Bipartisan panel is set to return for a Blockbuster Presentation this wednesday at 1 pm eastern. Weve been telling the big story, which is this was a unorganized, premeditated, deliberated against the Vice President and the congress to overthrow the 2020 president ial election and i think the public understands the basic elements of the story what were going to do on wednesday spill in those details that have come to the attention of the committee over the last five or six weeks. Earlier this week, chairman Bennie Thompson said, quote, unless Something Else develops, at this point, this hearing is the final hearing. Just last, Night Committee vice chair liz cheney told a crowd at the Texas Tribune festival that she doesnt think this weeks hearing will in fact be the last. She shared new information about what the committee obtained from the Secret Service around the time of the insurrection. We have received very significant production of information, material from the Secret Service. Not just texts. The Text Messages themselves, in many cases, are gone. Interesting. But there are other forms of investigation, like Teams Messages and emails, other forms of communications. We have received probably about 800,000 pages, at least, of material. Now, the hearing comes just after the committee secured one of its most highprofile interviews yet, ginni thomas, wife of Supreme CourtJustice Clarence thomas is expected to sit down with the panel in the coming weeks. Thomas left a prolific paper trail connecting her to trumps fake elector scheme. She was also in close contact with trump lawyer and blue prank architect john eastman. But wait, theres a lot more. Also this week, a federal judge ruled that the committee can subpoena the Phone Records of kelly ward, the head of arizonas Republican Party. Of course, ward and her husband were among the 14 fake electors subpoenaed by the Committee Earlier this year. So, even if this weeks hearing is the committees last, it is clear that we will still be learning a lot more about the plot to overturn the election for a long time to come. Lets bring in democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. He sits on the house intelligence committee. Congressman, thank you so much for joining us this evening. This hearing, as we just heard there, maybe the last time the public at least hears from the select committee before the midterm elections. What outstanding questions do you have . And what case do you think they should be making to the American People on wednesday . Well, thanks for having me, ayman. And a couple things needs to happen now. First, the historical record needs to be painted with a great deal of specificity, right . Remember that a year ago there were people making the case this was just a riot that got out of hand, and gosh, nobody knew nothing. We now know because of the remarkable work of the committee that this was actually a plan that had been thought about in advance and as ludicrous as it was, had a legal theory behind it. It had an awful lot of people working on it. And i should point out that, you know, apparently we will hear from ginni thomas. And perhaps others who are looking to salvage some semblance of a reputation out of this. So, you know, a lot depends on what more comes down the pipe. The next thing i would say and that is really critical here is that a lot of the hope of the coup attempt lay on crazy ideas like the notion that the Vice President could just stop the count. That is why the passage of the electoral count act and the house and in the senate and turning that into law is really essential because we really need to clear up some of the ambiguity that allow these crazy theories to bubble up. It was an act that only got nine republican votes in the house, so it tells you where the gops head space is on trying to shore up our democracy. Let me if i can, sir, play for you what congressman jamie raskin had to say just this morning on Meet The Press in regard to an allegation that was made by denver riggelman, who is a former republican lawmaker who served on the committees staff. He claimed that the white house switchboard connected to a riders phone during the capitol riot. Watch this. That is one of thousands of details that obviously the committee is aware of. To me, its interesting, but much less interesting on the fact that donald trump told the crowd and the public, you need to fight like heck. Just to be clear here. While raskin does acknowledge the committee is aware of that call, theres still a lot we dont know, including you placed the call, even if they were in a position of authority or where it fits into the broader investigation. But what is your reaction, just to that revelation as we know about it . Its really hard to say. Denver is a good friend of mine. We traveled a lot together when he was in congress. I like him a lot. Hes also selling a book right now. There is a tendency to try to tease concepts that might help in that process. So, its really hard to know that. What we do know and what is really important here maybe that means something. Mark meadows, chief of staff, somehow we sort of let him get away without telling us everything that he knows. If theres one guy the white house who almost certainly kind of knows what all the pieces are, its mark meadows. As youll recall, he testified a little bit and they didnt want to testify. So, the other big piece here that needs to happen of course, if the republicans take control, heaven forbid, of the house in the next election, this committee will certainly be disbanded by early january of next year. The other critical thing here is that they need to take this as far as they can. And then make sure that every last fact, every shred of evidence, everything is available to the Department Of Justice. Because as you know the Department Of Justice is undertaking their own investigation right now. Speaking of mark meadows and also the revelation that ginni thomas has reached an agreement with the committee to speak to them, what do you think the committee should find out from her regarding her alleged involvement in this election subversion effort . What would you want the committee to pursue in that interview with ginni thomas, which would most likely happen after wednesday . The key question here is who, and from donald trump on down to rudy giuliani, to city powell, to the hold clown car of characters, who knew that they were committing fraud . Right . That theyre fraudulently making the case that the election should be overturned. I do think that ginni thomas can probably qasem light on that. Because apparently she was calling all sorts of people. For somebody to say, gosh, i thought the election was corrupt and therefore i said that. That is a big huge or legal problem, right . If ginni thomas can shed light on people or groups, you know, whoever it might be, who knew that this was fraudulent, but pursued it anyway. That is when you start getting into the realm of criminal charges. Let me if i can switch gears to the Department Of Justices investigation into the ex president s improper storage of classified documents at maralago. You sit on the intelligence committee, which in the wake of that search was informed that there would be a Damage Assessment by the director of National Intelligence. That review recently resumed after the Appeals Court reversed this