i m just a humble host. on friday, night there s different rules for guests, but the host rules are all the same. always the same. there s a list of words that i can t say. it applies for friday night as well. even on a july friday night, late at night. late at night, 10:00, the kids are still watching. okay, i got it. thank, you chris. thank you. well, the two shirts guy is now the two guilty verdicts guy. steve bannon, who always wears to shirts for reasons known only to him, was found guilty on two counts of criminal contempt of congress in federal court today in washington, d.c.. former federal prosecutor glenn kirschner was in the courtroom, and will join us later in this hour. with the unsurprising details of those two guilty. when i watch the general six committee hearings, especially one that includes video of donald trump and his children, i always wonder what mary trump s thinking. mary trump will tell us exactly what she was thinking last night, wa
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. it is raining news. we start with trump on the stand. it was short on substance, short on decourt um, and very short on truth. yet overflowing with deflection and grgrievance. donald trump s testimony in the $250 million civil fraud lawsuit in new york, though historic, felt familiar in some ways. except for one key difference. the arena. it was not a fox news sit-down or a meandering political speech, but donald trump sat down in a courtroom. and in courtrooms, facts and the rule of law still matter. they reign supreme. in that domain today, trump was repeatedly admonished by the man who will determine the fate of his business empire and brand and the future of the size of his family s wealth. time and time again the judge has used his authority as a judge to interrupt donald trump s everyone is out to get me, to run out the clock on testimony that was limit 20d a single day. that was today. the question was andet me ask again, became fam
ornato told donald trump to appoint his friend, james murray, as director of the secret service. and you can be sure that there were pledges to donald trump, from tony ornato and james murray, that james murray would be loyal, the thing donald trump demands of anyone who was appointing, the think that he demanded from james comey and a conversation about james comey s possible continuation as fbi director, and when james comey did not blitz his loyalty, donald trump fired him. so, we know, what kind of pledges of loyalty donald trump exact those tuitions. did james murray delete the january six text messages on his own secret service phone? i have asked that question publicly here on television, and i have asked that question directly to the secret service. no answer. in his written statement today,
they may because the evidence is mounting on them. but there are easier charges for prosecutors, like obstruction of an official proceeding, which is the 15 12 statute, as well as conspiracy to defraud the united states. those latter two are crimes that are isolated by a very highly respected judge reviewing the civil case and said it s more likely than not that donald trump committed both of those felonies. and lawrence, the testimony yesterday paints a picture, not just of those two felonies but those two felonies plus others, like seditious conspiracy and insurrection. so, this is a real this is as bad as it could get for trump. the evidence is now airing for the entire american public, even if merrick garland wanted to kind of pretend it didn t have, and sweep it under the rug, not be the first attorney general to have to indict former president, it s very hard for him not to indict of what the committee has put before the american people. we are going to get to merrick garland
point, very difficult to believe. james marie said in writing, i am firmly reiterating the commitment of the united states secret service and supporting the extraordinary efforts of the january 6th select committee, since day one, i have directed our personnel to cooperate fully and completely with the committee, and we are currently finalizing dates and times for our personnel to make themselves available to the committee for follow-up inquiries. that last bit is absolutely not true. we are currently finalizing dates and times for our personnel, to make themselves available to the committee. no, you are not! their criminal defense lawyers are doing that. james murray s written statement does not mention the existence of the privately hired criminal defense lawyers who are now reportedly representing donald trump s