this is the worst day he has ever had legally. plus, the former guy is already lying about the two big court defeats today. we ll have a special look at how lies and conspiracies can threaten our democracy, as the 11th hour gets underway on this important wednesday night. take a breath, because here we go. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. this is a very big news night. one that has not been good for donald trump. just a short time ago, the 11th circuit court of appeals and a trump s lower years a huge defeat. two of them appointed by trump himself, lifted the judges order that prevented the justice department. seized from mar-a-lago in its criminal investigation that. ruling came after the world learned the former guy is now facing a potentially crippling lawsuit that poses and his real date business and a family. letitia james, new york to tierney general, sued trump, his adult children ivanka, eric, and she s accusing him of lying to banks in the state, fr
how lies and conspiracies can threaten our democracy, as the 11th hour gets underway on this important wednesday night. take a breath, because here we go. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. this is a very big news night. one that has not been good for donald trump. just a short time ago, the 11th circuit court of appeals and a trump s lower years a huge defeat. two of them appointed by trump himself, lifted the judges order that prevented the justice department. seized from mar-a-lago in its criminal investigation that. ruling came after the world learned the former guy is now facing a potentially crippling lawsuit that poses and his real date business and a family. letitia james, new york to tierney general, sued trump, his adult children ivanka, eric, and she s accusing him of lying to banks in the state, fraudulently over valuing his assets by billions and billions of dollars while trying to minimize his company s tax bills. the fraud deception used by trump
Presidential election reform act, the bill was introduced by representatives cheney and loeffler in, to inform the electoral contact after the january 6th attack. the measure makes it clear the vice presidents role when counting electoral college votes is purely ceremonial, and it raises the threshold to object electors. but republican congressman rodney divestment of illinois, he argued the changes are not needed. these systems have worked, at the end of the day, the outcomes are exactly as they should have been. it is why people can and should have faith in our election system. this isn t to say our system is perfect, there is always room for improvement. but unfortunately, that is not what is happening here today. the electoral act has been in place or over a century, and directly implements constitutional provisions. first of, all political parties have exercise the rights of the provision of that law to race constitutional objections to state electoral slates if they determine s
Two republican members. these two. the only two republican members of congress, who are willing to participate an illegitimate inquiry. liz cheney of wyoming, adam kinzinger of illinois. they are both conservative republicans. liz cheney voted with the president trump at the time, more than 90% of the time. she regularly professes herself disgusted with a lot of things that democrats stand for and everything to try to do in congress. because of their participation in the january six investigation, today, the republican national committee voted overwhelmingly to, essentially, ex communicate representatives cheney and kinzinger from the party. the two apostates were formally censured. the republican party will immediately cease rip support for both of them. their report behavior has been, reportedly, destructive to the party. check out what else the censure resolution says. quote, representative cheney and kinzinger are participating
Rnc s move to censure cheney and kinzinger? it s been relatively muted thus far. that development happened friday right as lawmakers were leaving town. so the only folks who weighed in are those who want to and it s telling who those are. you have folks like bill cassidy or lisa murkowski, people who voted for the conviction of donald trump after his second impeachment after january 6th, who have condemned that move or at least questioned it and you ve got most of the broader republican party largely look the other way. to me it s part of the reason the rnc s reason to go this route is so accusing. they ve taken the tact the less they can talk about january 6th, acknowledge it at all, the better. as soon as lawmakers start showing up today, reporters like me will begin asking whether they think it was legitimate