trump incited the insurrection and there s no loophole in the constitution. to hold that there s a loophole for the president in the constitution would basically say donald trump is above the law when he engages in rebellion and insurrection. i think that s wrong. colorado secretary of state jenna griswald on trump s disqualification from her state s ballot. and now a compromised supreme court shaped by trump will decide his fate on that and his claim of presidential immunity in the election interference case. and predictable response from trump s maga allies, let the people decide, they say. after all of them tried to overturn the will of the voters last time. plus, trump s obsession with pure blood, which is now part of his increasingly fascist stump speech. but we begin tonight with the consequences of insurrection. because lately it doesn t seem like there have been many for politicians who participated in them. but there absolutely have been some. let s start
orders on the u.s. capitol grounds on january 6th. listen, you just hang in there, donald trump told the woman, who was found guilty on a misdemeanor charge of resisting police efforts to clear grounds. you guys are going to be okay. trump, who is campaigning in new hampshire, then agreed to sign the backpack she said she carried to the capitol complex on the day of the interruption of the congressional proceedings to certify trump s loss in the 2020 election. just hours before the ex-president and gop front-runner literally embraced an insurrectionist, you can t make that up territory now, a member of the mob that chanted hang mike pence a watershed moment took place someplace else. as we reported yesterday during this hour, the former vp mike pence testified before a federal grand jury. the new york times posted, it s not clear what testimony he provided thursday, but prosecutors were surely interested in pence s accounts of his interactions with trump, and trump ad
and prosecutions there, if there are to be those, actually would not be as complicated as a matter of law, as this indictment in manhattan promises and appears to be. now, as you sat next to me as i tried to understand the underlying crime to elevate a misdemeanor to a felony in new york state, i think i understand the spirit of what he s trying to say. and he nods to the complexity and the size of the investigations into january 6th. but most people compare the mar-a-lago investigation to january 6th and say mar-a-lago is much more straightforward. i hadn t heard the sort of election investigation as being described as straightforward before. one, just to be fair what he is saying it s more straightforward than the manhattan case. i think in terms of complexity,
the mar-a-lago case is straightforward. you know, this is like you didn t return them and you re starting the investigation. you have your opening and your summation, and the proof is going to line up. and you talk it seems like that is going to be i think that is one we could easily see now leapfrogging where we are in georgia and see thing go forward. january 6th is really more about the size and complexity. we talked about a question of triage, making sure he just focuses on what he needs. i agree with tim that if you re jack smith, he s watching what you just reported and saying that is exhibit a. that is an admission, just to get in the legal weeds. it s like you are looking for what is the defendant doing and saying? his little embrace is something you will be seeing, i m sorry, i
orders on the u.s. capitol grounds on january 6th. listen, you just hang in there, donald trump told the woman, who was found guilty on a misdemeanor charge of resisting police efforts to clear grounds. you guys are going to be okay. trump, who is campaigning in new hampshire, then agreed to sign the backpack she said she carried to the capitol complex on the day of the interruption of the congressional proceedings to certify trump s loss in the 2020 election. just hours before the ex-president and gop front-runner literally embraced an insurrectionist, you can t make that up territory now, a member of the mob that chanted hang mike pence a watershed moment took place someplace else. as we reported yesterday during this hour, the former vp mike pence testified before a federal