who as a trump administration official, anonymously revealed the danger of trump s abuses of power is back with a new book and a new warning about the next trump. he joins me tonight. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with the walls of justice closing in on a twice-impeached, twice-indicted, liable for sexual abuse former president. ours. two and a half years after spearheading a month s long effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, one that ended in a violent insurrection at the united states capitol, donald trump is now almost certain to face criminal repercussions for his actions on and leading up to the january 6th, 2021. and new details suggest that this potential third indictment could be the most damning case against trump yet. nbc news has learned that the target letter trump received sunday night from special counsel jack smith, mentions three federal statutes. three. conspiracy to defraud the united states. tampering with a witness. and
this statute makes it a crime to conspire to defraud the united states. in other words, to make an argument to impair, obstruct or defeat the lawful functions of the united states government by deceitful or dishonest means. now, according to a recent report in rolling stones, that has not been confirmed by nbc news, one source seemed to confirm what many were speculating. quote, the statutes listed in the target letter likely referred to the prosecutors interest in charging trump with obstructing the election certification process, including trump s efforts to pressure mike pence, stop the certification of president biden s 2020 victory, and quote. just today, special counsel jack smith was spotted heading to d.c. to the courthouse, where the same grand jury has been meeting. as we mentioned on the show last night, as we approach a third potential indictment of trump, with a possible fourth on the way in fulton county, georgia, the details can start to blend together. but
[ star spangled banner ] will: good morning, welcome to fox & friends on this saturday morning. will cain, rachel cam campos-duy and sitting in for pete is joey jones. good morning. i have a lab because duck hunting season ended and i m sad. will: super bowl weekend and it s a big game, huge spectacle and there was an awesome photo of a rodeo and the flag hanging on or just in front of a cactus. i m going to presume that s somewhere in arizona. maybe far west texas. look at that crowd. look at bleachers bleachers, six, seven, eight feet tall and there s something about a small town, high school footballing game, tiny community rodeo and national anthem that s quintessentially america. rachel: that cactus tree, that s america too. that was the west. that was beautiful. i thought you were going to mention the photo with the flag and a sign in a bar clearly that said we love the nights we can t remember with the friends we can t forget. did you see that? will: that s good.
segment on the infamous chinese spy balloon. gillian: well, attorney general merrick garland has made a significant decision now about the investigation into president biden s son. house republicans are pressuring garland to make multiple people involved in the investigation available for transcribed interviews. so far, garland is not giving in. david spunt joins us from the justice department tonight hi, david. hi, gillian, good evening. we are waiting to hear what that decision is from the attorney general. i m told a decision has been made. there are still some discussions going on and a response is being worked on. perhaps we are waiting for that to get over to capitol hill before we can actually see a copy of that written response to a request for the attorney general to make roughly a dozen people connected to the hunter biden probe available for transcribed interviews. house judiciary chairman jim jordan oversight chair james comer and ways and means chair jason
is it about him? i really think he has a heart for the common man. he s not with the status quo. eight years later and the media still treating trump voters like zoo animals. what s your message to iran? don t, don t, don t, don t. jesse: guess what? they didn t, and now three americans are dead. along the way we discovered secret chinese staging hotels embedded with an illegal alien caravan that rode the next san train of death. a look inside a migrant caravan where biden s approval rating is a hundred percent. [chanting biden] we re drinking a hundred beers and a hundred vodkas. jesse: it was the end of the korean war and soldiers returned home. the new york times dropped the bombshell. some g.i. captives fear converted was the headline. it was the government s biggest nightmare come true. american prisoners of war were coming home converted by communist brainwashers. the story kicked the cia into high gear. just weeks into his job as cia director, a