actually happens at the dam that collapsed? we will investigate the new evidence. we are going to start, though, in the us with donald trump. and the indictment against him. this document tells us the story of him taking documents away from his time in office, back to maxi where he lives and storing them there. let s take a look at some of the pictures. there we go, that is some of the documents that are being stored in a bathroom, that is a ballroom their. boxes and boxes of documents. what is in them? documents potentially classified, and the indictment talks about him taking them from the white house, showing them to people, talking about them and potentially concealing them from investigators. there are 37 counts, most of them, 31 of them for the wilful retention of national defence information. also others about conspiracy to obstruct justice. also others about conspiracy to obstructjustice. i want to give you a heads up, we do have our political expert standing by to gi
out and attacked the privileges committee, using very strong language. if we park for one moment, the rights and the wrongs and just leave with the impression that isn t this going to undermine trust in the political institutions? dozen that have echoes of what we have witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? i witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , ., witnessed over in the us? doesn t that? ., ., , a, , that? i want to understand your question. that? i want to understand your question, exactly, that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are - that? i want to understand your question, exactly, are you - question, exactly, are you suggesting that his criticism of the privileges committee, in of itself, undermines confidence in political institutions? i undermines confidence in political institutions? institutions? i was referring more to the language. institutions? i was referring more to the language, kangaroo - institutions? i was referring mor
it was about the freedoms of every individual. it was about the role of government. damage control for nikki haley after she did everything shy of declining to name slavery as the cause of the civil war. just the latest example of the republicans mission to erase the difficult parts of american history. also tonight, profiles in cowardice. just as she s facing a tough re-election campaign, lauren boebert announces plans to abandon her constituents and run for office elsewhere. plus, we re just days away from what promises to be a momentous year in politics. we ll preview the many criminal and civil trials of the republican front-runner, donald trump, and trust me, there are a lot of them. good evening. i m charles coleman jr. in for joy reid, and you re watching the reidout. we have a lot to talk about. we begin tonight s conversation with revisionist history by the republican party about one of the darkest and most painful periods ever in america. this time, from
when the many legal troubles facing donald trump will come to a head, tonight the ex president has just lost access to the presidential ballot in a second state. secretary of state from maine ruled that, quote, donald j trump is not qualifi to hold the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment. which bars people who have engaged in insurrection from holding office. quote, the events of january 6th, 2021, where unprecedented and tragic. and the evidce here demonstrates that they occurred at the behest of and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing president. she adds, quote, i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived presidential candidate of ballot access based on section three of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful however that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection. the main ruling comes just about a week before the colorado state supreme court reached the same conclusion. bayard trump from the ballot. t