News that i want to talk to you about because you are an attorney. Talk to me about whats happening with weisselberg and the trump org. Because supposedly, this is over Tax Crimes in connection with an array of perks and benefits awarded to employees. Right. So, weisselberg is, supposedly, charged now. Indicted, i should say. And the Trump Organization. What gives . Whats going on . Indicted. Charged. Same thing. He is supposed to surrender himself tomorrow, is our reporting. Now, let me give you the plusminus on this. Okay . Here is the bad news for trump people. Okay . Weve never seen a former president connected to this kind of criminal prosecution. This is his company. It was just indicted for allegedcriminal behavior. More troubling is the man that they have fingered for this, weisselberg, now is in a jam. Because the only way out of it. He, obviously, couldnt convince them that they had the wrong guy or it wasnt worth what they think. He may be able to convince a jury otherwise.
Life in america for the better. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Well, history was made this weekend. There have now been four impeachments in American History. Donald trumps the subject of half of them. The second impeachment concluded saturday, and it was by far the most bipartisan impeachment ever undertaken. Last year, mitt romney became the first senator in all of American History to vote to convict a president of his own Party Pursuant to an impeachment. And on saturday, seven republican senators voted to convict donald trump. The final tally was 57 guilty, 43 not guilty. The most bipartisan impeachment Conviction Vote in the senate, following the most bipartisan Impeachment Vote in the house last month. A 5347 majority is a big majority. Its a divided country. If you are running for office, and you win by 14 points, you have trounced the opposition. Its not a close race. In fact, Public Opinion almost exactly follows the contours of that
A guilded cage in terms of being able to walk outside and do things. The Vice President s residence was totally different. 80 acres overlooking the rest of the city. You could walk out theres a swimming pool. You can walk off the porch in the summer and jump in the pool and go into the work. You can ride a bicycle around and never leave the property and work out. You can but the white house is very different. And i feel a sense of i must tell you, a sense of history about it. John leech m, who you know, several other president ial historians helped me with this. I asked my brother, whos good at this, to set up the oval office for me. It all happens in two hours, literally. They move everything out and move something in. It was interesting to hear these historians talk about what other president s have gone through and the moments and who the people who stepped up to the ball and who are the people that didnt. And what you realize is the most consequential thing for me is although ive k
Outside and inside as the mob broke through the windows and doors. And for the first time, we saw footage of Vice President pence himself and his family being escorted out of the Senate Chamber, being moved down the stairs to a safer spot. As he was being evacuated, rioters were heard looking for him to hang him. They erected a gallows outside. Listen to this. [ Chanting Hang mike pence ] bring out pence. Bring out pence. Why are they echoing that . We heard trump throw pence under the bus. We heard those looking for pence say they were following up on trumps orders. One even read trumps tweet over a bullhorn. I want you to hear this again. Mike pence didnt have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our constitution. You see the tweet, mike pence didnt have the courage, blah blah blah, from trump. You heard it being echoed at the point of the insurrection, as they were looking for mike pence. How much more clear can a situation be . However, even more
So today, if you never listen to the podcast, this is a taste of what we do on the podcast. It gives us an opportunity to go longer and deeper with guests. We will share two conversations that i had with two people that were on the forefront of what i think are in some ways the most important story of 2021, which is American Democracy on the knifes edge. The first time we have sustained violence, the after math of the insurrection and the attempts by the Republican Party to put in to place means of stopping future peaceful transfers of power and democratic accountability and the on rush towards a future and a president which the republican parties, two major parties has become essentially antideem accurate i can antidemocratic in a pro found way. In the episode tonight, who people have were in the forefront and fighting against the tendancies, one of those sherrilyn ifflin, one of the most remarkable lawyers, legal thinkers, social critics that we have, one of the best Voting Rights la