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
Chauvin murder trial. As vaccinations continue for yours truly and more, why the global surge in coronavirus should worry us all. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Well, today was a bad day in the life of Florida Republican congressman matt gaetz. It has everything to do with this guy, you might recognize him. His name is joel greenburg. We kind of just met him in the media. Hes the former Seminole County Tax Collector in florida. One of the reasons he no longer holds that position is because he was indicted and later charged with a slew of counts tied to stalking, illegally obtaining personal information, identity theft, wire fraud, and sex trafficking of a 17yearold girl. And it was that sex trafficking investigation into joel greenburg, as nbc news reported, that led to the separate Justice Department investigation of congressman matt gaetz for possible sex trafficking of a 17yearold. Today in orlando, florida, there was a status update in his case
Rights attorneys in the country will be here with us, as well. Were going to start tonight, though, with a little bit of an update on that bananas story that we had to unexpectedly shift gears to cover at this time in the show last night, when the New York Times published late breaking news about the republican congressman who is probably the most high profile fanatical trump supporter in congress, republican congressman matt gaetz. The times last night published the news that congressman gaetz is under criminal investigation by the u. S. Justice department for very serious allegations of child sex trafficking. Now, i swear im not going to spend more of my life than i need to following every twist and turn in this somewhat nauseating story, but because we gave you the backstory and context on this last night, i feel the need to update you tonight. Because the sheer bizarreness of this story continued to advance across the course of today and tonight at what appears to be an acceleratin
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