every other american citizen in this situation. that was the chairman of the january 6th select committee, bennie thompson, weighing in on the report that former president trump plans to run for president again to help him avoid criminal charges. good morning and welcome to morning joe. we ve got a lot to get to on this tuesday, july 19th. in a moment, we re going to talk about the two trump white house officials who will testify in thursday s primetime hearing by the january 6th committee, as the panel shifts its focus to the three hours of inaction by former president trump during the attack on the capitol. plus, a defendant without a defense? opening arguments in steve bannon s contempt trial get under way in a few hours, despite the judge dismissing almost all of bannon s legal options. meanwhile, senator lindsey graham is fighting a subpoena in georgia, but the court documents only refer to him as mr. graham. we ll explain why that s significant. dozens of deva
electors. make no mistake that the vice president s life was in danger. the committee is going to reveal the details of the pressure campaign. i am telling you, if it is coming we are going to drag him through the streets. [inaudible] remember the word wimp. he said that you are a win. when is the word i remember. it is a different tone tone that i heard him take with the vice president before. do you remember what s she said, if i recall. that the key word. good morning. it is saturday, a june 18th. i am michael steele sitting in for velshi. we begin this morning with a special hour on another stunning week of revelations from historic public hearings of the january 6th select committee. we have the clearest picture yet of a president donald trump s farfetched plot to overturn the 2020 election loss in a run up to the attack on the capitol and his role to induce violence. they presented evidence that trump was told numerous times that he had lost the el
hour on week two of the january 6th select committee public hearings. according to investigators donald trump s scheme to overturn the 2020 election was not just a big lie, they were also part of a big rip off. in monday s hearing, the committee tied the spread of the big lie to donald trump s fundraising methods. the committee says trump sought donations for when he and his campaign call quote, official ellen russian defense fund, that would pay for defense fees that would pay to overturn the 2020 kym election results. the campaign pledged to raise $250 million. but the committee says that fund never existed. instead, the money went to pro trump political pact, and fundraising emails for that bogus election defense fund, was sent out right down to the. and they were continually put out into the ether. just one hour before the effect attack on the capital, an email