Right. Last august, bannon was arrested aboard a not so Working Class 150foot yacht off the coast of connecticut and charged with conspiracy counts of Fraud And Money laundering. He and friends had allegedly schemed to defraud hundreds of thousands of people. Instead, they siphoned the money off for their own personal use, scamming trump supporters to enrich himself. In other words, bannon preyed on the same disaffected Working Class voters that he and trump claimed to represent. Of course, trump doesnt care about those people any more than bannonbannon. Not so much the fellow departments who face charges or the trump diehards who stormed the capitol. The judge in Bannons Case dismissed the indictment against him. She cited the precedent that a pardon implies guilt. If there be no guilt, theres no ground for forgiveness. It may imply a confession of guilt. Lets take a moment to remember that a president ial pardon only covers federal crimes. It cannot protect a Wouldbe Department from
In the events of that day january 6th from a war room organized at the Willard Hotel. What happened there in the subject of a new report published yesterday by the Washington Post, in the weeks before the Insurrection A Dream Team of Trump Associates turned the Willard Hotel, which is located just a block away from the white house into what they called their Command Center. The group that gathered there was led by Rudy Giuliani, trumps personal lawyer who was instrumental in stoking the farrights election fraud. And the Washington Post reporting notes that carrick and his legal team were reimbursed more than 50,000, a sign that the close ties that they had to this Command Center. John eastman was there too. Hes the author of the infamous memo that sought to convince Vice President mike pence to stop the steal, as they call it, by taking control of the electoral Counting Process that, process that was underway on january 6th when the attack on the capitol happened. What happened at the
Actual check. But there is the actual check. It really happened. This is impossible. This is impossible. But apparently it happened. Well introduce you to eric frank in just a moment and get the story behind that, just moments from now, in just a minute. This afternoon In Washington there was a bit of a surprise in the vote in congress that trump adviser steve bannon should be referred for prosecution to the u. S. Justice department. I mean, once upon a time, the last time someone refused to comply with a subpoena from congress and congress voted to refer that person for prosecution because of it, the last time that happened, which was way back in 1983, the vote in the house to refer that official, that Reagan Administration official for prosecution, was unanimous. It was 4130. The last time the house did it, all democrats and all republicans in the House Of Representatives all voted together. That was a serious, indeed criminal thing to do, to defy a subpoena. The entire house voted u
And look. We have the check. We have the actual check that shows the guy having to pay up. The far right former right wing radio host who is now the republican Lieutenant Governor of texas, his name is dan patrick, this is a check drawn on his campaign funds. You see in the upper lefthand corner, texans for dan patrick. The check is drawn on his campaign funds. It is for 25,000. Payable to a young man named eric frank. Eric frank is a young man who you are about to meet. I almost could not believe this story was real until i saw the actual check. But there is the actual check. It really happened. This is impossible. This is impossible. But apparently it happened. Well introduce you to eric frank in just a moment and get the story behind that, just moments from now, in just a minute. This afternoon In Washington there was a bit of a surprise in the vote in congress that trump adviser steve bannon should be referred for prosecution to the u. S. Justice department. I mean, once upon a tim
Caucus, todays vote forces them to get on the record as choosing the side of the Disgraced Expresident and his disinformation fueled push to whitewash the Insurrection Overupholding the powers of the legislative body on which they sever and even democracy itself. For the third time this week liz cheney is calling out her fellow republicans for lashing out what happened on january 6th at first. And then trying to appease the former president. Watch. There are people in this chamber right now who were evacuated with me and with the rest of us on that day, do you go that attack. People who now seem to have forgotten the danger of the moment, the assault on the constitution, the assault on our congress. Right there is where we start today. Ben rose is here, former Deputy National security adviser to president obama. Now an msnbc contributor. Also joining us, anna palmer. And robert costa is here National Political reporter for the Washington Post and coauthor with bob woodward of peril. An