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Theres some -- a lot of this has been kind of -- weve heard the basic outlines of this plan, the competing electors, what pence would do, what trump was urging him to do. that element of it, the post 1/6 kind of anticipating this might not work but could still work in a way, that was novel to me. are there other things in this memo that struck you as surprising and illuminating of what was intended here by the coup plotters? >> you know, im with you, john, on the parts that are striking. the aft...

What took place here. as i said that includes i think debates on the house floor, potentially on january 6th." jordan meant what he said. on january 5th we now know he forwarded a text message to white house chief of staff mark meadows encouraging vice president pence to just overturn the election single-handedly, throw out the will of the voters and essentially pave the way to install trump as the winner. on the day itself january 6th meadows was one of -- jordan was one of 147 members of congr...

Say no one is above the law. there are two possibilities here. one is that merrick garland has a secret investigation into trump and the other coup plotters and we just dont know about it. the second is that garland is too afraid of his shadow and doing nothing. as we think about, nicolle, which of these possibilities is right, i think there are three things to consider. first, its really obvious that an investigation into the higher ups including trump and his coup plotters is required for all ...

The coup plotters around him like steve bannon, like jeff clark who tried to become attorney general. congress is looking at them to try to figure out whats happened. we dont have any evidence thus far that the justice department as opened an investigation into that. from my perspective, thats what i worry so that about. it may by thats happening. we have a great attorney general that i think is running this investigation, but there arent any signs right now that that investigation is reaching t...

Department goes for that. will donald trump himself be brought into a conspiracy charge? do they believe that they can actually charge him with a crime? but there is a lot here for them to work with. >> yeah, i mean that is a 364,000 dollar question. i know in other countries that can sometimes happen. the coup plotters, and theyre usually charged. thats the way it usually goes. you dont try and they say dont do that again. thats pretty standard in the post coup record book but we will see if th...

One year after the attack on the capitol, the main players who may have plotted the attempted coup have not been brought to justice. john avlon with a reality check. >> there really hasnt been an end to january 6th, so once accountability has been had, you can start to heal. >> thats capitol police officer harry dunn. and hes right. just as truth needs to precede reconciliation, we need to see legal accountability for the coup plotters, before we can really heal as a nation. but so far, despite ...

Conspiracy and provocation that preceded the january 6th attack that was stoked by donald trump and his, you know, coup plotters, you might as well call january 6th the day that melania trump photographed all the white house rugs, which is literally what she was doing on january 6th. so im worried that the story the justice department has gotten so far isnt the full story, but i want to give them some more time. >> reading from new reporting from "the a.p.," it notes when biden was declared the ...

To bring the coup plotters, not just the insurrection mob to justice? plus, the fight over how to send students back to school safety boils over in chicago, no the just chicago. parents and teachers need answers now. ben frasier, the jacksonville activist who was put in handcuffs for the heinous crime of trying to listen to a ron desantis news conference. frasier joins me live and while desantis could be the absolute worst, pretty much any night, we have found a group of people who deserve i...

Domestic violent extremism and then how do we strengthen the electoral structure so we can resist attempts to corrupt it and hijack our elections. >> many republicans are not experiencing today as a melancholy day. theyre pretending like it wasnt what it was. what is that like? >> yeah. i heard vice president pence, i think, say it was just another day, which is, you know, it is like saying december 7th is another day or the 4th of july is another day or 9/11 is another day. this is a day that w...

Advancement act to even be debated. the january 6th insurrection was an affront to democracy. to think another insurrection couldnt happen again or that something worse could never happen, given everything we have seen and continued to learn is an exercise in willful ignorance. 11 coup plotters have been indicted on seditious conspiracy charges. and members of congress are refusing to cooperate with the january 6th select committee, probing what happened and how to prevent it from happening agai...