with lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening, alex, i was listening to your coverage about the possibility of donald trump testifying to the january six committee, even after he gets a subpoena. and of course, he will fight it all the way. and we ll pretend though at the same time, through strategic legs, oh yeah, he s thinking about it, maybe he ll do it. like he did with the mueller investigation for so long. there is no chance he was ever going to testify. it s all a routine. it s all a hoax! don t believe it! i mean, the idea that he d been cooperative at the same time while he s throwing every bit of sand he can into the works is like, you know, come on, we know fully once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. we all know how the story ends. you know who s going to testify? his mascot, lindsey graham has been ordered by the federal appeals court to testify to the georgia grand jury that is investigating among other things lindsey graham s phone cal
Who appointed the federal judge when we are reporting on a federal judicial opinion. and we see that in the lindsey graham subpoena case where we have these two trump judges, the cc graham voted for, them saying, no senator graham, you absolutely must testify to the georgia grand jury. ditto with the 11th circuit who has reversed cannon to trump appointees, they are so beyond the pale that you expect most judges to do their duties. and most judges have. if you give an overall verdict of the trump era, they have, by and large, held the line. lindsey graham is in a bit of a tight spot it seems to me. other trump team folks, when the ruling has gone against them, they ve gone and taking the fifth. sending senator who says i was just doing my legislative duty, i think there s a political