first january 6th hearing broke the news that prior to trump s rally at the lips that day, those proud boys were actually casing the joint. just to be aware, to be advised, is probably about [inaudible] proud boys, marching eastbound and it s 400 block of independence, actually, towards the, lawn on the united states capitol. they went there 10 am, casing the capitol, at various entry points. on wednesday, we also learned about this nine-page document, strangely titled 1700s 76 returns, because it was filed in federal court by one of the proud boys and it shows their alleged december 2020 plan, including filling eight targeted buildings in the complex with their own footsoldiers and their protesters, whom they call patriots, laying a kind of siege where they could issue demands. but even if they got in, why would they think they would be in a position to hold the building and make demands? again, as the understanding has evolved, as more evidence has come in, they were hu
donald trump started his takeover of the republican party. and our long descend to where we are. we now know that donald trump knew what he was asking mike pence to do was illegal. and we are left to wonder about just how much danger donald trump knew mike pence was in when he was sending anti pence tweets to the smartphones of the trump mob attacking the capitol. by 2:24 pm, the secret service has had moved vice president pence from the senate chamber to his office across the hall. the noise from the rioters became audible, at which point we knew they had gotten into the building. then president trump tweeted, mike pence didn t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution, giving states a chance to certify a collective set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. usa demands the truth. bring out pence! the situation was already bad. and so it felt like he was pouring
That does it for me tonight. you can find on monday at six eastern, or online at ari melbourne up, where i discuss my name, ari melbourne, that s the best way to connect with me online or on social media if you re into that sort of thing. and one reminder, rachel will be back here on monday night, social see you then. now, we turn to the last word with jonathan capehart in for our friend, lawrence. hi, jonathan. hey, are you, thank you very much. and a social media thing, i m into that kind of thing. [laughs] thanks a lot, ari. have a good weekend. was the third january 6th sixth select committee hearing on don trump s efforts to overturn the election the biggest subtweeting history? because june 16 where is the seventh anniversary of this. yep, that s right. it s been seven years since