about trump s plans, which would move the country away from democracy and into full-blown autocracy. also tonight, expelled from the house of representatives, former congressman george santos begins his revenge tour. and he s already cashing in on his infamy. we begin tonight with notes on a florida scandal. a hot mess sending shock waves through the state s republican party. the florida man in question is not donald trump for once. instead, this is a scandal involving christian ziegler, the chairman of florida s republican party. this is ziegler, a longtime party official who served as vice chairman of the state party prior to his election as chair. he is now under criminal investigation for allegations related to sexual battery, including rape according to a complaint filed with the sarasota police department. ziegler has denied the allegations. a heavily redacted report was released thursday. as you can see, it includes mention of rape, sexual assault complaint, and se
After he lost georgia in the president ial election in 2020. This is what all the critics of georgia republicans have been claiming about where this voting restriction bill came from in georgia. Georgia republicans as of today are admitting that criticism is true. That these new voting restrictions they passed into law is all based on trumps lies from the last election. This is really the fallout from the ten weeks of misinformation that flew in from mr. Donald trump. I went back over the weekend to look where this really started to Gain Momentum in the legislature. It is when Rudy Giuliani showed up in a couple Committee Rooms and spent howard spreading misinformation and sowing doubt across hours of testimony. That is the republican Lieutenant Governor of georgia admitting today that, yes, republicans in georgia just passed into law all of these new voting restrictions in that state because of the lies spread by President Trump and Rudy Giuliani alleging that somehow trump didnt real
The day in court. Just a reminder, you are still under oath. Reporter todays testimony. More cops taking the stand, against formerofficer Derek Chauvin. In your opinion, does defendants use of force, during that time period, need to be reasonable within the entire time period . Yes. Reporter but one of the more significant exchanges came, when special agent took the stand, an agent with the Minnesota Bureau of criminal apprehension that led the investigation into the events of may 25th. The defense played him video from the scene. Publish exhibit 1007. And im going to ask you, sir, to listen to mr. Floyds voice. Did you hear that . Yes, i did. Did it appear that mr. Floyd said, i ate too many drugs . Yes, it did. Reporter but, minutes later, prosecutors played a longer clip from the same video. Having heard it, in context, youre able to tell what mr. Floyd is saying there . Yes, i believe mr. Floyd was saying, i aint do no drugs. So, thats a little different than what you were asked ab
Prosecution witness, a pulmonologist with impeccable credentials who made clear that, in his opinion, george floyd died from the officers actions, not from anything else. Thats the moment the life goes out of his body. Reporter today, the prosecutors expert medical witness did not hold back. Mr. Floyd died from a low level of oxygen. And this caused damage to his brain that we see, and it also caused a p. E. A. Arrhythmia that caused his heart to stop. Reporter the worldrenowned expert on breathing and lungs, dr. Martin tobin, said george floyd died because the officers created a scenario in which floyds lungs were put in a vicelike grip. Almost to the effect as if the surgeon had gone in and removed the lung. Not quite, but along those lines. Reporter he said four things caused floyd to stop breathing, including floyds position on the concrete, allowing no room for his lungs to expand. You mentioned several reasons for mr. Floyds low oxygen. You mentioned handcuffs and the street, rig
And he had to pardon the deputy chair of his inaugural and his Deputy Campaign chairman went to prison and his personal lawyer went to prison, and his other personal lawyer is under federal criminal investigation, and he himself personally is named by prosecutors as an unindicted coconspirator in multiple felonies and he himself personally is now today as a former president actively under criminal investigation in two different states. Weve never been in that kind of a situation before as a country. Mazel tov. You might have seen the obituary for the water gate conspirator and legendary blowhard who went to prison for burglary and illegal wire tapping, among lots of other things. A lot of the obituaries of g. Gordon liddy, because of his role in watergate and how much time has passed, a lot of the obituaries were like mini history lessons. You could tell the writers were agog at these clowns during the watergate scandal. But honestly, i mean, come on. We ought to take a moment to appre