Night, stopping such a coward. As the indicted front runner backed down from the debate, guess which candidate has a bait plan to defend him onstage. California faces its first ever Tropical Storm watch in the history of the state, as a catastrophic effects of Climate Change range on. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. The Department Of Justice is requesting severe penalties for five members of the farright gang, the proud boys, convicted on some of the most serious charges weve seen in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. Not to be clear, this is the second group of Violent Conspirators in the Capitol Attack that the doj has successfully prosecuted. Over the past year, prosecutors secured convictions of six members of another group, the oath keepers. On the rare and serious crime of Seditious Conspiracy. The groups founder and leader, Elmer Stewart rhodes the third, the guy there, you see there. Hes now serving an 18year prison sente
County georgia. A grand jury bused in as prosecutors lay out their evidence that donald trump tried to steal the states electoral votes. Witness testimony moved up from tomorrow to today, the trump attacks on a key witness, and Text Messages that directly link the former president s legal team to a Voting System breach. And hawaii wildfire aftermath with the death toll close to 100, were hearing about government failures, failed fire hydrants, Warning Sirens that didnt go off, plus a claim that live power lines were not cut off. The raid on a small kansas newspaper, the editor targeted in the raid joins me this hour. Welcome to the lead. Im jack tapper. We start with our Law And Justice lead. Right now a grand jury is deciding whether to indict donald trump. It was expected to take at least two days for Fulton County District Attorney fani willis to produce her evidence. A number of key witnesses who had been told to show up tomorrow and testify have now been called in to testify. Thos
Trumps, if you go after me, im coming after you, post, which trumps team said was directed toward political groups. The question now is what, if anything, will judge chutkan do about Donald Trumps continued attacks on both the cases and those involved. Will she speed up a trial date, put a gag order on the case or find the former president in contempt of court. Again, where exactly is the line . We could hear from judge chutkan soon. The deadline for Donald Trumps lawyers to respond to a proposed start date for the Election Interference Trial is today. At the same time, and the same worry, the Fulton County grand jurors who voted to indict donald trump are exposed, purported names, photos and addresses have start the circulating on far right forums. One person wrote, these jurors have signed their Death Warrant by falsely indicting donald trump. Joining me now, nbc news correspondent, Garrett Haake whos in atlanta for us, and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian
Georgia. This week, willis, her staff and the grand jurors that did to hold Trump Accountable for her actions or verbally attacked by the former president and authorities on alert in georgia, as those attacks have echoed by Trump Supporters calling for violence on social media. And for nearly every one of trumps competitors for the 2024 republican president ial nomination, even this latest indictment has not been caused enough for a Fuel Repudiation of the former president or his actions. That may be put to the test on wednesday, as the gop holds its first primary debate without trumps participation, as he faces a friday deadline for his mandated surrender to Law Enforcement authorities in Fulton County. The politics, the people, and the peril facing them over trumps fourth and department. All of that tonight on politicsnation. But first, i want to update you on the latest happening now with Hurricane Hilary. They says hilary remains a category three, churning off Mexicos Pacific coast
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