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
That s very different from the memo we saw coming out later on, coming from one of trump s allies, which basically said, we know we ve lost but we re going to do this anyway because there might be a way to stall things and keep biden from becoming presidents. depending on the facts on each state, and depending on each states law. you bring that up, one really interesting detail i ve referred to a few times on this program, in a few states, and i believe it was new mexico in pennsylvania, if i m not mistaken, they added a caveat. here s the one in pennsylvania. unlike mexican michigan, pennsylvania s fake electors are unlikely to face repercussions. the vote they were casting should only be counted if a court found that they were the duly elected and qualified electors. and i find that so fascinating because in some ways it s just one sentence with a conditional clause, well lawyered, i would say.