plus, how two people are helping turn arizona into a former covid hot spot and we get closer to the end of the episode. this is american voices. long awaited relief is officially trickling into bank accounts across america right now. that s not the only benefit from the massive american rescue plan. while the $1,400 checks are huge, there s also a $300 unemployment boost in the bill and it expands the child tax credit. there s also billions of dollars to pay for vaccines that help schools fund the changes required to ensure student safety. it provides rental assistance and sends funding to local governments. if we stay on track, president biden believes we can return to a sense of normal by the fourth of july. and now with light at the end of the tunnel, the big question turns to what life will look like after the pandemic. will we still wear masks? will we baseball get together with family, soccer games and friday night football and monday night football? these are questio
joining me now to explain is jill wine-banks, former assistant prosecutor in the watergate, author of the watergate girl. the question is this. should they make a criminal referral to the d.o.j. on donald trump if they have the evidence? i think it would be superfluous and unnecessary. these facts are known to everyone. the department of justice is already aware of them. so why take the chance that it could be perceived as politically motivated if there is a prosecution that follows the referral? a referral is necessary when there is an obstruction of congress and they want a criminal indictment. congress can t do that. but they don t have to make a referral. the roadmap is already in front of the department of justice,
wine-banks, former assistant watergate special prosecutor. jill is also the author of the watergate girl . thank you for coming back to the sunday show. it is so hard to keep up with everything that is happening. but i m going to dive in, according to trump, quote, the national archives did not find anything, the democrats are in search of their next scam. but exactly how much trouble could he be in here for removing classified files from the white house, jill? there are laws that prohibit that. and in the past we have had examples of officials who have taken top secret documents or classified documents, and have been charged with crimes, some of them have been given either probation or community service as their penalty. this is illegal to take away its government property, right after
to keep monitoring an accused capitol rioter who was a marine corps veteran. it says, quote, he is not a good candidate to be out in the public, to ensure the safety of the community and the safety of democracy in the current environment. with me now, msnbc legal contributor katy fang. also with us, former watergate prosecutor jill wine banks, co-host of the sisters in law podcast and author of the watergate girl. jill, what is the sinificance of donald trump being named an linked to the possibility of more violence as a reason to keep monitoring this defendant? it shows the real danger that we re in, even though that the fence is coming down, i think in august, there has to be increased vigilance. the president, former president, the former occupant of the white house, keeps repeegt repeating
[ bleep ] [ bleep ]. this is second public disclosure of new footage from the deadly insurrection that comes after a judge ordered prosecutors to release the videos being used as evidence in the capitol riot court cases. with me now, jill wine-banks, msnbc contributor, cohost of the hashtag sister-in-laws podcast, and author of the watergate girl. what down the lane make of this line of questioning by the fbi in asking about connections specifically to lawmakers? it s clear that they suspect and they have significant evidence that we haven t seen revealed yet, that members of congress actually cooperated with the insurrectionists. we already had rumors of them showing the insurrectionists around the capitol explaining where things are, and how they could get in. so it seems like it would be