an expert legal guidance on what it all means. but first, let s remember how we got here. today washington for only the second time a federal judge sentence a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see. why in screenshots take it from officers body cams in january six, the sky is seen swinging a pull out of police officers so hard it snaps into on the officers riot shield. so the new guy finds another pull and start swinging that one at officers. the officer he hit with the first poll, the one he hit so hard that it stepped into, that was capitol police sergeant alkaline o connell. he gave emotional testimony about the horror that day before the january six investigation. today he sent his at that rioters hearing, saying he suffered mental and physical inju
and then the story breaks. it s a big day in the doj press office i think. we all saw with the attorney general said to lester holt today, that he will absolutely investigate everybody, that was his term. leicester went back and forth at once, and the attorney general said more than once in more than one way, in an hours later there s the washington post that donald trump is under investigation by the justice department. andrew weizmann former prosecutor says based on what the washington post is reporting, says donald trump is a subject of the investigation at this point, not no doubt about that. forwards about for you lawrence, better late than never. yes it s happening right now. thank you mehdi. i. thanks thank. you well it is happening, donald trump is being investigated by the justice department. the washington post reports tonight that the justice department is investigating president donald trump s actions it s part of its criminal probe in two efforts to o
ll see you at the end of tomorrow we have got breaking news to get to tonight. the washington post just out with his brand-new reporting. justice department investigating trump s actions in january six criminal probe. we ll get the details from carole lettig one of the reporters who broke that story an expert legal guidance on what it all means. but first, let s remember how we got here. today washington for only the second time a federal judge sentence a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see. why in screenshots take it from officers body cams in january six, the sky is seen swinging a pull out of police officers so hard it snaps into on the officers riot shield. so the new guy finds another pull and start swinging that one at officers. the officer he hit with the first poll, the one he hit so hard that it stepped into, that was capito
senators and members of congress are also not satisfied. so this should say something. this shows the lack of, the lack of support, the lack of urgency that the u.s. administration has shown the states. ten seconds left, just tell us one thing about your aunt, just for our audience, just tell us something about your late aunt. shireen was full of grace, full of compassion. she was full of love, and she enjoyed life. she was the voice of palestine, the voice of truth, shireen, at the end of the day, she was a human being, she human ties the palestinian story and we owe it to her to achieve justice. again, we are so sorry for your loss, lina, and we thank you for taking time out to speak with us. we appreciate it. thank you for having me, thank you mehdi. that is all for me tonight.
human being, she human ties the palestinian story and we owe it to her to achieve justice. again, we are so sorry for your loss, lena, and we thank you for taking time out to speak with us. we appreciate it. thank you for having me, thank you mandy. that is all for me tonight. we will be back here again tomorrow, i will be back again tomorrow. i ll also be doing my show, the mehdi hassan show on peacock, keeping busy. but now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening lawrence. , good evening that we are continuing the breaking news coverage of the washington post report tonight telling us the donald trump was indeed the subject of a criminal investigation by the justice department. it really is happening. it s a phenomenal date because he also turned up with lester holt to answer questions