republicans could not avert a lot of internal chaos. in fact, friday was a very, very bad day for house speaker mike johnson. not only is johnson facing a looming battle over his speakership, thanks to the motion to vacate filed by marjorie taylor greene, he is also dealing with a dwindling house majority, with wisconsin congressman mike gallagher announcing plans to leave congress next month. republicans will soon be able to lose just one vote, if all democrats put together on legislation. joining us now, mariana sotomayor, congressional reporter from the washington post. welcome. i have to ask you, is there more frustration in the republican caucus with marjorie taylor greene or speaker johnson? i would say, with marjorie taylor greene. it s something that i heard from even far right members of the house freedom caucus. they are not taking this too seriously, simply because, as many republicans pointed out, she is someone who seeks attention, so it will be interesting t
welcome back to the weekend. ascended dustbowl the senate approved a sending the bill to biden. while congress averted a government shutdown, house republicans could not avert chaos. friday was a very, very bad day for house digger mike johnston. not only is johnson now facing a looming battle to vacate marjorie taylor greene, he is also dealing with the dwindling house majority with wisconsin congressman mike gallagher announcing plans to leave congress next month. republicans will soon be able to lose just one vote if all democrats vote together on legislation. joining us now congressional for the national post. mariana, i have to ask you, is there more frustration in the republican caucus with marjorie taylor greene or speaker johnson? i would say marjorie taylor greene. it is something i heard from even far right member from the house freedom caucus that they re not taking this too seriously. simply because as many republicans pointed out, she is someone who s
in a special breaking news coverage continues now. the third criminal indictment of former president donald trump. i m erin burnett in new york. and i m laura coates in washington, d.c.. this indictment is like nothing we ve ever actually seen before in history of this entire country. and looking at it in black and white is absolutely extraordinary. it begins with this, everyone. quote, the defendant, donald j trump, was the 45th president of the united states, and a candidate for reelection in 2020. the defendant lost the 2020 presidential election. and as you say, laura, it begins that way with those simple words, he lost. that is a fact. but of course the person who had sworn to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution, instead tonight is accused in this 45-page indictment of trying to overthrow america s free and fair elections in an attempt to stay in power. it has been 1001 days since the 2021 election exactly. it has been day since the very sixth attack on
and i m laura coates in washington, d.c.. look, this indictment is like nothing we ve actually ever seen before in the history of this entire country and looking at it in black and white is absolutely extraordinary. it begins with this, everyone. quote, the defendant, donald j trump, was the 45th president of the united states and a candidate for reelection in 2020. the defendent lost the 2020 presidential election. as you say, laura, it begins that way with those simple words. he lost. that is a fact, but of course the person who had sworn to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution instead tonight is accused in this 45 -page indictment of trying to overthrow americas free and fair elections in an attempt to stay in power. it has been 1001 days since the 2020 election exactly. it has been 137 days since the january 6th attack on the capitol. it is now, though, and only now that donald trump has been indicted on four criminal counts , conspiracy to defraud the uni
u.s. territory of guam. in 2000 and, when he listed in the navy. he rose to the rank of senior chief culinary specialist. and in 2012, he began working at the white house during barack obama s second term. he stayed on for the trump administration when he was eventually promoted to valley and stationed outside the oval office, tasked with anticipating trumps every night. they formed a good working relationship. and when trump left the white house, he asked nauta to come work for him full-time. we know even less about carlos de oliveira. we don t even have a photo of him, and we might not get our first glimpse of him until tomorrow, when he is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court in miami. but from what we do know, de oliveira is 56 years old. he worked at mar-a-lago for about 20 years. he s held multiple roles. currently, is the property manager of the resort. the special counsel jack smith s legal team has now charged both nauta and de oliveira with multip