President comes into focus. I am from regular stock. I am from regular people. Tonight, donald trump, Clarence Thomas, and new reporting on the Billionaire Friends Keeping clarence happy. I like to keep that friendship. [laughter] then, why the republicans need to root for jack smiths speedy trial. Plus, on a rainy day for Fake Electors in michigan, why arent we seeing this all over the country . Count three alleges that you dont falsely make, alter, for, its recovered a Public Record with the intent to defraud. Do you understand the charges in maximum penalties . Yes. And senator roy mazie hirono on the devastation of the fires and high hawaii, when all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We have a proposed date for Donald Trumps trial. On charges they tried to steal the 2020 election. In a court filing today, Special Counsel jack smith asked for a start date of january 2nd, 2024. He said this would vindicate the Publics Interest in a speedy trial. That i
committee more than 30 witnesses like roger stone on the left, john eastman on the right, and their fifth amendment right and when they were asked about their interactions for the former president. with the subpoena, the committee is giving the opportunity for trump to clear things up, but the chances of that happening are slim to none. considering all trump knows how to do is deflect, then i, and ally. he plays fast and loose with the facts until he s made to make responsible with the actions under oath. and trump himself invokes a fifth amendment right, more than 400 times and he was deposed but the new york state attorney general letitia james and our investigation and handed his business. that is just one of a half a dozen civil or criminal cases involving trump at the moment, and things are not looking great for him. this week, the supreme court rejects the trump team s emergency repeal regarding the special master at the mar-a-lago case. and yesterday, the department ju
s criminal in michigan, possibly criminal in georgia, it seems to me it would stand to reason that it is likely criminal in the other five states where republicans filed those false documents. joining me now is rick hasen professor of law ucla and director of its safeguarding democracy project. rick, what do you think about, obviously there has been all eyes on jack smith, the department justice, the new york case with it s nothing to do with the 2020 election but what do you think of someone who is a scholar of democracy and election law about criminal charges against the folks in michigan and possibly in other states? well, every states got their own laws, and each state, each states path when it comes to these fake electors looked different. first this looked like it was just a backstop. what if we file a lawsuit and it turns out that trump is declared the winner interstate? we need to have those electors picked or trump electors might not count on a technicality.
Committee more than 30 witnesses like roger stone on the left, john eastman on the right, and their fifth amendment right and when they were asked about their interactions for the former president. with the subpoena, the committee is giving the opportunity for trump to clear things up, but the chances of that happening are slim to none. considering all trump knows how to do is deflect, then i, and ally. he plays fast and loose with the facts until he s made to make responsible with the actions under oath. and trump himself invokes a fifth amendment right, more than 400 times and he was deposed but the new york state attorney general letitia james and our investigation and handed his business. that is just one of a half a dozen civil or criminal cases involving trump at the moment, and things are not looking great for him. this week, the supreme court rejects the trump team s emergency repeal regarding the special master at the mar-a-lago case. and yesterday, the department justice seiz
You are the chief legal advisor for the united states of america. what is your view, the department justice has a view on whether the united states constitution has a position on killing americans on u.s. soil. three times he responded, it wouldn t be appropriate. it was almost as if he didn t understand the question. you know, maybe that says something about how the left views the constitution, in their mind, constitution and appropriate are one and the same. and so his answer i mean, he really expressed frustration. i told you, we re not going to do it. don t you trust me? [ laughter ] and the answer is exactly that, no, we don t trust you. and we don t trust the next guy or the next guy or the next guy, whether he s democrat or