that violence against the former vice president. tonight, committee members olaf comments on the growing danger. and harry litman on the difficulties of prosecuting. and sandra garza on trump s culpability in the death of her partner. officer brian sicknick, all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. one of the two republican members of the january six committee just offered a stark, personal warning about the threat of political violence in this country. a topic he knows a thing or two about. this threat that came in was mailed to my house. we got it a couple of days ago. it threatens to execute me, as well as my wife and five month old child. i have never seen or had anything like that. there are people, there is violence in the future. i m going to tell, you until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we cannot expect any differently. that is adam kinzinger, illinois. he has been in congress for more than a decade. the vast majority of
chris hayes. one of the two republican members of the january six committee just offered a stark, personal warning about the threat of political violence in this country. a topic he knows a thing or two about. this threat that came in was mailed to my house. we got it a couple of days ago. it threatens to execute me, as well as my wife and five month old child. i have never seen or had anything like that. there are people, there is violence in the future. i m going to tell, you until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we cannot expect any differently. that is adam kinzinger, illinois. he has been in congress for more than a decade. the vast majority of that time he has acted and voted like a conservative republican, which is what he is. he voted in line with donald trump s position, 90% of the time. but after the attempted coup on january six, kings inner was one of ten republicans who voted to impeach trump. and since then he has been essentially ex communicated
and so much more in the xfinity app! and don t miss jurassic world:dominion in theaters june 10th. let s go to you first here. get the reaction from the president, to this major development. and also continue with your reporting which has been really excellent and very comprehensive and all of this. these non proposals here. so have at it. well, alex with, we have the sunday morning is a big development out of the senate group. senators saying that there is not going to be in agreement on a framework with democrats and republicans, the way to move forward on this legislation. of course we don t have an actual text of this legislation, but in his back on trucks breaking 21 year old, protections for dealing with domestic violence. and also for trafficking of. guns i also want to read you a statement from the white house. the president himself has now said that he is endorsing. this i want to read it to. you he says, quote, i want to thank senator murphy and the members
a handgun. so, this is an absurd, outdated, outmoded loophole, but this is a first step in recognizing our problem, where we allow 18-year-olds to buy weapons of war. news of this framework coming on the somber six year anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting in orlando, florida, 49 people murdered in cold blood, targeted about because of who they live. many mass shootings in this country, the attacker used an ar-15 style guy on, the senate deal comes after communities of uvalde, texas, and buffalo, new york, were changed forever by gun violence. all together 31 americans killed in both shootings. the shooters and both shootings were 18 year old boy legally obtained obstacles to carry out their crimes. the steel wall imperfect is something, comes up after last week s testimony from the children killed in uvalde. they sidelined their grief to going through what they re going through. the deal comes as demonstrators hit the streets, demanding action. we ve seen this bef
a conviction, right? can you get a jury to convict, can you show them evidence, do you believe he commit a crime, can you get a jury to convict, and can you withstand appeal? and here, you know, goldsmith relies a lot on the kind of mens rhea issue, right? basically trumps are gonna say, look, i sincerely believe it was stolen. and so, we should do that. and what is your response to that as a defense? yeah, so, everyone does. i ve come to call it the kool-aid defense. i think it doesn t wash in three different ways. the first is you can just disbelief, and we have more and more snaps of evidence coming out for instance, just today, that he told, that he turned to someone and said, can you believe i lost to this guy? so, you can not believe him. second, you can employ the legal concept of willful blindness, where he is purposely hiding his head in the sand. that s the kind of knowledge. but third, i think people are missing this. mens rhea is a matters, it s the stuff of a conjunction