He says one of his concerns has been the physical threats to him and his family. He calls the former president a cancer for the country and now he s bowing out. This shows in many ways how at every turn since january 6th those who have stood up to trump in the republican party have been marginalized, left behind, pushed down. This isn t just about gonzalez. As maggie haberman noted this is how trump wins. No sitting member of congress is expected to attend tomorrow s rally on capitol hill, but that hardly means that many of them don t support the cause. Despite more than 600 people currently facing federal charges related to january 6th, here is texas republican congressman louie gohmert. The overwhelming number of people caught up in this, quote, unprecedented investigation, they re actually nonviolent, peaceful americans. Their only crime was supporting donald trump. North carolina congressman madison pushing the rioters defense narrative further, labeling them political hostages. We
Those charged criminally with storming the capitol on january 6. Attacking police officers as well. Now, the department of homeland security brief warns that people involved in the rally and those opposed to it could pose a threat tomorrow. And now adding fuel to the fire, perhaps not surprisingly, former president trump who is expressing support for the insurrectionists echoing organizers saying the hundreds arrested in connection with the riot are being persecuted unfairly. This comes, too, as a house republican who voted to impeach the president, former president, over his role in the attack on the capitol says he s done with politics. Ohio representative anthony gonzalez revealing he will not run for reelection, largely due to the toxic state of the gop. Cnn s whitney wild is just outside the capitol fence perimeter this morning. So, whitney, law enforcement, as we know, saying they re prepared for whatever today or tomorrow brings. What is the anticipation of what that may be? rep
Allowing strangers to sue anyone suspected of helping a woman get an abortion. The new york times describes the court s decision like this. Quote, the majority opinion was unsigned and consisted of a single long paragraph. It said the abortion providers who had challenged the law in an emergency application to the court had not made their case in novel and procedural question. The majority stressed it was not ruling on the constitutionality of the texas law. It did not need to limit proper challenges to it. Justice sonia sotomayor wrote a scathing dissent. The court s order stunning, a flagrantly unconstitutional law designed to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade judicial scrutiny? a majority of justices opted to bury their heads in the sand. Sotomayor also describes the texas law like this. Quote, in effect the texas legislature has deputized the state s citizens as bounty hunters. Offering them cash prizes for civilly prosecuting their neighbors med
Election. These excerpts obtained by cnn are from this upcoming book i alone can fix it by two washington post reporters, among the revelations america s top generals feared that then president trump would attempt a coup after the election and they planned ways to stop him. This was the first time in modern u. S. History that there was a potential showdown between the commander in chief and the military. General mark milliand the other joints chief plotted mass resignations one by one rather than carry out orders by trump they considered to be illegal, something of a reverse saturday night massacre. According to book, the general viewed trump as an authoritarian leader and as for the big lie, he told his aides it was, quote, the gospel of the furor. He grilled mark meadows about whether trump would fire chris wray and gina haspel. The book claims that the general and mike pompeo met privately and pompeo told him that the crazies are taking over which is an account that pompeo denies. I
The state of new york. This is a big deal. Even if you agree with his lawyers that this shouldn t be a criminal matter. It s a big deal, even if you agree with the former president, who called the case, quote, the politicalwitch hunt by the radicalleft democrats, with new york now taking over the assignment. Why is this a big deal? simple. The investigation is not over. The pressor pressure just grew enormously, today, on allen weisselberg. And no one disputes how closely connected he has been to the man, whose books he has kept for decadings. Decades. Every single thing, when it was the acquisition of paperclips, light bulbs, furniture, mattresses, you name it. Allen weisselberg s kids payments. Rent, everything, would have a donald signature on it or his initial. In a moment, we will dig deeper into where all this could be going. First, the facts of the case from cnn s paula reid. Reporter: the namesake company of formerpresident trump, now charged with tax crimes along with one of