it s an interesting thing. at the end of last week weisselberg said it s taking that part of trump s company. the reason that s interesting is for a few reasons. first of all multi count indictment has many consequences as he now awaits trial. we actually looked into whether scottish law might have required mr. weisselberg to be removed as an officer and director of that company just because he was indicted. in this case, we don t think that s what happened. we don t think scottish law would have required his removal from the company. but still, his name came down. it came off it. that s interesting and itself. it s interesting to get down to the bottom of what happened, and would happen first. the other reason this is interesting and potentially important for us as a country is because frankly these stability, the state of mind and increasing radicalism of the immediate former president of the united states is a mash-up matter of national concern. the big conservative conference,
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nra, that gun supporters, that gun owners were a big part of his coalition that got him elected. they re going to be essential to the republican hopes in the midterm elections this fall. they re also going to be essential to trump s re-election. he s going to cpac later this week. a big conservative conference. i mean this is top of mind for him. he always plays to his base. so i would be really surprised if he did something, you know, really moderate and progressive here on gun control. remember, after the sandy hook shooting in newtown, connecticut, back in 2012, democrats controlled the senate. president obama was championing background checks. 80% approval in the polls and still that background checks bill could not get through the senate because of the republican opposition and the intense lobbying by the nra behind the scenes. okay, evan, you know the republican party better than we do. i understand this intense behind the scenes republican lobbying effort. again, i mentioned t
program, they were not used later to be for any instances or deportation procedures. sure, because their information was then filed with the government. ione, thank you. laura, thank you to you as well. this is a book deal that we re talking about. dropping an invite to a big conservative conference. that s canceled. but it wasn t because of the hateful, sexist and racist language that a breitbart news editor has said in the past. ahead, the new video that was the breaking point here, and why our next guest calls him brave. and quitting because of president trump. a cia analyst who has worked for both republicans and democrats said he cannot in good faith serve under the new president. plus, anger and chaos. protests erupt in republican town halls across the country. right now the most powerful republican in the septembnate prepares to face people from his own state.
something you and i would say sounds right, look at the title messages that keep failing and listen to who the gop has invited to speak at this year s big conservative conference. take a listen. you can actually see russia from land here in alaska. corporations are people, my friend. we can raise taxes of course they are. everything corporations earn goes to people. three agencies of government that are gone. commerce, education and the what s the third one there? let s see i believe 78 to 81 members of the democratic party i don t want to make people s lives better by giving them somebody else s money. you betcha. these are the this is the lineup. these are the key speakers for their conference. i mean, so how do they ever