the justice department goes public as the january 6th committee goes dark. i think that the hearings did an extremely good job of reminding us how important that day was. today congressman adam schiff and claire mccaskill on the merrick garland interview a new reporting that the dark department of is investigating donald trump. plus as pence for president essentially kicks off, can you really agree to disagree after a violent coup attempt? i don t know that the president and i differ on the issues. but we may differ on focus. and new reporting on the fake electoral campaign up on democracy in the republican running for governor who s in the middle of it all. all in starts right now. good evening from new york and chris says. in the past hour we just got a huge bit of breaking news. the department of justice is investigating donald trump. washington post is reporting that the doj is investigating the ex presidents actions as part of its criminal probe on january 6th.
we ll get the details from carole lending one of the reporters who broke that story an expert legal guidance on what it all means. but first, let s remember how we got here. today washington for only the second time a federal judge sentence a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see. why in screenshots take it from officers body cams in january six, the sky is seen swinging a pull out of police officers so hard it snaps into on the officers riot shield. so the new guy finds another pull and start swinging that one at officers. the officer he hit with the first poll, the one he hit so hard that it stepped into, that was capitol police sergeant alkaline o connell. he gave emotional testimony about the horror that day before the january six investigation. today he sent his at that rioters hearing, saying he suffered mental and physical inju
john fetterman and senators. bill, bunch great tabby. what we will watch the author of a new book coming out which i ve heard a lot of really excellent things about it, kind of the big issues of our time, very anxious to read, it s called after the ivory tower falls, how college broke the american dream and blew up our politics and how to fix it. which is released next thursday. well, congratulate on winning the. but thanks for joining us. like thank you for the kind where. it s appreciated chris. all right that is all in on this tuesday night, i know my own show s name, msnbc prime starts right now with betty hassan and good evening that. it s all in. i remember think of it every day can t forget those words. some memorable. thank you so much, have a great rest of your night. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we ve got breaking news to get to tonight. the washington post just out with his brand-new reporting. justice department investigating trump s actions in janu