that the republican party in georgia paid more than $200,000 in legal fees to lawyers defending the fake republican electors, the trump supporters who cost played as electoral college electors and the 2020 election. well, tonight, we got news that the 200 grand does not seem like money well spent. tonight s new started with the washington post reporting that at least a pick trump electors have accepted immunity deals. the new york times then advance that reporting that at least one other elector also has a deal, although the persons identity remains unknown. in other words, a bunch of people are all talking. now, this is all part of fulton county the a funny willis is much broader investigation into all the ways that trump and his allies attempted to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. that includes fake electors scheme, it includes the trump campaign s potential involvement in an authorized breach of election equipment which took place in coffee county in georgia, and who
that has a plea deal or enemy to deal. the identity of that person is going to be i think of great interest to all of us. there are a limited number of suspects, but we are going to be talking about who it could be, what the implications could be for not just the other electors who don t have deals but also people in trump s orbit, including rudy giuliani and lindsey graham. a little classic who done it. i will watch. a little whodunnit, yes, have a great weekend, my friend. thank you at-home for joining us this hour. earlier this year, we learned that the republican party in georgia paid more than $200,000 in legal fees to lawyers defending the fake republican electors, the trump supporters who cost played as electoral college electors and the 2020 election. well, tonight, we got news that the 200 grand does not seem like money well spent. tonight s new started with the washington post reporting that at least a pick trump electors have accepted immunity deals. the new yo
find himself in broad and a big scandal, one that ultimately forced him to resign for the supreme court. in 1969, life magazine broke the news for this cover story, justice for this and the 20,000 dollar check. it revealed that justin fortas had accepted $20,000 for the family foundation of a man named luis wilson. lewis was a businessman being investigated for security fraud at the time, and the prospect that the case could be ending up in front of a supreme court justice who he also give money to, that was considered a big deal. justice for this promptly returned the money it taken from mr. wilson, but it was not enough. it was not enough to save his reputation. calls rang out for justice for this to resign, and those calls came mostly from republicans, like california governor ronald reagan. reagan told the sacramento be that there is no question that the confidence in the court has been shaken. and that year, president nixon ordered a justice department to
senators who oppose the war in vietnam. now, i know what you are all thinking, that sounds a huge scandal. imagine how people would react today if justice ketanji brown jackson was walking into cabinet meetings at the biden white house and briefing the president on secret court discussions about how they were going to roll on a student loan program. can you imagine? but at the time, the justice s relationship with president johnson was not a big scandal, at least not big enough to get him kicked off the board. eventually though, justice did find himself in broad and a big scandal, one that ultimately forced him to resign for the supreme court. in 1969, life magazine broke the news for this cover story, justice for this and the 20,000 dollar check. it revealed that justin fortas had accepted $20,000 for the family foundation of a man named luis wilson. lewis was a businessman being investigated for security fraud at the time, and the prospect that the case could be ending