a longer winter will have us cozied up on the coach, hopefully watching the reidout, there is the investigation into the failed attempt to over throw our democracy and the disgraced former president that led that effort. today the committee heard from stewart rhodes, charged with seditious conspiracy. rhodes pleaded the fifth to questions related to the attack his lawyer told nbc news and met with jeffrey clark who tried to nullify the election results in georgia and other states. remember, clark actually appeared before the committee back in november but failed to cooperate after asserting claims of privilege to avoid answering questions and last night, we told you about the new york times reporting on the efforts by donald trump and advisors to use the authority of the federal government to seize voting machines after the 2020 election. well, now, the january 6th committee is adding that to the list of things to examine according to the times. the committee received d
appoint s and tried to fuse it into a legal strategy. the doj is overseen by president biden and citing the controversies previewing in court a quote, selective prosecution motion because this prosecution provides an advantage to these prosecutors boss who is running a political campaign against president trump and added it will go directly to the core of the criticisms mr. trump made historically against president biden and his son and whether or not this meaning the jack smith prosecution is a, quote, retaliatory action as a result of that. let me tell you, you don t hear that every day in what is a trial scheduling hearing this is important and want to walk through it because we learned a lot. these defense lawyers have every right to challenge the prosecutor s approach or potential fairness and to make arguments which invoke defendant trump s status as a former president and a current they may argue that that is relevant. but today it s worth noting the more sweeping
our special breaking news coverage continues now with the georgia arrest of donald trump, i am laura coates. i m john again, good evening. four arrests, the former president of the united states has been arrested for the fourth time this young criminal charges, which is stunning in itself. but, for the first time, look there is now a mugshot. donald j trump, sources telling cnn that he wanted to appear defiant in that shot. he is now officially booked as inmate number p01135809. this is also, by the way john, the first time he has had to surrender out of jail and not in a courtroom. it has been an extraordinary day to say the least, with cameras actually following the former president from the moment he left his golf club in bedminster, new jersey at about 3:48 this afternoon, then flying to atlanta on his private plane, landing just after seven pm, and walking down the steps moments later. then arriving, of course, at the notorious fulton county jail at 7:33, leaving the
i did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. and everybody knows it. repeating the claims that he did nothing wrong after being arrested for the fourth time in less than five months, charged with a total of 91 felonies. we have never before had a mugshot of the united states president before, but now we do. here it is. criminal defendant, and former president donald j trump presumed innocent until proven guilty. it is now midnight, on the east coast, nine pm in the west emily velshi continuing msnbc special coverage on a stunning and extraordinary night in american history. this is our 45th president, donald j trump at his mugshot taken tonight at fulton county jail. the mugshot is a first for him in his for indictments. and the first time a united states president, former or current has had one taken. this image comes courtesy of the fulton county jail where he surrendered and was placed under direction on election interference charges. he was given an inmate number p 0
change the election results in trump s favor. they are shredding ballots, in my opinion, based on what i ve heard. and they are removing machinery, and they are moving it as fast as they can, both of which are criminal fines. and you can t let it happen, and you are letting it happen. you know, i mean, i am notifying you that you are letting it happen. look, all i want to do is this i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more then we have because we won the state. for two and a half years, fani willis has been investigating the ex presidents allies, some of whom formed a fake slate of electors. now, more than 20 people have been told that they may face charges as a result of willis s sprawling investigation. throughout the day, several key witnesses were spotted at the courthouse, including two former democratic lawmakers, state senator jim jordan, and states representative v when. they were both present at hearings in georgia in december of 2020. and at that he