seriously, thank you my friend. and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. do you remember italy gate? it was a conspiracy theory that made it all the way to the white house after the 2020 election and claim that somehow an italian defense contractor had conspired with the cia to use military satellites to flip votes from trump to biden. pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry was the one who brought that theory to the white house. he texted former president trump, chief of staff mark meadows, and he texted him things like why can t we just worked with the italian government? on italy gate? perry was ultimately one of just four republican members of congress that the january six committee referred to the house ethics committee prevailing to cooperate with its investigation. the others were california congressman kevin mccarthy, ohio congressman jim jordan, and arizona congressman andy bags. mccarthy is obviously now the speaker of the house. and as of toni
needed. you are going back to the fight? yes. he s confident eastman will find ways to fight for their country. it is a lot of, work it is a lot of money, it is a lot of time, why do it? they do not tell you, this but you can read it in their body language. they have a second chance. that is very rewarding. erin gilchrist, nbc news, silver spring, maryland. and we hope and pray those ukrainian soldiers are able to get that important second chance that they all deserve. and on that inspiration, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. do you remember italy gate, it was a conspiracy theory that made it all the way up to the white house after the 2020 election, and claim that somehow any taliban defense contractor had conspired with the cia to use military satellites to conflict votes from trump to biden. pennsylvania republican congressman scott p
a conspiracy theory that made it to the white house after the 2020 election claimed that somehow an italian defense contractor had conspired with the cia to use military satellites to flip votes from trump to biden. congressman scott perry brought that theory to the white house. the texan former chief of staff mark meadows. why can t we just work with the italian government. perry was one of four republican members of congress that the january 6 committee referred to the house ethics committee to cooperate with the investigation. the others were california congressman kevin mccarthy, ohio congressman jim jordan, and arizona congressman andy bigs. mccarthy is the speaker of the house. and as of tonight, perry, jordan, and bigs, all three of them, are officially members of the house oversight committee. the committee that under the new republican leadership has devoted itself to investigating president biden. other notable members are announced tonight are arizona s paul gosar
and that was made possible in large part because of fair districts drawn this year. i highly recommend that to anybody that believes in democracy and representation and to work for that in your state. we also had fantastic candidates who are hard-working and they bring great resumes to the job. so we re really optimistic about what we can get done. the total population of states with democratic trifectas is now close to $140 million compared to $131 million for republicans. democrats represent more americans in this country than republicans do. winnie briggs and melissa morton. lfg, thank you for taking the time tonight. thank you. we have a lot more to come tonight including florida governor desantis new moves to censor american history. but first, the latest on investigations into former president trump as he previews a
house, and it wants the rest of the country to know about the mess. plus, governor ron desantis has his own version of american history, and he would like florida citizens to learn on about it. keep your arms and legs inside the ride, because we are going to desantis, next. we are going to desantis, next.