night. alice wagner tonight starts right. now california has a lot on its plate, chris. but housing has they need to build more housing in upstate and given where they are in terms of environmental decline, the housing situation is complicated as well. thank you, my friend. thanks for being here tonight. tonight, we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj. and using it to go after president biden so-called political enemies. here s garland testimony before the judiciary committee in october of 2021. more republican senators had their say about garland s memo on protecting school board members, just to be clear that was a memo on protecting school board members. take a listen. a leave it at this, general garland, you weaponize the fbi in the department of justice, it s wrong, it s unprecedent
others not to limit themselves either. well i hope matthew knows we are all inspired, and lucky, i m one of those people who watched that acceptance video. i saw on instagram, i think i watched it 38 times, and i m so grateful to our affiliate in connecticut for sharing matthew s incredible story. and on that note, i wish you all a great great night. from our our colleagues at the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up, late i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight, we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj. and using it to go after president biden so-called political enemies. here s garland testimony before the judiciary committee in october of 2021. more republican senators had their say about garland s memo on protecting school board members, just to be clear that was a memo on protecting
boulder actually does. we know money came out of the boulder. but we don t know how many got in there to begin with. and, at the same time, thanks to the great reporting at the new york times today. we know that a super pac called, redstone schedules, which claims have the singular purpose of electing george santos, that super pac was raising money but did not appear to be spending it. the fact, in fact, the fcc has no record of brett stone strategies at all. and there does not appear to be any records documenting its donors, contributors, or expanding. the new york times spoke with the donor the gave $25,000 to redstone stretches last year for what he was told would be a large ad buy from mr. santos. the times found no record of redstone making any had buys on santos s behalf. now, earthstone claims of race at least $800,000. which is just slightly more than with santos personally lent his campaign. and the source of santos s wealth was again that mystery company, the boulder.
so, to recap. one company, redstone. is hauling in some serious cash. we don t know where it ultimately went. another company, the boulder. slash with cash, and we don t know where it came from. and the amount of money we are talking about here, coming in, and going out. it s almost the same. now, those numbers can be coincidental. maybe this is all just santos s team not filing paperwork correctly. who knows? but check this out. as of last month, both mantises competitive older, and redstone rise, left the same penthouse apartment of a florida condo as their address. both companies have the same address. voter registration records show that addresses the home of one jason bed was. one of santos s former colleagues at the alleged ponzi scheme, harbor city capital. there is a lot to unpack here. joining us now is alexander burns on. a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter. and when the new york times reporters behind today s story. alexander, thank you so much
appear to be spending it. the fact, in fact, the fcc has no record of brett stone strategies at all. and there does not appear to be any records documenting its donors, contributors, or expanding. the new york times spoke with the donor the gave $25,000 to redstone stretches last year for what he was told would be a large ad buy from mr. santos. the times found no record of redstone making any had buys on santos s behalf. now, earthstone claims of race at least $800,000. which is just slightly more than with santos personally lent his campaign. and the source of santos s wealth was again that mystery company, the boulder. so, to recap. one company, redstone. is hauling in some serious cash. we don t know where it ultimately went. another company, the boulder. slash with cash, and we don t know where it came from. and the amount of money we are talking about here, coming in,