All he wanted to do was impede a process thats, well, its stated there in the constitution. Thats all he wanted. Like a bank robber, all i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. This is exactly what he is charged for, and he admitted it. Yeah. You know, watching mr. Lauro and political defenders like Lindsey Graham, well talk about him in a minute, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, unlike some of the other attorneys trump had around him. He was a prosecutor. If he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january 6th, because the evidence in the indictment, the allegations in that indictment are so overwhelming, theyre Hopscotching Around, hoping to find something. Nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course, theyre not going to find anything legally because theyre boxed in legal le
mccarthy talked about an impeachment inquiry into president biden, then tapped the brakes, and then after trump s rally, it was full steam ahead. mccarthy is reluctant to defy trump, but he acknowledged there s no evidence there. moderate republicans are saying, whoa, whoa, you re going to put us in a really bad situation. and to your point, it s not just the moderate republicans anymore, it s the far right folks like marjorie taylor greene, who is now conceding that it would be difficult to get many of her colleagues on board to actually move forward with an impeachment proceeding against president biden. you know, you re exactly right, jonathan. kevin mccarthy, i often am wondering whether he cares about republicans keeping the house in 2024. because, so far, he seems singularly focused on helping donald trump win the primary and get re-elected. as you just eluded to, there is something like 18 republicans who hold seats in districts that joe biden won by healthy margins across t
well, of course, they re not going to find anything legally because they re boxed in legal legally. they re going to lose legally. they re trying to create something for chinese religious cults that run conspiracy websites that maybe will catch hold. something to catch hold on fox news and other networks where they can create an alternative set of facts. of course, none of this, none of this has anything to do with defending donald trump legally. right. because, again, he started out talking about the first amendment. okay, that s fine. something you d do in a political debate. legally, he knows that holds no water. again, at the top of the indictment, what do we have? we have jack smith saying, hey, anybody s free to say what they want to say about the election, even if they want to lie thatri. that s his first amendment
and we ve talked about this before, in this long, slow process of confessing in public. much of the case against him comes out of his own mouth. ken dilanian, give us a timeframe. what s your best guess from reporting and also people you talked to yesterday at the courthouse and throughout the day, of the timeframe for this trial? when do we expect this trial to begin? joe, it was very clear from that arraignment that this judge, chutkan, wants to get this to trial, as does prosecutor jack smith, and the trump side strategy is going to be delay, delay. there were three dates for the next hearing, august 21st, august 22nd and august 28th. jack smith s team said we want the soonest date available, please, your honor. of course, donald trump s lawyer said, we d like august 28th. he won the day because the
this is fascism, is it not? well, look, it s not just a race to the bottom. i wrote a piece, i think for msnbc a few months ago, saying the brutality is the point. and there is this contest now among the republicans. it s not just the cruelty is the point, it s the brutality is the point. you listen, and it is as if there is a contest of who can be the toughest, who can be the most savage. are we going to put drug dealers up against the wall and shoot them the day they re convicted? you know, donald trump wants to put spikes on the top of the border wall. december nmsz comron desantis c hold my beer. i ll slit throats on my first day in office. i think it s not just the it s not just the i guess it s the crudity, and it is the appeal to this visceral sense of, we are not in a normal democratic order. we need to destroy our enemies