Were some of the greatest attacks on democracy in u. S. History, yet it can be easy to forget that all the horror, reaction, discussion, and coverage, for all the trials of people that stormed the capitol and the convictions of seditionists there was no coup probe of indictment for years. The man who led the january 6th rally, impeached for inciting an insurrection, that man, two years after those events, the person at the center of it all was not facing a serious coup probe let alone charges. Reporting shows quite the opposite. Not only was he not facing that, but the fbi and doj avoiding investigating trump for optics and review of the evidence. We all know that. That was the status quo for years. So, in our Special Report tonight, lets begin with the very simple question what changed . One thing, and its the kind of change in Law Enforcement that can change everything as so memorably put in 48 hours. Theres a new sheriff in town. And his name is reggie hamlin. A new sheriff came to
Alleged coconspirators in that indictment. Charles burnham, defense attorney for coconspirator number 2 from the recent indictment. This is a person who has been confirmed and identified as john eastman, the lawyer, who advised donald trump, who spoke at the January 6th Rally there next to rudy giuliani, and was a key architect of much of what the president and his aides were trying to push heading into the january 6th certification. Charles, first of all, thank you very much for making the time and joining me tonight. Thank you for having me. Absolutely. We put aside some time for this. I want to start with a couple of quick things and then get into the case. But first and foremost, donald trump lost the 2020 election. You accept that fact . Well, look. There is a large portion of the country that has issues with the 2020 election. There are still discussion about things that went on. A large portion of the country believes in goats or horoscopes. Im asking do you accept the results o
close look at what donald trump was saying to his circle the days after the 2020 election defeat. it comes after prosecutors questioned multiple witnesses about whether trump privately acknowledging the days after the election that he lost. according to four people briefed on the matter, the times says that one of those witnesses was trump s son-in-law, and senior adviser, jared kushner, who testified to the grand jury last month. precautionary, he s not the only person who knows what trump was saying in 2020. here is just a reminder of what we learned in the january 6th committee hearings. i remember maybe a week after the election was called, i popped into the oval just to give the president the headlines and see how he was doing. and he was looking at the tv, and he said, can you believe i lost to this [bleep] guy? as they investigate trump s efforts to overturn biden s when, the prosecutors are also talking to michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, about what ha
we ve got brand-new reporting that reveals special counsel jack smith is taking a very close look at what donald trump was saying to his circle the days after the 2020 election defeat. it comes after prosecutors questioned multiple witnesses about whether trump privately acknowledging the days after the election that he lost. according to four people briefed on the matter, the times says that one of those witnesses was trump s son-in-law, and senior adviser, jared kushner, who testified to the grand jury last month. precautionary, he s not the only person who knows what trump was saying in 2020. here is just a reminder of what we learned in the january 6th committee hearings. i remember maybe a week after the election was called, i popped into the oval just to give the president the headlines and see how he was doing. and he was looking at the tv, and he said, can you believe i lost to this [bleep] guy? as they investigate trump s efforts to overturn biden s when, the pro
it is the eve of the iowa caucus, the start of the presidential primaries, you may have heard. and i m ari melber, with you right now for an msnbc special, a candidate slash defendant trump, reporting on his own clash of american politics, law, and how voters may assess the candidate, whose ear could end in the exalted oval office, or a small prison cell. that will depend on the outcome of several criminal trials, plus other cases. and the next person to track, and break it all down for you tonight on caucus eve, as the primaries begin tomorrow, some of trump s rivals are now invoking trump s legal problems as a general election problem for the ex president. obviously, the distractions of everything that s going on with all of these legal issues has been a huge thing for him. you re going to have criminal trials, you re going to have a lot of focus on things like january 6th by the media. and i think that ends up focusing the election on things that are going to be adva