President comes into focus. I am from regular stock. I am from regular people. Tonight, donald trump, Clarence Thomas, and new reporting on the Billionaire Friends Keeping clarence happy. I like to keep that friendship. [laughter] then, why the republicans need to root for jack smiths speedy trial. Plus, on a rainy day for Fake Electors in michigan, why arent we seeing this all over the country . Count three alleges that you dont falsely make, alter, for, its recovered a Public Record with the intent to defraud. Do you understand the charges in maximum penalties . Yes. And senator roy mazie hirono on the devastation of the fires and high hawaii, when all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We have a proposed date for Donald Trumps trial. On charges they tried to steal the 2020 election. In a court filing today, Special Counsel jack smith asked for a start date of january 2nd, 2024. He said this would vindicate the Publics Interest in a speedy trial. That i
Donald trumps trial on charges he tried to steal the 2020 election. In a court filing today, Special Counsel jack smith asked for a start date of january 2nd, 2024. He said this would vindicate the publics interest in a speedy trial, that will ultimately be decided by the judge presiding in that case, judge tanya chutkan. But even assuming she chooses a somewhat later start, there may be some delays along the way, donald trump is probably going to face trial in this case before the president ial election next november. Though he does have one critical possible hail mary remaining. He and his lawyers could try to somehow find a way to kick the case up to the Supreme Court, where the conservative majority would rescue him. That was one of the last desperate plans for Donald Trumps coup back in 2021, to get the Supreme Court to rule in his favor. We know theres at least one very conservative justice who one of trumps Coup Plotters thought would be particularly inclined to help out. I spea
The supreme court, it has set up real implications as it set out up to what don trump was trying to do on january 6th. so we already know that clarence thomas s wife, julie, was corresponding with mark meadows about the election and also corresponding with one of trump s lawyers, john eastman, that man there, after the election. now eastman is kind of in the thomas circle. he was the author the regional memo and he was also a former thomas clerk. december 4th, 2020, cheney asked eastman if he would proves it a status update to a group of great upstate leaders, presumably an update on eastman and other possible unindicted coconspirators efforts to have donald trump steal the election. we also know that john eastman spoke about his theory to overturn the 2020 results with a lawyer for vice president mike pence, mike jacob. in that conversation john eastman talked about he thought it would play out it s a
Clarence thomas s wife, julie, was corresponding with mark meadows about the election and also corresponding with one of trump s lawyers, john eastman, that man there, after the election. now eastman is kind of in the thomas circle. he was the author the regional memo and he was also a former thomas clerk. december 4th, 2020, cheney asked eastman if he would proves it a status update to a group of great upstate leaders, presumably an update on eastman and other possible unindicted coconspirators efforts to have donald trump steal the election. we also know that john eastman spoke about his theory to overturn the 2020 results with a lawyer for vice president mike pence, mike jacob. in that conversation john eastman talked about he thought it would play out it s a dispute of election needed all the way up to the supreme court. this comes from jacob s testimony, to the january six committee, last year.
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