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Us. ruth, i want to get your reaction to this argument from david corn. that this third indictment details the start starkest threat to our democracy. because trump enlisted so many efforts in his to overturn the election. and they believed the big lie. >> yes, i think thats right, i was very pleased to see so much attention paid not only to what we call the elite enablers, the lawyers, the coconspirators, and of course the recourse to violence. but propaganda. and theyre all connected. this is ...

Counsel is, and you -- this does not abide by it. but really theres no recourse for that. only the justices department really take issue with the justice department not abiding by its own regulation, correct in. >> thats right, joey, and thats the problem with this law, is that its not enforceable. something congress needs to look at. the laws quite clear, the purpose of a special counsel is the pick someone who is unassailable, someone who has no connections to the department of justice to assu...

Break-ins, i mean, the criminals these days are so brazen, there is no recourse for the actions they take, right? you said it perfectly, right in they think they have free rein of the city and, honestly, the way the mayor and the council members operate, theyre pointing fingers so much, they dont have time to pay attention to whats happening to their city. and staying afloat is getting harder and harder for us. if you have customers out there the that are weighing should i weigh my personal safe...

Other side? chuck, short of throwing him in jail which seems and a possibility while he awaits trial, as it finds? is that the recourse that is on the table here? >> there are different ways to think about it. i agree with glenn, i dont his bond would be revoked, or think the practical difficulties of putting any former president with secret service protection is enormous. but there are remedies. you touched on one alex. a judge can hold anybody who doesnt will obey a lawful court order in civil...

Entire january 6th incident and the indictment that was filed against him is one litany of progressive disruption and to expect it to and at the courthouse door is just not realistic. >> i completely agree and then the question is what sort of punishment awaits him on the other side? chuck, short of throwing him in jail which seems an impossibility while he awaits trial, as it finds? is that the recourse that is on the table here? >> there are different ways to think about it. i agree with glenn...

Fines? is that the legal recourse on the table here? >> i agree with glenn i dont think his bond will be revoked, and i think the practy of putting a former president with lifetime secret service protection in jail is enormous, but there are remedies. you touched on one, alex. a judge can hold anybody who doesnt obey a lawful court order in civil or criminal contempt,in but theres somethi else and i think we ought to mention it. look at what happened in the federal case in the southern district ...

He has violated his oath of office to protect floridians. and he keeps getting away with. it why would he stop now? >> what is secondarily striking about this is how little recourse there is to fight the governor on this. can you talk about the ways in which desantis has populated the institutions that might otherwise hold him a can double with his own allies? >> the governor has amassed power in a very eastern european soviet autocratic type of way, where the legislature has advocated there res...

Dont understand. so i think thats kind of the first answer. is there -- im sorry? >> go ahead. >> i was going to say, is there any possible recourse? i think the only possible recourse, and i dont really see it happening in this case, would be if there were some possible prosecution for knowingly filing a false public financial disclosure statement. those kinds of prosecutions have occurred for much lower level officials. but were really in an uncharted territory when were talking about an assoc...

Open federal matter. joining us now is amy gardner, national political reporter for "the washington post." i appreciate you being here tonight to talk about this reporting, thank you. >> its great to be here. thanks, rachel. >> do we know anything about the contours of the federal investigation into the fake electors and how that investigation might differ or overlap with some of the state investigations that have already borne fruit in terms of charges in michigan and that may yet bear fruit in...

You have, first of, all the attention in the first party incitement to propaganda. this is absolutely key, that the, you know, his skill at spreading lies. by the way, people are wondering why trumps lawyer is doing all of this, rather than working on his defense. its because every moment, this is especially an important moment, because hes on the defense, to get that poisonous propaganda out there to the mainstream media. to those audiences. so they never, propagandist. key then you have the ro...