welcome to a special hour of msnbc reports, attack on the capitol. we re less than a year away from that day that i will never forget. we don t know what that material was. there are people that are watching all of this happen, watching these protesters at the capitol. and they re cheering it on, they re saying go, go, go, keep going. you saw people aiming a fire extinguisher at police. it s obviously pretty contentious right now. that day haunting so many of us even today. tonight we ll explore the recent testimony or lack thereof given to the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack, who is being held accountable for their actions, and who is not. what repercussions former top aides and allies of the trump administration face for dodging subpoenas. and what steps are being taken to prevent these actions from ever taking place again. as three generals come forward in a piece published by the washington post, warning of, quote, lethal chaos inside
we will hear argument this morning in case 23-939. trump versus the united states. reporter: tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker how is our girl. as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney to spearhead his challenges to the election results. what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought that presidents couldn t be prosecuted what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy on our own, isn t it? tonight, rachel maddow, nicole wallace, joy reed, chris liz. lawrence o donnell, lisa ruben all here as msnbc s special coverage of trump on trial begins now. who has the time? who has the time? you are telling me that simultaneously, we have nearly three hour
new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? argument for absolute immunity goes before the supreme court. this court never recognized criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney who was willingly to spearhead his challenges to the election results. what was up for the party with president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn t be prosecuted, then what was that about. if it feels completely, s because we destroyed our own democracy. rachel maddow, nicolle wallace troy reed, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, all here as msnbc special coverage of trump on trial begins. who has the time? who has the time? you are telling me that simultaneously we have nearly three hours of oral argument at the united states supreme court of the former president claiming he is immune from prosecution for any crime he did while president and debt
necessary, yes. the president had effectively an extramarital affair slush fund. then scott pruitt s luxury trip to rome on the public dime. let s have no illusions about what was really going on here. and what primary night in america looks like in the era of trump. i m basically trumpier than trump. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the president and his lawyer are applying the same strategy that got the president-elected, to his rapidly multiplying legal threats. overwhelm the public with enough noise to drown out the facts and muddle the issues. whether it can work this time is still an open question. the president today spent his morning executive time, as he so often does, tweeting about the criminal investigation into his campaign, his allies and his family members and himself. and this comes after the president s new personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, claimed in an interview over the weekend that the mueller team might try to
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