this house and the speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant. can you definitively say this was politically motivated? yes, it appears as those this was based on his statements and comments made in that house during his encounter with mr. pelosi that this was politically motivated. after years of targeting nancy pelosi with violent rhetoric and imagery, right wing republicans are resorting to vile conspiracy theories and what aboutism to try to downplay their role in the violent attack on her husband. plus, the right wing majority on the supreme court seems poised to dismantle yet another icon of 20th century progress. taking aim today at affirmative action, and surprise surprise, they don t seem too supportive of campus diversity. we ll break down the arguments in the high court today. and how republicans are playing the pundits with skewed polling data, and taking control of the narrative about the upcoming elections. we begin with the latest on
embattled republican congressman george santos talks to the media as the house prepares a vote on his expulsion a lot of folks now coming forward listen, we were going to wait for his trial to see what happened. others have now become convinced now that that report is out from the house ethics committee. they have seen enough there are a number of people now publicly, including many, many republicans who say they will join a vote to oust him. could that be thursday? could it be friday? we will keep you covered as we look to see what happens there. and it raises further questions about what is happening on the senate side with a possible ethics investigation into senator bob menendez. also facing a trial there are those on that side calling for due process but a number of democrats as you know who have called for his resignation there. so, we will watch to sees a all of those ethics issues plays out more immediately with representative santos in the next day or two. we will ke
laura ingraham, this is the ingraham angle from washington. thanks for joining us. they re coming for you, that is the focus of tonight s angle. once a decision was made to go after donald trump using the full force of the federal government, special prosecutor jack smith felt invincible. the ag had full confidence in his ability and the press showered him with endless adulation. we have jack smith, we pursue without fear or favor. he is doing that. his approach to personal health and exercise correlates to how he approaches his prosecution and strategy. laura: they loved him more when they dropped the indictment. jack smith s indictment here is straight-forward and narrow, but boy, it packs a punch, it is clean, calculated and i feel like it almost certainly is going to result in a conviction. the level of specificity and detail was profound. jack smith surgically put together this indictment. laura: for years trump made them feel like wiley coyote, missing his
secured a roll of tape, white rope, a second hammer, a pair of rubber and cloth gloves and zip ties from the crime scene. during a police interview, depape said he was going to hold hostage nancy pelosi and talk to her. he also told investigators, if nancy were to tell depape the truth, he would let her go. and if she lied, he was going to break her knee caps. the details only confirm the nature of this attack and attempted assault against one of the highest ranking women ever to serve in u.s. government. and instead of condemning the violence, some republicans and their far-right allies are spreading conspiracies about the attack, to score cheap political points with their most easily duped and malevolent supporters. donald trump jr. who continues to try to remain relevant, to be frank, retweeted a proposed paul pelosi halloween costume, featuring men s underwear and a hammer. while louisiana republican clay higgins tweeted, then deleted, a
morning on a wide range of topics. listen to this republican senator demanding to know if the justice department official with links to hunter biden has recused himself from the ongoing tax fraud investigation against the president s son peer that official nicholas mcquade formally worked with hunter biden s attorney at a multinational law firm. senators ron johnson and chuck grassley writing we specifically raise concerns mr. mcquade worked with hunter biden s criminal attorney until he was hired by the biden administration. this association with a conflict of interest, yet the department has failed to provide adequate responses. todd: joe biden is like misinformation s are a long history pushing long claims of the campaign to russian banks. 2016 nina jankowicz retweeted a statement from hillary clinton s campaign this is serious, people. the claims at the center of