the committee devoted to investigating that day has revealed truths about that day. and yet, the house probe is also under scored something new to many, trump s plot to overthrow the election was far broader than one day. or prepping a one day crimes. it was an illegal coup conspiracy eastern before the election and lasting months. with criminal plots that had nothing to do with even january six and illegal orders by trump that were resisted. it so we will show you this to you tonight, how it began with things that are perfectly legal. like filing lawsuits to challenge the results, but quickly morphed into something much broader. a conspiracy that involves crimes. the january 6th insurrection, that we know about, but a whole set of criminal plots. this is vital to any potential set of indictments. and we are going to get all of that tonight through the evidence to show you exactly what is new and what matters. now, if any of that sounds familiar, remember, this is the theory
thanks for staying up late with us. i ll see you on monday. hello, i m sorry albert, and this is a special report inside trump s election plot on the effort to stop deal and stage accrue with new evidence tonight showing us far broader but prosecutors first fought. we are breaking down the path to a criminal conspiracy, and why experts now think the most serious charges may be yet to come. why are we doing this now? the house insurrection hearing showed the nation in the january six was more organized than many realized. the committee devoted to investigating that day has revealed truths about that day. and yet, the house probe is also under scored something new to many, trump s plot to overthrow the election was far broader than one day. or prepping a one day crimespree. it was an illegal coup conspiracy eastern before the election and lasting months. with criminal plots that had nothing to do with even january sixth and illegal orders by trump that were resisted
them saw that and recorded it. as we begin this hour of msnbc tonight, and we dig into what s important on what transpired during the week and all the buildup to the january 6th hearings reaching the investigative findings stage, it s important to listen to what that star witness, the embedded filmmaker, told us. because that s why he was one of the star witnesses. that s why 20 million people were subjected to hearing exactly what he said last night. we met up with the proud boys somewhere around 10:30 am and they are starting to walk down the mall, easterly in a direction towards the capitol. there was a large contingent, more than i expected. and i was confused, to a certain extent, why we were walking away from the president s speech. because that s what i felt we were there to cover. that s what he was there to cover. that s what many people would have thought. that there was a different plan. committee chair bennie thompson the testimony and other evidence to pres
the attack. the former fox news s political editor, around the election desk, that was the first call arizona for joe biden will testify. he has been sharply critical with his former fox colleague s coverage of the election, and spurred lies about it afterwards. on wednesday, you get your former actor attorney general jeffrey rosen. that hearing will be focused on trump s efforts to replace him with an official that supported his false voter fraud claims. and on thursday, the hearing will focus on trump s efforts to pressure mike pence, to refuse to certify the 2020 election. today, chairman bennie thompson said the committee has the goods. everything we possess everything we present, will be able to verify. if there is anyone who disagrees in which we present, all they have to do is come before the committee, take we will swap them, then put with him under oath, and they can talk. about 20 million people in the u.s. joined into last night s hearings, according to ear
national election i ve got to invite you back for an episode at 6: 00pm eastern happy to do it. because now we are out of time. professor, thanks for being here. thanks for having me. i want to thank you for spending time with us and the special. our point here is to look at the evidence and understand why, if you have that feeling that sometimes we talk so much about that important insurrection but we don t get to the wider, larger question of whether american democracy is going to survive, well, these are some of the reasons. whether the people in charge, in government and prosecutors and yes, we, if i may be so idealistic, we the citizenry look at this as the full threat that it is, is an open question for whether we can address it. thanks for spending time with us. as mentioned, you can always see me, melissa, and many more people on the beat at 6: 00pm eastern. and for now, please, keep it right here locked on msnbc. [whistling] when you have technology that s easi