party runs interference, the ongoing arrest and capture of insurrectionists and the addition hunters that are finding them. then we need one more indictment to close out this election, one more indictment [applause] 91 felonies across four jurisdictions. will the law stop the republican front runner before he has a chance? when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. it has been almost three years since the january 6th attack on the capitol, the combination of donald trump s attempted coup. an investigation of the assault on american democracy continues to this day. it is still an open case. it is the largest case in american history conducted by the department of justice. more than 1200 people have been charged, nearly all 50 states and the district of columbia. of course earlier this year the investigation worked its way up to the mom at the top, don trump now facing four felony charges related to his attempt to rein in power after he lo
hunt. it is thursday, december 21. 5:00 a.m. in new york. also 5:00 a.m. in washington, d.c. where donald trump is now urging the supreme court to reject a fast track review of his claim for presidential immunity after he tried to overturn the 2020 election. his legal team filed a motion wednesday and this is one week after special counsel jack smith requested that justices rule quickly on whether immunity would protect trump in prosecution so that his trial could begin on march 4. trump s legal strategy has always been to delay the proceedings as he campaigns again for the white house in 2024. meantime, president biden was asked about tuesday s unprecedented colorado supreme court ruling that trump is an insurrectionist and does not among in the state s primary ballot. is trufrmp an insurrectionis? i think it is self-evident. you saw it all. whether the 14th amendment apply, i ll let the court make that decision. but he certainly assumed an insurrection. no question abou
but also, johnny depp won his defamation case against his ex- amber heard. fans, he wasn t in court he was in london jamming with jeff beck , i believe we have tape. solo. hold on. i got it. don t do drugs, kids. because they are mine. but apparently when the jurors heard what heard heard was, the decided to give her the bird. i like poetry, i guess that makes me a nerd. she the bed in courts and in bed . the jury saw what we saw that she had a lousy case because sh was a lousy liar which is weird for an actress since she lives for a living. may be her lawyer should have gotten scarlett johansson to play her in court. so amber defamed a dude, she used to me to movement and probably, she probably just figured all you have to do is point finger and click, but it became obvious she was so full of commit that she was leaving it in the bed. you could see its, we could see its, the we could see it, the jury could smell it. or maybe he just needed a bath, you know who couldn t see
accountable. new york times with this, quote within hours of a jury finding mr. trump guilty last week, the anger conyield into demands for action. since then, the prominent gop leaders have demanded they use every instrument of power again democrats, included targeted investigations and prosecutors. here step miller puts it is every house committee controlled by republicans? in every way, it needs to right now with every republican d.a. to start is every donor off the sidelines and in the game, the rich guys, the wealthy guys? everything facet of republican party politics and power has to be used right-to-now to go toe to toe with marxism and beat these why do you have to talk to jesse waters that way? maybe he knows. i don t know. echoes miller s tirade, trump s comrades in arms in the january 6th bannon said in a text message to the times on tuesday that now is the moment for obscure republican prosecutors around the country to make a name for themselves by pro
Background checks. this is why! scott perry and it s horrific. i think just as to say one thing about a speaker. there was a moment when people felt as though because he had done the right thing on ukraine aid, he didn t get a glow about him, but the democrats saved the job for him. but this is this is who we re dealing with, widely overmatched in terms of his capacity to be speaker of the house. he s also someone who is himself one of the leading insurrectionis in the house of representatives. there you go. a quick break for us. we ll also tell you what prosecutors in new york are saying about the threat trump