people in the world. we don t use them. we re going to use our smartest and our best. we re not using political hacks anymore. that s the people that do these deals. they re political hacks. we want experts our finest people. we don t want people that are b-level, c-level, d-level. we have to get our absolute best trump hired all the best people, now many of those same people, his former attorney general, defense secretary, national security adviser, and others say he endangered national security. also tonight, new reporting seems to answer the question as to why it took so long for the justice department to begin an investigation into trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election. plus, republicans loyalty pledge they re basically asking all of the presidential candidates to support trump if he s nominated again, and probably pardon him, too. i m jason johnson in for joy reid, and we begin tonight with justice delayed. today, of course, is juneteenth. marking the day i
welcome to the next level. this is the lexus nx with intuitive tech safety radar detector: watch for traffic. and our most advanced safety system ever. the news continues. cnn primetime kaitlan collins starts right now. anderson, thank you so much. good evening, thank you for joining. about last night. 70 minutes i spent on stage in new hampshire with one former president donald trump. a major inflection point in the republican party search for its nominee. and potentially the starting line for america s next presidential race. it is important to remember that he is right now, the gop front runner. a race he is running as noted we ll be criminally indicted. found civilly liable. and under investigation for everything from his handling of classified documents, to his business empire. also notable, the republican reaction on capitol hill today. to somebody who could easily once again become their party s nominee. worried that the parting s leading presidential candidate
collins starts now. anderson, thanks so much. good evening, and thanks for joining me. about last night, the 70 minutes i spent on stage in new hampshire with former president donald trump was a major inflection point in the republican party s search for its nominee and potentially the starting line for america s next presidential race. it s important to remember that he is right now the gop front-runner, a race that he is running, as noted, while being criminally indicted, found civilly liable, and under investigation for everything from his handling of classified documents to his wiz empire. also notable the republican reaction on capitol hill today to someone who could easily once again become their party s nominee. are you worried the party s leading presidential candidate of course. that s why i don t intend to support him for the republican nomination. last night provided a clearer view of where trump stands on the key issues that america is grappling with rig
republicans for their protests over guns. i want to be clear, the protest over asking for legislation to stop the massacre of children. two of them black were expelled yesterday by the republican super majority one lawmaker, gloria johnson, an older white woman, narrowly avoided expulsion. tonight, fears about the precedent this sets and the potential for a kind of revenge politics spreading to other states this is what happens when you lose democracy cries of anger and accusations after an extraordinary move by tennessee house republicans. expelled for so-called decorum violations it might have to do with the color of our skin. it looked like a jim crow era trial. if could happen in tennessee, it could happen anywhere. the first partisan expulsion in the state s modern history. it s a signal of authoritarianism. we will keep fighting it. it was nice to have somebody to fight with me for the first time i will keep fighting for you all- i won t stop forme
rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people s love of liberty. brutality will never grind down the will of the free. and ukraine, ukraine will never be a victim of russia. never. president biden gets a raucous welcome in poland, vowing that a united nato will never ban ukraine, while vladimir putin tries to justify his disastrous war to his people. meanwhile, the caucus in the house would like to see ukraine lose. one tweeting, ukraine is not our friend and russia is not our enemy. plus, the forewoman says the georgia special grand jury looking into trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election recommended multiple indictments and that list is not short. good evening. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we re just days away from the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion of a sovereign country, ukraine. today, president biden standing in front of the royal castle, a historical landmark in warsaw that was rebuilt after another invading force, the nazis, destr