aides can t they re scared to tell donald trump the truth. he says, i tried to walk the president through this earlier, but he won t have any of it. two-thirds of the maga base wants us to move on. so, anderson, what you re seeing here is the inner circle knew exactly what was going on, including that their own base was ready to move on. but donald trump wasn t, so they weren t. that s really incredible. thank you. appreciate it. the west has been steadily imposing wider sanctions on russia in retaliation for their invasion of ukraine. calls are growing for the u.s. to impose sanctions on one of vladimir putin s closest allies, his girlfriend. details next.
dozens of trumps legal challenged, lindel is texting, still pressing the white house, here is one of his texts from december 20th. this is the biggest cover-up of one of the worst crimes in history. i ve spent over $1 million to help uncover this fraud and use my platform so people can get the word not to give up. mark meadows replies, thanks, brother, pray for a miracle. i actually spoke to mike lindel last night, he confirmed the text was his, he still has it. he says he has not spoken to meadows since january 20th, 2021, and that he was just trying to get an appointment with the president but he stands by everything he says. one of the talking points we ve heard a lot of the former president s supporters trot out over the past year is the write rioters on january 6th weren t actually trump supporters by the antifa supporters that
pressing the white house. here is one of his texts from december 20th. this is the biggest cover-up of one of the worst crimes in history. i ve spent over $1 million to help uncover this fraud and use my platform so people can get the word not to give up. mark meadows replies, thanks, brother, pray for a miracle. i actually spoke to mike lindell last night, he confirmed the text was his, he still has it. he says he has not spoken to meadows since january 20th, 2021, and that he was just trying to get an appointment with the president, but he stands by everything he says. one of the talking points we ve heard a lot of the former president s supporters trot out over the past year is the rioters on january 6th weren t actually trump supporters but antifa supporters that infiltrated the peaceful protest, the line they were pushing. anything in the texts that shed light on that false
tucker: so the events of january 6th weren t just a political rally that got out of hand, some thugs who started doing appalling things the guards outside the capital, it was an insurrection, pearl harbor, it was 9/11. that s why we need a 9/11 style commission to investigate it. so they were more because we haven t talked about it enough. that s the position of democrats in congress. the real agenda is very different for people who oversaw the russian collusion hoax that want to keep investigating because it gives them power and of course this is all aimed at political opponents, this is the whole point. if they are unwilling to establish what would be in the best public interest, we will not let them go uninvestigated
tucker: so the events of january 6th weren t just a political rally that got out of hand. some thugs who started to do appalling things to guards outside the capital. no. it was insurrection, like civil war or, like pearl harbor. it was really like 9/11. that s why we need a 9/11 style commission to investigate it, to learn more because we haven t talked about it enough. that s the position of democrats inat congress. the real agenda is very different. people who oversaw the russian collusion hoax want to keep investigating because it gives them power. of course, this is all for political points, that s the whole point. if they are willing to establish what would be the best public interest and we will let