that s how one person familiar with the january 6th trial preparations described the strategy according to rolling stone magazine. in new reporting tonight, rolling stone cites several of trump s legal and political advisers who claim the former president is demanding they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense. quote, his list of ideas has included asserting that there s evidence of anti-trump elements in the fbi framed him and maga protesters by using undercover agents and informants to instigate the deadly january 6th riot. the anarchists and left wing anti-fascists played a role in attacking the capitol that day and they gathered real evidence showing, quote, massive amount of voter and election fraud, end quote, in 2020 in swing states and heavily democratic urban areas as he has long baselessly claimed, end quote. trump s team has even discussed calling witnesses like nancy pelosi and other political foes to the stand in an effort to paint them as the tr
wagner. a maga freak show, that s a one person familiar with donald trump s january 6th trial preparations described the former president strategy, according to rolling stone magazine. in new reporting today, rolling stone cited several trump legal and political advisers who claim that the former president is demanding that they incorporate fringe conspiracies into his legal defense.quote, here s a list of ideas have included inserting that there is evidence that anti-trump elements in the fbi framed him and a maga protesters by using undercover agents and informants to instigate the january 6th riot. and there the left wing anti-fascist played a role in attacking the capitol that day, and that trump s lieutenants have gathered real evidence showing, quote, massive amounts of voter and election fraud, end quote, in 2020, in swing states. and heavily democratic urban areas, as hed has long baselessly claimed, and quote. if trump s team as we ve been discussed calling witnesses
as donald trump makes a third bid for the white house and is the the first votes are to be cast in iowa in just under two weeks. trump s lawyers say the 234-year unbroken tradition of not prosecuting the presidents for official acts, despite calls to do so from across the political spectrum, provides powerl evidence. no president prior toth donald trump tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. had his attorneys point to the likelihood of mushrooming prosecutions. and future cycles. the ex-the president snlt prolsing retribution. his al lies aren t the ones plotting to end the independence of the justice department. the most audacious argument, one yesterday. on this program donald trump cannot be tri a criminal court for role in the january 6th insurrectn because heas acquitted by the senate during his second impeachment the new york times reports both legal perts have disdegreed with that position. not least because the federal charges he s facing are not analogous
a lot to get to this morning, including another state removing donald trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. we will have expert legal and political analysis all not big decision from maine secretary of state. plus we will show you nikki haley attempt at cleaning up her highly criticized answer on the cause of the civil war. , also ahead, the latest from gaza. israeli forces continue to strike refugee camps where it believes hamas terrorists are hiding. this comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure on israel to protect civilians inside gaza. plus we ll take a look at the stories that dominated 2023, from two wars overseas to chaos on capitol hill, as well as the former presidents many legal battles as he enters a presidential election. a lot to go through. witness for all of it, nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann, president of the national action network and host of msnbc s politicsnation the reverend al sharpton, washingto
humanitarian and disaster relief mission. reading up to the job, volunteers put up donation boxes, sorting through donations, and gruesome the u.s. partner companies put together pallets of supplies to help decorate them with messages from the holidays. finally, aircrews look at the palace on to the plains and dropped more than 200 packages and supplies and toys to over 40,000 people, living on 58 different islands. the operation took six days to complete and covered 1.8 million square miles. now, that is what i call spreading christmas cheer. and on that no, i wish you all, a very good night. from all of ourolagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. end of tomorrow in the year 2000, george w. bush became the first president in more than 100 years to win the presidency and lose the popular vote. in 2016, donald trump became the second. now, what made both the two responsible at the expense of the popula