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moments ago, democrats on capitol hill just pulled a political stunt. was it to save, a, joe biden, hunter biden, hunter biden crashed the house oversight committee hearing. and they were considering contempt of congress charges against hunter biden. so he didn t want to show up for a subpoena but he wanted this circus. he wanted the cameras. make no mistake about it. democrats knew it was coming. secret service was in place over an hour ahead of all of the stunt that went on in that hearing room. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. it was a crazy move. hunter biden walking in unannounced to an oversight committee hearing about him. the committee had just begun considering legislation to hold hunter in contempt of congress for defying a congressional subpoena. a taste of how wild it got. my first question is who bribed hunter biden to be here today? that s my first question. second question, you are the epitome of white privilege coming into the o ....
the government that he wants donald trump arrested again. advised of his right, again. and booked, this time, on 37 federal felony counts. mr. trump was fingerprinted through a digital figure consistent, but for his mugshot, they used an existing photo. special counsel watches from the front row as the ex president pleads not guilty. for donald trump, america had never before had a president twice impeached. america had never before had an ex president indicted, let alone twice indicted. today, on the day of his federal harassed, america starts yet another new chapter. joy reid, nicolle wallace, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ali melber, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki, plus our legal experts and reporters, all here for msnbc s special coverage of the first federal criminal indictment of a former u.s. president. good evening, and thank you for being with us for our special primetime coverage, of a day that will go down in american history as unimagin ....
in april in a new york court house on state charges that he falsified business records. this is a different case. the authorities in miami are bracing for possible protests by both supporters and opponents of mr trump. we can see there his security detail waiting for him to get off that plane. of course, it is not yet clear which judge will be overseeing this hearing tomorrow, tuesday. but the case we understand has been assigned tojudge eileen canning, who is an appointee of mr trump. he appointed her back in 2020. this is the scene we are looking at, the scene at the airport in miami, where president trump hasjust arrived airport in miami, where president trump has just arrived ahead of his appearance in court tomorrow. we have nomia iqbal with others. this is an extraordinary scene, but this is an extraordinary scene, but this is the usual procedure in a case like this? , , ., , ., like this? this is of course a second indictment, - like this? this is of course a sec ....
day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally, hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris hayes, ari melber. we are gonna be joining you with special coverage by lawrence or diana o donnell, stephanie ruhle, alex wagner, jen psaki, plus all the legal experts and reporters we ve come to depend on so much for our coverage of this still unfolding fairly epic story. by now we all know the basics of what is going on. what s an indictment? well, that s the prosecution laying out its charges against a defendant. that happened last week. when the public got our first view of the unsealed federal indictment of former president trump on friday. 37 federal felony counts. 31 of them under the espionage act. what s an arraignment? that s what happened today. the defendant is brought to court and essentially introduced into the legal system as a defendant. for most, that mean ....
kicked off the ballot, or at least kicked off the ball pending appeal. more proof that donald j trump is having a hard time shaking the i word, insurrection. and that the republican front runner is heading into the new year with section three of the 14th amendment nipping at his seals. first, there was colorado. now, its main saying that trump is disqualified from being on the ballot. let s not forget that more than a dozen other states, with the 14th amendment have cases pending. 14 amid cases. the new ruling by the secretary of state s as inspiring as it is somber. quote, i conclude, as did the colorado supreme court that the record establishes that mr. trump, over the course of several months and culminating on january 6th, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to blame his supporters and direct them to the capitol to prevent certification of the 2020 election, and the peaceful transfer of power. i likewise conclude that mr. trump was aware of the likelihood ....