about trump s plans, which would move the country away from democracy and into full-blown autocracy. also tonight, expelled from the house of representatives, former congressman george santos begins his revenge tour. and he s already cashing in on his infamy. we begin tonight with notes on a florida scandal. a hot mess sending shock waves through the state s republican party. the florida man in question is not donald trump for once. instead, this is a scandal involving christian ziegler, the chairman of florida s republican party. this is ziegler, a longtime party official who served as vice chairman of the state party prior to his election as chair. he is now under criminal investigation for allegations related to sexual battery, including rape according to a complaint filed with the sarasota police department. ziegler has denied the allegations. a heavily redacted report was released thursday. as you can see, it includes mention of rape, sexual assault complaint, and se
them later tonight. we begin right now with the news in the new book by former congresswoman liz cheney. as you ve just heard, she is out on book tour. but she is saying some pretty newsworthy and important things. a little context upfront. you know liz cheney, but that s because she s a politician who emerge from the hard right flank of the was bush cheney era. she rose to the republican party leadership in the house where she added some gravitas. she was the highest ranking woman at one point in the gop. today, when you think about her, former speaker mccarthy lost his post because of maga insurgents. cheney lost her entire job and political career, as far as congress is concerned, all because she s stood up against trump s coup. when it occurred in the days after, she was clear on the floor of the house and in the impeachment process that we cannot sit by and allow coups and attacks on democracy in this country. that was the baseline. that was it. that proved to be too muc