hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. new developments in what is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for every one of the criminal investigations into the twice impeached disgraced ex-president and his campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he lost. we are talking about all the ways in which ex-trump officials and aides and allies are trying to prevent investigators from getting the answers to some of the biggest questions around the capitol insurrection and donald trump s potential criminal cullibilities. the new york times reports the justice department has asked a judge to force the two trump lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony as prosecutors seek to break through the former president s attempts to shield his efforts to overturn the 2020 election from the investigation. that is according to two people familiar with the matter. prosecutors filed a motion to compel testimony from the two lawyers, pat cipollone and patrick philbin last
welcome back to hardball. time now for the sideshow. first up, president obama has been in the white house for a while now but there is still people who question how he got there. listen to what illinois republican congressman joe walsh told slate. why was he elected again? it comes back to who he was. he was black, he was historic. there s nothing racist about this, it is what it is. if he had been a dynamic white state senator elected to congress, he wouldn t have gotten in this fast. then he blamed the media. they made up their minds early. they were in love with him, because they thought he was a good, liberal guy and they were in love with him because he pushed that magical button. a black man who was liberal, articulate, all this stuff. while it is true that obama received jof welling support from the minority community, he also did very well for a democrat among white voters,
time now for the sideshow. first up, president obama has been in the white house for a while now but there is still people who question how he got there. listen to what illinois republican congressman joe walsh told slate. why was he elected again? it comes back to who he was. he was black, he was historic. there s nothing racist about this, it is what it is. if he had been a dynamic white state senator elected to congress, he wouldn t have gotten in this fast. then he blamed the media. they made up their minds early. they were in love with him, because they thought he was good liberal guy and they were in love with him because he pushed that magical button. a black man who was liberal, articulate, all this stuff. while it is true that obama received overwhelming support he also did very well for a democrat among white voters, 43%.
welcome back to hardball. time now for the sideshow. first up, president obama has been in the white house for a while now but there is still people who question how he got there. listen to what illinois republican congressman joe walsh told slate. quote why was he elected again? it comes back to who he was. he was black, he was historic. there s nothing racist about this, it is what it is. if he had been a dynamic white state senators elected he wouldn t have gotten in this fast. then he blamed the media. they made up their minds early. they were in love with him, because they thought he was good liberal guy and they were in love with him because he pushed that magical button. a black man who was liberal, articulate, all this stuff. white it is true that obama received overwhelming support he also did very well for a democrat among white voters, 43%. that s better than john kerry s 41% so it wasn t about race no matter what congressman joe walsh says.