Mark, you cant possibly think were going to pull this off. That call was crazy. He looked at me and started shaking his head, no, cass. He knows its over. He knows he lost. But were going to keep trying. There are good options out there still. Were going to keep trying. Cassidy hutchinson talking about mark meadows and tonight, there is blockbuster new reporting that meadows has been granted immunity to testify under oath about trumps efforts to overturn the election. Also tonight, a Tearful Jenna Ellis apologizes for her role in the Georgia Election interference rico crimes. Agreeing to tell prosecutors and a jury all that she knows about the trump gangs illegal activities. Plus, a third republican Speaker Designate down the drain today and a search for the fourth which is not a joke anymore. Its a disgrace. We begin tonight with breaking news. A potentially explosive development in jack smiths federal case against donald trump and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Abc news i
reaction forces to stand by right outside the nation s capitol. prosecutor say these images show them staging weapons in a d.c. hotel. communications allegedly between rhodes and his followers. on december 11, 2020, rhodes sent a message in a private group chat stating that if president biden were to assume the presidency, quote, it would be a bloody and desperate fight. we re going to have a fight. that can t be avoided. and on christmas day, rhodes allegedly wrote of congress it will be torches and pitch forks time if they don t do the right thing. an attorney who said his client never went inside the capitol says the government s case is built on lies. they went into the capitol to provide security for a demonstration that turned into chaos. pierre, we know this was an initial appearance, that he did not enter a plea. what s coming next here? reporter: rhodes will stay?
december 11, 2020, supreme court refusing to hear that texas lawsuit to overturn the results in six states. alito and thomas said the court should have taken up that case. february 22, 2021, the supreme court rejected the case by the pennsylvania gop challenging vote by mail rules. gorsuch, alito and thomas again dissent. and then here truly 1 of 1. january 19, 2022, the supreme court rejects trump s executive privilege claim over the white house documents. we don t know if he knew that i guess the mark meadows text have been turned over and we don t know what he tieu or didn t know about the wife s communications with the white
the filing goes on to suggest a premedicated effort by coffman. he was found carrying contact information of a militia group member from southeast texas and had nearly a month prior to the riot reached out to a gop senator. it says on december 11, 2020, mr. coffman drove around the u.s. capitol and attempted to drive to the residence of in part ted cruz. then it describes how when he didn t find senator cruz at home, he called his office. the staffer said he seemed to be coming from the friend angle in wanting to help with the election fraud he saw. coffman has pleaded not guilty to his 16 charges of d.c. firearms violations and one federal firearms count, but the striking details about his alleged preparation and participation in the insurrection only bolster the rationale for an independent investigation into what really happened. if only the gop were into it. seeing if republicans stand on the side of truth and democracy