this lawsuit and everything that has led the nra to the place where it is tonight. well, tim mac is a fantastic guest, and i have not read the book tonight, but i cannot wait to see this interview. but this lawsuit is really interesting because we are alleging an ongoing scheme, one that people who bought the lawsuit say that they have dumped $35 million in illegal contributions into various republican campaigns. the nra s responsibility to pay those things back itself would be a significant chunk of change, but that electing a lot of crime. around the trump campaign and around the u.s. and house campaign are among republican candidates. that is a serious thing, that is a serious lawsuit. yes, we are going to get into that later in the. albert kaye, thanks lawrence. thank you rachel. while one grand jury is not enough. for investigating donald trump in this businesses, and so the men hadn t district attorney, vance, has empaneled a second gun juries, nbc news has conf
be served as they say and we ve said this many times before, trump attorney john eastman. he is the trump friendly lawyer who argued vice president, mike pence, indeed had the authority to overturn the 2020 presidential election and then blamed them for the attack on the capitol when he didn t. vice chair of the committee list cheney also confirmed to nbc news that the committee is already interviewed over 150 people. not among them however is close trump ally steve bannon, who the house found in contempt two weeks ago for defying the subpoena, it is now up to the attorney general, merrick garland, to decide what happens next and so far he is not saying, also tonight nbc news confirming a story first reported by the washington post that the manhattan da a has convened a second grand jury to investigate the trump organization. the post puts it this way, one person familiar with the matter said that the second country was expected to examine how former president donald trump s
Today that there is no legislative purpose to which tanya chuck and, federal judge, replied quote, are you releasing the presidents notes talking points and records of telephone conversations on january six have no bearing on the investigation? we these are about who the president was talking to as people were breaking windows and climbing into the capital. so, read into that what you will, we are also getting a better idea today of the sheer scope of that committee s work 20 new subpoenas are about to be handed out apparently. chairman bennie thompson tonight offered a few clues as to who they are going to call. who is in this next batch, well, some of the people who have been written about. some of the people who haven t been written about. you know, we re going to. work among those expected to