for the first time in more than 100 years in more than a century an official in the united states has been barred from holding office and barred under the constitution s ban for insurrections. the founder of the cowboys for trump, roy griffin to be removed from his position as county commission, he s been convicted of participating in the january 6th riot. the court concluded that january 6th, 2021, mr. griffin became disqualified under section 3 of the 14th amendment from serving. accord together the department of justice, griffin was there on the capitol steps, well within the restricted area on january 6th when he made this video. the people have shown that they ve had enough. the people are ready for fair and legal elections, or this is what you re going to get. you re going to get more of it. this is what you re going to get and you re going to get more of it. this is, though, a history making decision by this judge. the last time a public official was removed ba
unfolded. the committee is trying to determine what trump was doing and how he reacted to the violence in realtime. for more now, let s bring in reporter marshall cohen. what more could you tell us about what cipollone did or did not say behind closed doors. fredricka, how are you? this is a big one. it is a real break through for the committee. they had been pushing for months to get pat cipollone to come in and give a deposition and they clinched that yesterday. as you mentioned, more than seven hours behind closed doors. so what did they possibly ask him about. he was there when donald trump s allies were thinking about declaring martial law. he was there when donald trump allies were considering sending in the military to seize voting machines and he was there on january 6 while donald trump sat back, watched tv and did not intervene while his supporters ransacked and raided the capitol. now this is critical because the committee has been focusing on what they say is a
Soon. As you point out, the symbolism of just announcing the Nuclear State in their constitution, those things matter. Will ripley, thank you very much. And thank you all very much for being with us as well. Its time now for ac 360 of its time now for ac 360 of course with anderson. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com tonight on 360, a setback on top of a body blow. A federal judge tells the former president shes not going anywhere, shes not recusing herself. And weve learned more about another judges ruling that legal experts are calling a possible dental Health Penalty for trumps business. Mrs. Menendez, partners in crime, how they came to be a couple and how they pleaded to bribery charges today. The manhunt for a convicted predator and alleged murderer, a man one top official claimed will kill and do anything he can to cause harm. We begin with breaking news. The end of what would already be a difficult day, even for someone whose Business Empire was just dealt a devastating blow by
we re in a democracy crisis. and we re here today to say we will continue to fight, to get the access, the abortion access that we need. and the strategy to do from here, it might involve a state by state strategy. you can t really make a uniform strategy here because so many states are handling it different ways. wed need a state by state and federal strategy. so we re going to have a summer of rage for elected officials on the local state and federal level until we get the boaborti access that our communities need. thank you for talking to us. good luck with the march and we ll see you over at white house. thank you very much. we talked to a couple of other people who talk about this also as a safety issue and also as a kind of a issue of what to do when things like sexual assault occur, will women have access to abortions then and how is that going to play out. i just talked to two women who were victims of sexual assault
happens at the state level. so even if there s action at the state level, which is critical, but that does not an solve the need for democrats to engage in a state by state strategy to ensure there are not successful efforts to roll back the franchise. we ve seen that already. the impetus behind this push federally. you re going to have to take this effort to the states. so i say this to say you have to play on multiple levers here. that s difficult. that s complex. our democracy requires it because of the consistent and strategic effort we re seeing from essentially a conservative effort in trump supporters to put in place these restrictions under the guise of a lie. lest we forget the power the states have in the system. especially in the wake of shelby b. holder. there s a lot on the states right now on that. thank you, joe kennedy. happy holidays. you, too. against the odds of supply