What it portends, but if the Justice Department is getting involved in the Bananas Recount in arizona could be a very big deal. Thats it for us. See you tomorrow nont. Now its time for The Last Word there lawrence odonnell. Thank you Justice Department, i was wondering about that. Talking about it, all the great interviews about it, all been so wild and it had the feel of illegality to it, but i dont know enough about the federal Law Or Arizona law to put my legal fingers on it. Here we are tonight with something thats starting to sound like it makes sense from the Justice Department. Thats right, and theres a reason why the federal government certifies various experts and entities who are allowed to do the kinds of work around elections that contractors are sometimes hired to do, recounts, audits, canvasses, forensics, those things, theres a federal certification prosecute, cant just be a rando off The Street who heard about it on Facebook Group and wandered in and is given the ballot
Wandered in and you are given the ballots. That is essentially what their arizona republicans did. These are real ballots in a real federal election, there is real federal law that applies here. This is from Pamela Karlyn who is running this division, but i think we should see this as the Justice Department putting these Whack Jobs in arizona on notice that what they are doing is something that they will not be able to do for much longer. I think Whack Jobs is in the New York Times Tiles Sheet for describing what is happening in arizona. Im sorry. Rachel, its after 10 pm. You cant be held to the same careful semantic standard of nine to 10 pm. Let the Record Show that i have never used that word before reported tonight on the fact that they were using cameras to look for bamboo in the paper, because they thought that something might have come from asia. Therefore they would have bamboo in it and thats how they thought they would find the fraud to put Donald Trump back in the white hous
To go. Welcome to the week. This week saw a guilty verdict for one Police Officer convicted of murdering a black man. But in the next 24 hours, at least six more people died at the hands of Police Officers. Today, protesters took to the streets in cities across america to demand Police Reform and accountability. In elizabeth city, North Carolina, tonight, theres increasing pressure on a local Sheriffs Office to release body cam footage. Andrew brown jr. Was fatally shot by an officer during the execution of a search warrant. Officials say they hope to release the footage on monday. Browns son spoke at a Press Conference earlier. He left a close and tight family, with each other every day, talking to each other every day. And we, my brothers, my sisters, we is what drove him as a person. Wes what made him better. And now ive got to live every day, my newborn, without even getting a chance to meet him at all. And thats going to hurt me every day. I just want justice. Thats it. Demonstrat
long way to go. welcome to the week. this week saw a guilty verdict for one police officer convicted of murdering a black man. but in the next 24 hours, at least six more people died at the hands of police officers. today, protesters took to the streets in cities across america to demand police reform and accountability. in elizabeth city, north carolina, tonight, there s increasing pressure on a local o sheriff s office to release body cam footage. andrew brown jr. was fatally shot by an officer during the execution of a search warrant. officials say they hope to release the footage on monday. brown s son spoke at a press conference earlier. he left a close and tight family, with each other every day, talking to each other every day. and we, my brothers, my sisters, we is what drove him as a person. we is what made him better. and now i ve got to live every day, my newborn, without even getting a chance to meet him at all. and that s going to hurt me every day. i just
from florida that has been one of the most stanch and flamboyant defenders of former president donald trump. first reported that matt gaetz is currently under federal criminal investigation for allegations of alleged sex trafficking of an under aged girl. this started during the trump administration with bill barr being personally briefed on the matt gaetz investigation on multiple occasions. it is examining whether federal campaign funds might have been used congressman gaetz said they are all made up and he did nothing wrong. the breaking news in the times tonight puts the denials in a different light. here is the lead from the new york times. michael schmidt is the lead on the story along with maggie representative matt gaetz republican of florida was one of president trump s most vocal allies in his term. in the final weeks congressman gaetz sought something in return. privately asking the white house for blanket preemptive pardons for himself and unidentified congres