bizarre judge, judges ruling, out of florida. Wind does your committee expect to receive a classified briefing on that Damage Assessment . Can you shed any light on where this stands . It should be very soon. Obviously, we are multi week delay because of this outrageous decision on the part of the judge, which as you pointed out, the Appeals Court overruled. But there has been a multi week delay now in the ability of the director of National Intelligence to do the Damage Assessment. But that as you might imagine, is a very high priority right now. Why . Not just because Congress Needs to know, but because we are any of those materials to have put in danger a source, this could be anything from a person and a place islamabad or kabul or what have you, or given away technical information, that is life and death stuff. So, you can bet that the dni, the director of National Intelligence, is putting all resources behind this and will have answer soon. Very quickly, congressman, just because you brought it up earlier, the Electoral Reform act, do you believe it will pass both the senate and the house and have some kind of compromise between the two versions . I do think so. I heard they made Good Progress and the senate. I have less visibility into that. But as you pointed out, a tiny number of republicans voted for it. I just dont get that. This is something that is symmetrical. It wouldnt happen, but democrats could use this ambiguity against republicans. And so, my hope is that the senate moves and when that happens, it will become law because we will pass it in the house with or without the support of republicans. Congressman jim himes of connecticut, thank you so much for spending some of your evening with us tonight. Thank you. Next, the gop Friendly Company getting paid millions of dollars for ron desantis migrants as political props. Make your home totally you. I did with wayfair. Sometimes im a homebody. 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Florida Governor Ron Desantis like i did With Preservision has spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to cruelly ship immigrants from texas to Marthas Vineyard and now we know those funds went to an air Charter Company that is owned by a major gop donor. Nbc news reports that the president of vertol systems, inc. Has contributed to republican causes, both individually and through his company in florida. Vertol systems, inc. Currently has a 12 Million Dollar contract with the state to ship migrants out of florida and it is already collected nearly one point 6 million, both for the flight to Marthas Vineyard, and a canceled flight to delaware. Is this the gop playbook nowadays, giving pick back too kickbacks to donors for treating donors badly . Joining me now is the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and political analyst and the founder and director of projects maria, i would like to start with you. Were seeing republicans and the companies they are involved in, profit off of this exploitation of human lives. What does this say about our Power Structures within the republican establishment . To continue this notion of the othering of migrants and Asylum Seekers right. Ayman, it is great to see you. Look, this is in fact the most horrible kind of political stunt. Im assuming that at some point in the future, this will be written about as one of the more disgusting moments in american political history, visavis the treatment of refugees. There have been many horrible moments in the last several years, as you know. I am not surprised that there is any kickback, that there is money being made. You are exactly right. The centering of the conversation is that they are other. You know, they use a term that i never use, they call these people illegal. And therefore, that gives root to everything that is happening right now. And so, your question of like, well, how does it further the othering . We are seeing right now. Here is what i think. There is a point at which things began to backfire. And i think that this is going to begin to happen for ron desantis. Because people are just seeing it and the horror of it is just, this is what we have become . So, there is a thing in mexican spanish. [speaking spanish] that means it completely backfires on him. And those same conservative latinos and latinos that voted for him in florida, could turn away from him. I guess, do you share that sense of it . He is facing two lawsuits and a criminal investigation out of texas. Do you think we will actually see the governor and folks who participated in this political stunt, including vertol systems, inc. , actually held accountable . You know, we have that same saying in minnesota. [speaking spanish] not only to the governor of the state, but to all of the republicans in office right now, who are talking very loudly to my community right here in South Florida. But not when it comes to moments to actually show their support to the refugees that are trying to come here, that are fleeing political turmoil, economic turmoil, the largest humanitarian crisis in the western hemisphere. And also the least wellfunded. They are of course going to be consequences. In the face of the lack of action to support these folks, we are seeing that our local Democratic Leaders are stepping up to the plate. One of the lawsuits that you mentioned ayman is actually senator jason pizarro. The Famous Budget that he is talking about justifying this cruel and inhumane act towards these refugees, theres actually a lot of clauses in there that give way to showing why this was not appropriate. Maria was talking about those terms, alienating and othering. That actually says unauthorized aliens. We know that these are that term should never be used. But still, these are Refugee Seekers who came here legally. And i think that loophole is not only going to help build a case against why this is not only immoral, but illegal. But it will have consequences for republicans up and down the take it. Maria, this week, the Sheriffs Office said that it would investigate rhonda sentences stunt. And immediately afterwards, it started receiving numerous threatening calls and emails. Obviously, it is alarming to see this pattern happen because it comes just a month after we saw this rising threats against the fbi for their investigation into donald trump. What does that tell you about what we are seeing come out of parts of the Republican Party . You know what ayman, sometimes people say to me, oh my god, maria, you are for fixated on this story because your mexican and you are an immigrant, and you are just so immigranty and so mexicany. What i am actually horrifies by is the capacity of inhumanity in this country to be exacted on people, whos only difference between me and you is that i wasnt born in this country. So, this is going to be, again, a moment when people look back and just say, how is it possible that this was allowed to happen . There is Something Else, though. I want to reframe the narrative for one quick moment. Because having spoken with so many migrants and refugees, seeing them in their worst moments, when they are tired and dirty. They havent been able to shower. Theyre in a caravan or there in the jungle, et cetera. These are the gradients, hungriest, most determined, most independent, most americans spirited, most feminist people of all. And frankly, Marthas Vineyard