good evening from new york. i m in for chris hayes. we are still waiting for the january 6th committee s report on donald trump s attempted coup. but today, ahead of the final product, the committee has released a brand-new batch of transcripts from its closed-door interviews. those transcripts providing new insight into the inner workings of the trump administration, both in the days leading up to january 6th and as trump s inner circle scrambled to respond to the committee, the committee s investigation. in fact, among the new transcripts is an interview the committee conducted with the former trump secretary of defense, this man, mark esper, who answered questions surrounding the ex president s desire to use the military to quell domestic disputes. in an interview with former deputy press secretary sarah matthews, who said she heard trump seemed to privately admit that he lost the 2020 election. quote, alyssa fara, the former communication director said to me that behind
had a few minutes with the report. andrew, let me get your first reactions to anything that has leapt out at you, if anything. recognizing that you ve only had a few minutes, i m gonna give you more time to read, this but this is just your first headline reaction to it. yeah no i see dan and i are doing the same thing. we are trying to do two things at the same time. this is a monumental, or as you said, it is over 800 pages and there are four appendices that look fascinating, addressing such minor issues as the preparation of law enforcement to meet the challenges of january 6th and whether there was foreign interference in the 2020 election there were these appendices, and they re trying to take the entire report. and then the table of contents is really, to me, attracts what i think is the genius of the january six committee. which is really focusing on all of the different ways that the former president tried to stay in office. as opposed to just thinking about january
we ll keep a close eye on that. judge, thanks good to see you, judge michael luttig. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight, nning, right now. good evening alex. thanks alex, great guest to have on at this juncture, at this critical moment for democracy. great show. thank you. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. his name is alexander butterfield. he was the deputy assistant to president richard nixon, and as the surprise witness during the watergate hearings in 1973, he changed the course of history with this moment. mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices, yes sir. it was alexander butterfield, who told watergate investigators, and the world, about the existence of secret white house tapes that would, ultimately, expose nixon s involvement in the watergate plot, leading to his resignation. if there is a modern equivalent to w
report from a damning ne evidence to potentia coconspirators in donald trump s coup attempt we are going to talk about wha we are learning in realtime. plus, forecasters are callin it almost unprecedented. a massive winter storm i bringing extreme temperatures, rolling power outages, and dangerous travel condition this holiday weekend and, a turning point in the wa in ukraine we are going to talk to a ke member of parliament about tha presidents trip to the unite states this week what ukrainians need from th american people, and what is coming next. then, a rare and pointed criticism of donald trump from republican leadership. what it means for the gop ongoing power struggle, th next presidential election, an the future of american politics plus, stick around, after ou regular show starting at 10 am for a special year and meeting of the velshi banned book club you re gonna hear from some of our favorite authors lik margaret atwood, next on, an more including never befor broa
the movement of classified materials after trump was subpoenas. tuesday s government filing notes that quote, immediately after receiving new council, trump employee for retracted his prior false testimony and provided information that implicated nauta, they all of her, and trump in efforts to the late security camera footage as set forth in the superseding indictment, end quote. now, tavaras it s not the first instance of a former trump associate turning against a former boss amid legal issues. cassidy hutchinson, remember her? former trump aide. mark meadows a, really, who switched to an attorney who was not associated with trump during the january six committee hearings so under the council of a new lawyer, she was much more forthcoming with her testimony. her initial attorney, stephen passantino, reportedly advice to, quote the less you remember, the better. end quote. all of this underscores that attorneys paid for by trump world are ultimately beholden to donald trump. once impar