taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute for. tonight, the maga movement to move away from donald trump. then nobody tells me to do anything, i made a decision on my own, and i will have to live with it. george santos kicks himself off committee so that republicans can focus on their agenda of attacking ilhan omar. he just felt like that there was so much drama really over the situation and especially what we re doing to work to remove ilhan omar. plus congresswoman katie porter on today s first big hearing for the maga oversight committee, and he s a congressman accused of plotting a coup who had his phone seized by the fbi. i went to the door, there are three fbi agents, and they want to take my cell phone. tonight, the secret fight to gain access to scott perry s phone, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, we ll begin tonight with a little secret i want to let you in on, ready, here it is. there is no
nobody tells me to do anything, i made a decision on my own, and i will have to live with it. george santos kicks himself off committee so that republicans can focus on their agenda of attacking ilhan omar. he just felt like that there was so much drama really over the situation and especially what we re doing to work to remove ilhan omar. plus congresswoman katie porter on today s first big hearing for the maga oversight committee, and he s a congressman accused of plotting a coup who had his phone seized by the fbi. i went to the door, there are three fbi agents, and they want to take my cell phone. tonight, the secret fight to gain access to scott perry s phone, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, we ll begin tonight with a little secret i want to let you in on, ready, here it is. there is no one in this entire nation, including myself, who wants donald trump to somehow be rendered incapable of wants donald trump to some
family and the trump business, the trump org of engaging in systemic bank, tax, and insurance fraud for decades. of manipulating the worth of their properties to deceive lenders, insurance companies, and government authorities, though reap billions of dollars of financial gain. here s some what she said. the pattern of fraud and deception that was used for their own financial benefit is astounding. inflating the values of assets by whatever means necessary. to increase mr. trump s purported net worth. and then that net worth was used to further enhance his financial standing, intentionally misstating his financials to obtain incredible economic benefit. it was a scheme that by its very nature became more profitable over time. it is all in stark violation of the law. the lawsuit, which seeks to bar the trumps from doing business in new york, as well as to fine them to the tune of $250 million reads, in part, quote, the number of grossly inflated asset values is staggering.
members of congress were still dodging the disgraced ex-president s phone calls on the floor of the house. kevin mccarthy was still cutting back room deals, negotiating with his hostage-takers, trading away everything but the gavel so he could ascend finally, at long last, to the speakership. now less than one week into republican rule of the house of representatives, here we are, one newly minted republican of the house, george santos, is facing multiple open investigations and mounting evidence that he is both a pathological liar and a potential campaign finance violator among other things. speaker mccarthy is dangling the possibility of expuning one of the disgraced ex-president s impeachments. republicans are unleashing a so-called weaponization with mccarthy. democrats of the house are now receiving death threats like this one against congressman eric swalwell. getting your kicked off the committee is the least of your problems. the american people aren t going to be
at election interference in georgia and the newly reopened investigation into this hush money payments made to an adult film star early in the 2016 campaign. the new york times broke the news yesterday the prosecutors in that case in upper sending evidence to a grand jury, and the fact that cases are already well established because somebody already went to prison for that crime. donald trump s former lawyer michael cohen was sentenced to three years behind bars after pleading guilty to a criminal federal charges, including campaign finance violations. he committed to making those hush money payments just before the 2016 election at the direction of donald trump. now, last year, the manhattan da s investigation also secured a guilty plea from another trump associate, his chief financial officer, allen weisselberg. earlier this month, weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail for committing tax crimes, and weisselberg cooperated with the investigation, testifying against donald t