Broadcast on a wednesday night. Thank you so very much for being here with us. Good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Were in the midst of live, ongoing coverage of the house judiciariry committee markup. The two articles ever impeachment against the president of the United States that of course congressman jim jordan of ohio speaking right now. This is a standard part of legislative process, the markup. It happens all time. But tonight obviously its quite difference in the import because it is the most serious constitutional activity the Judiciary Committee can pursue. Tonight the committee will be hearing different amendments and debating the two articles before
them. We expect them to be voted on by the full committee tomorrow. Weve already heard Opening Statements from House Judiciary Chair jerry nadler and Ranking Member doug collins. Heres how the chair presented tonights meeting. Taken together, the two Articles Ch
Much . Maybe but i dont think hes going after it the way he should. Maybe he was telling us less about clinton than he was revealing about himself, donald trump. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Were in the midst of the House Judiciary Committee markup of the two articles of the president of the United States. This is a standard part of the legislative process, thats the markup. It happens all the time. But tonight is obviously quite different in the stakes and import because it is the most serious constitutional undertaking this committee where are the Judiciary Committee can pursue. Tonight the committee will be hearing different amendments and debating the two articles before them. And we expect them to be voted on by the full committee tomorrow. Weve already heard Opening Statements from House Judiciary Chair jerry nadler and ranking
member doug collins. Heres how the chair presented tonights meeting. Taken together the two Auric
these trials that he is silting for and being held to account. both civilly and criminally. they re dealing with the most irrational child of a man. and yet they don t ever say you know what, it s actually his behavior that he is being held to account for. after all, this was behavior days before a national election where he wanted to bury a story that would have hurt his electoral prospects. they know that. they know the truth of it. and the jury has spoken. congresswoman and director john brennan thank you, very much for starting us off. this conversation is to be continued. ian sticks around a little bit longer with us. when we come back, there s brand new reporting in the atlantic about what our friends in europe think about all this. what we ve been discussing. and their growing anxiety of what the twice impeached four times indicted now criminally convicted ex-president would do if he were to return to the
the 2020 election under the guise there were some igregularities and things they needed to fix, changing places for drop boxes, changing who could deal with absentee ballots. they tried to capitalize and play on this idea, and now suddenly it appears they ve grown a conscience. if you think about this indictment, and i kind of step back sometimes from the case because i do think that lawyers need to think about how to lose and even before the coming motion on monday and the federal judge will hear this. 154 of the 157 overt acts that are alleged in this indictment occurred while he was silting president of the united states. sitting president of the united states, 154. 154 of 157. that s staggering. so everything except for that last document that he sent in september 2021. and those are the two counts that occurred after he was president. so when you think about the enormity of the decision this