Now, according to the Trump Campaigns assis claims, Dominion Voting Election company worked with a an Election Firm smartmatic, George Soros and the government to steal the election from Donald Trump. Of course, none that is even true. Days beFore the infamous Press Conference, probably airing the baseless claims and there are internal records that prove it. Theres the details from The New York Times reporting, quote, according to emails contained in the court documents, zack parkinSon, then the campaign Directors Director of communications reached out to subordinates in November 13th asking them to debunk several matters concerning dominion. The next day, it shows mr. ParkinSon got a copy of a memo, cobbled together by his staff which largely appeared to be news articles. And the times has a list of rebutted allegations, photo, that dominion did not use Voting Technology that dominion had no ties to venezuela or mr. Soros. And theres no evidence that Dominion Leadership had connection
situation room special report. tonight, house speaker nancy pelosi isn t letting donald trump s senate acquittal be the last word on the capitol insurrection. she said congress will establish an independent commission like after 9/11 to investigate facts and causes of what happened here in washington on january 6th. this, as president biden is now eager for lawmakers to focus on getting covid re lealief legisln passed now that the impeachment is over. the president is getting ready to hit the road to sell his trillion plan at a town hall in wisconsin tomorrow night. in the meantime, some republicans are struggling to move on as trump s acquitted deepened the divide in the country and as they are facing mounting legal trouble including the possibility of criminal prosecution for his role in the capitol riot. let start our coverage with our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. after the distraction of the trump impeachment trial, the clock is ticking for president b
democratic and republican, expose the trump defense during question time. if defense counsel has exculpatory evidence, you re welcome to give it to us. plus, a new reporting about donald trump s refusal to call off the insurrection during a confrontation with kevin mccarthy and what all of it could mean for whatever happens next. my judgment? who asked that? i did. all in, starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the impeachment defense of former president donald trump was over almost as soon as it started today despite being allotted 16 hours over two days to lay out their case, trump s defense team used a little over three hours, the priority which was an umbrage of a fox news monologue, in some cases outright lying about the house impeachment managers case. david schoen made the outrageous claim that the impeachment managers didn t share the evidence with the defense ahead of time. on wednesday this week, countless news outlets repeat
what it all means for whatever happes next. my judgment? who asked that? i did. all in with chris hayes starts now. tonight on all in. this is about the most miserable experience i ve had down here in d.c. day four of the trump impeachment trial is in the books. there was a claim that they did not share the evidence with the defense ahead of time. on wednesday, this week. they repeated the phrase, never before seen footage. let me ask you this, why wasn t the footage seen before, shouldn t president trump have the right to see the new evidence against him? that would be quite a claim if it were true, but it is not. every piece of evidence, including new videos were given to the defense team before the trial. in fact, the rules of the trial agreed upon before it started said everything had to be shared ahead of time. trump s lawyers were not stretching the truth. they were just lying about that. including as i mentioned, an 11 minute long montage of democrats
breakneck pace on track. on the covid front cases in the united states are plummeting, the fewest since november, but experts are divided as to why. and the bad news, experts are warning the next 14 weeks could till be the worst we have seen yet. not as contradictory as it sounds, we will explain. meantime the biden administration under fire for what critics and a lot of parents are calling a confusing plan to reopen schools. for a lot of parents that right there is priority number one. we re going to get to that as well. republicans meanwhile not on board with the president s covid plan and not entirely certain of who they are any more facing a post impeachment fight for the future of the grand old party. one g.o.p. senator who voted to convict trump has beenentured by his own state party. after torching donald trump on the floor and all but inviting prosecutors to charge him mitch mcconnell and republicans are facing rumbles from mar-a-lago. a message is being sent that don