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>> then -- >> ill tell you this. its not gonna happen like you think its gonna happen. all i can say is strap in. >> steve bannon is found guilty of contempt of congress. plus, new research suggesting the january 6th hearings may be sinking in with trump supporters. new details on the criminal investigation the secret service. former senator al franken on josh hawleys sprint to safety. george conway the doj steve bannon, and this extended special edition of all in starts right now. ♪...

think its gonna happen. all i can say is strap in. >> steve bannon is found guilty of contempt of congress. plus, new research suggesting the january 6th hearings may be sinking in with trump supporters. new details on the criminal investigation of the secret service. former senator al franken on josh hawleys sprint to safety. george conway on the doj indicting steve bannon. when this extended special edition of all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from new york. im chr...

>> to your point about learning new information, lets talk about the secret service. because that seems at the front here of the investigation at this point. and i have to say, what we got last night, both the intensity of those secret service communications, the testimony of that white house individual, my first thought was, wow, we would learn a lot if we could read the text messages of the secret service security details of the president of the united states and vice president of the united s...

As far as im concerned. rings off. >> good job. >> look at that. >> but the -- were talking about potentially an attempt to steal an election, sort of an auto-coup about fomenting a mob or whatever you want to call it, insurrection, or just a riot. and the idea that secret service agents should put their loyalty to a past president above telling the truth and upholding their oath as law officers or sworn officers, whatever the right term is, strikes me as a non-starter. >> and its different than...

Graphics and banners that you see on the bottom of your tv. when we first started calling it that, and we made a choice to do so. when we first started after january 6th, it sounded provocative, i think. coup is not a term you throw around lightly when youre talking about the united states of america. by definition, a coup is a sudden, illegal, often violent seizure of power from a government, and its something that happens all around the world in other countries. some examples, places like chil...

Senate. but they do not have the votes to pass the for the people act in the senate because of the anti democratic institution, the filibuster. which also counter acts majority ruling. you can see what im getting at. it feels claustrophobic. it feels like the space for democratic action keeps drinking day-by-day. and what i have just laid out as the backdrop for todays summit, those are just the structural facts. none of this takes into account the explicitly authoritarian purge happening on one...

Attempting to sabotage american democracy. we have more evidence of this today. but it is just the latest example. it has been clear since last november donald trump would bully, badger, intimidate anyone he could in an attempt to install himself in essentially an auto coup. we heard his phone call to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger when he said i just want to find 11,780 votes which is one more than we have because we have won the state. he also phoned the chief investigator, the ...

Essentially an auto coup. we heard his phone call to georgia secretary of state brad raffensberger when he said, i just want to find 11,780 votes which is one more than we have because we won the state. we later found out that was trumps second call to a georgia elections official. he also phoned the chief investigator of the secretary of states office telling her something bad happened. when the right answer comes out, youll be praised. he called republican members of the wayne county michigan ...

Is speaking out saying donald trump was a clear and present danger, that the top officials were shaken, that they were afraid he would attempt a coup, try to hold on to power. what we call a self coup or auto coup. and then you have kevin mccarthy, who, as we remember, first said called out trump after january 6th in the protest and now is going running back to donald trump again because thats where he thinks his chance of becoming speaker of the house is. i will tell you one thing that i think ...