quickly arrived at opinion by the judge. i he has been moving in a way that we haven t seen the judicial process move in washington. certainly during the trump era and what is now the aftermath of the trump era, legally. and it is really striking compared to save the way, merrick garland, is moving, or not moving. on the referral of prosecution for contempt of congress by steve bannon. and it is important, because apparently, the garland justice department is also not moving on what the january six investigation is moving on. which is, who done it? who organized it. who made it happen? who devices theory that if you sent a mob into the capital, specifically on january 6th, mike pence would be the pressure point that you can break and thereby undo the exit election results? the question of who orchestrated the attack, and for what purpose, is something that apparently the justice department is not looking at. the congress is. the congress is under the political control of th
officials including some of the most prominent members of his inner circle. former press secretary, kayleigh mcenany, senior adviser stephen miller, white house personnel director johnny mcentee, who began his career as trump s so-called body man, he was in charge of carrying the bags. earlier, on this network, january six committee chairman congressman benny thompson spoke about the investigation. 16 individuals that we have subpoenaed this week have knowledge as to what occurred before january 6th as well as what occurred on january six. we think it is incumbent upon the committee to get them on the record in sworn testimony as to what actually occurred and what did they do during that time. the subpoena to former trump spokeswoman, kayleigh mcenany, notes that she may, quote, multiple public statements from the white house and elsewhere about purported fraud in the november 2020 election, which individuals who attacked the u.s. capitol echoed on january six. the integr
this lawsuit and everything that has led the nra to the place where it is tonight. well, tim mac is a fantastic guest, and i have not read the book tonight, but i cannot wait to see this interview. but this lawsuit is really interesting because we are alleging an ongoing scheme, one that people who bought the lawsuit say that they have dumped $35 million in illegal contributions into various republican campaigns. the nra s responsibility to pay those things back itself would be a significant chunk of change, but that electing a lot of crime. around the trump campaign and around the u.s. and house campaign are among republican candidates. that is a serious thing, that is a serious lawsuit. yes, we are going to get into that later in the. albert kaye, thanks lawrence. thank you rachel. while one grand jury is not enough. for investigating donald trump in this businesses, and so the men hadn t district attorney, vance, has empaneled a second gun juries, nbc news has conf
be served as they say and we ve said this many times before, trump attorney john eastman. he is the trump friendly lawyer who argued vice president, mike pence, indeed had the authority to overturn the 2020 presidential election and then blamed them for the attack on the capitol when he didn t. vice chair of the committee list cheney also confirmed to nbc news that the committee is already interviewed over 150 people. not among them however is close trump ally steve bannon, who the house found in contempt two weeks ago for defying the subpoena, it is now up to the attorney general, merrick garland, to decide what happens next and so far he is not saying, also tonight nbc news confirming a story first reported by the washington post that the manhattan da a has convened a second grand jury to investigate the trump organization. the post puts it this way, one person familiar with the matter said that the second country was expected to examine how former president donald trump s
alex. we begin with breaking news, just minutes ago, the judge in the election interference case now ordering donald trump s team to respond to the government s motion for a protective order again in the election case. stating their position on the matter by five pm on monday. requests for protective order came after the former president posted on truth social, quote, if you go after me i m coming after you. joining us, now glenn kershner, former federal prosecutor and now msnbc legal analyst. he was in the d.c. courthouse thursday for trump s first appearance. , glen what is the significance of this breaking news? aaron, i m surprised that when the judge received jack smith s motion for protective order, and jack smith quoted donald trump, you know, when donald trump posted what can only be described as a threat, i m not surprised the judge has ordered them to now respond at light speed, as you said, i was in court on thursday i saw the judge admonished donald trump as fol