big weekend for peter this weekend coming up. sandra: indeed. i just decided i needed to be here on a friday morning to make it a good weekend. good to be with you. good hour coming up. i m sandra smith. president trump is calling the indictment election interference at the highest level. republicans on the senate judiciary committee are warning the charges raise serious conflict of interest interests for attorney general merrick garland. meantime president biden dismissing these claims that he was paid $5 million in a bribery scheme when he was vice president. bill: here is the new york post summing up today with the headline hail to the thiefs. nancy mace telling us she saw the document from the f.b.i. which contains what some believe is a bribery claim. she thinks, after reading it, it does not look good for president biden. it was very credible and legitimate. i would not brush it off like the f.b.i. has. and it corroborates other information that we ve seen in ot
to the committee s probe and it s the first conviction of anyone for the defying the committee. they guilty verdicts are now putting the spotlight on others who have to find the committee subpoenas, including secret service agents who have lawyered up with private counsel. as the probe into the text messages. which are potential evidence turned into a criminal inquiry. all of that is making a blockbuster week for the january six committee. it used a second primetime hearing to show it excruciating detail that trump consistently and repeatedly resisted pleas to condemn that maga mob that was the filing the capitol. the mob was accomplishing president trump s purpose, so of course he did not intervene. here is what will be clear by the end of the hearing, president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes between leaving the ellipse and telling the mob to go home. he chose not to act. joining me, now charles clemente union at msnbc legal analyst and civil rights att
and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pence s former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the highest profile witnesses to testify. they are questioning at those proceedings contributed to the news first reported by the washington post, that the doj is formally investigating trump s actions leading up to january 6th. possibly a step closer to a criminal probe of trump himself. more and more former trump officials have come forward since the january six committee s public hearings started last month, and congressman jamie raskin, who is a lead manager and trump s second impeachment trial
this sunday, we begin with the january 6th committee come preparing for its next public hearing on tuesday, after meeting with a key witness in the investigation. former white house counsel pat cipollone testified before the committee, behind closed doors for nearly eight hours, and a videotape and transcribed interview on friday. last night, the committee revealed some bombshell details. if you treat a statement saying cipollone provided critical testimony, quote, reinforcing key points regarding donald trump s misconduct. the panel also says he cooperated key elements in testimony for former white house aide, cassidy hutchison. we could learn more in to state hearings will focus on possible piloting white nationalist groups and trump associates. stewart rhodes, the founder of the alt-right group, the oath keepers say he s willing to testify before the panel, as long as it is live, in a public setting and his lawyers are present. and donald trump s troubles extende
this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud