House republicans struggling to find that leader after assistant Kevin Mccarthy with no clear successor in sight. Then, disgraced crypto case sandbag mans trial is getting underway. What his parents are now saying about the case and new reporting on why theyre looking for their own escape routes, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening, once again, im Stephanie Ruhle live at Msnbc Headquarters here in New York City. Donald trump also in New York City today, back in the courtroom for his third day of the civil fraud trial. He left court midway through the proceedings and was visibly on his way out. We are going to play some of what he said, even if it is filled with slender or lies or absurdity. We are going to play it because this is the front runner for throughout the president ial nomination, and what he says matters. Watch this. Im here, stop here, and i cant i would rather be right now in iowa. On rather be in new hampshire, south carolina, or ohio, or
election fraud conspiracies in public on television hours after revealing he s officially the target of another jack smith investigation, as bad as it was for trump, it is also a republican party nightmare. this, after all, this the hangover from the 2020 election, the one where republicans lost faith in voting in general and absentee and early voting in particular. and that reality is clashing with his other reality, the republican party needs people to vote, a lot by many means in order to win in 2024. so at the national level the rnc recently unironically unveiled a new campaign to encourage republicans to bank your vote, which encourages voting by absentee and mail-in ballots. at a state level republican general glen youngkin has unveiled a secure your vote initiative. and the republican party of ohio is launching a campaign to say it s okay to vote that way. again, both of these initiatives are meant to convince
reporting. it s amazing to hear you say it s yards away. three of our favorite humans, thank you so much. after the break, one of our next guests said dominion s case against fox news was the strongest defamation case he had seen. that was before dominion dropped filings and legal bombshells about what fox news knew about election fraud conspiracies and when they knew it. the next hour of deadline white house starts after a quick break. don t go anywhere. s after a qui break. don t go anywhere. helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packaging. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. and now get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water.
a conservative fire brand politician who, for years, has been taking cues from the trump playbook, pushing election fraud conspiracies and casting doubt on the integrity of the electoral system. and issa suarez joins us from brasilia, brazil s capital. what happens to bolsonaro now? reporter: that is a big question. what i ve been hearing behind closed doors is perhaps we ll be looking at further investigations. it s something of course that we ve been hearing from several senators. but speaking hearing from the justice today, i don t think we re there yet. he said that basically bolsonaro bears political responsibility for what unfolded here in the three branches of power in brasilia. but he said he has no legal grounds as of yet to investigate him. so, it s very critical right now. what he did lay out very clearly, you heard in that piece, very much that the
the blame on his predecessor, accusing him of encouraging riders through social media from florida. he promised no stone will be left unturned. vowing to find those responsible. translator: we will find out the financiers and we will pay for this anti-democratic gesture of vandals and fascists. bolsonaro denounced the actions of his supporters from the u.s. where he traveled after the election. the former president already facing at least for supreme court investigations. the later scenes will only add to former and to bolsonaro s influence on his base a conservative firebrand politician, who for years has been taking cues from the trump playbook, pushing election fraud conspiracies, and casting doubt on the integrity of the electoral system. and isa soares joins us now from brazil. what happens to bolsonaro now? that is a big question.