january 6th hearing begins. [laughs] so, histories moving fast on the subject. and the question remains in michigan politics as to whether being arrested for his purported role in the crimes of january 6th is going to boost him boost his chances in that republican primary, since apparently participating in that particular crime is a badge of honor. i don t know it helps you, somehow? we will await republican voters judgment on that. i have to agree with you, rachel, about a point you made. about this whole question of, will the january 6th committee send criminal referrals to the justice department? the attorney general said i am watching the hearings i am watching every minute of them. if i don t watch them live i play them back later. and he said, at the same time, what he called the january 6th prosecutors are watching. every sentence has been referred to the justice department in realtime. i mean honestly, what we could do, just to make sure every tee s crossed in
releasing damning new testimony from an attorney in trump s white house. in a tease of sorts for next week s hearing watch this in our next hearing on thursday, the select committee will examine president trump s relentless effort on january 6th and in the days beforehand to pressure vice president pence to refuse to count lawful electoral votes. as a federal judge has indicated, this likely violated to federal criminal statutes. to. and that s heating up the comment, the committee s newest bombshell, a portion of the deposition from former white house lawyer, eric herschmann, who describes a colorful conversation the day he had after the insurrection, with lawyer john eastman. the lawyer wrote memos arguing the vice president could in fact overturn the election. he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia, and preserving something, eventually, for appeal. and i said to him, are you out of your effing mind? i said, i only want to hear two words coming ou
[applause] jasmine cazares gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. e starts n ow tonight, new details on the pressure campaign to overturn the 2020 election, as a possible future criminal case against the former guy comes into view. then, another big primary night. the trump endorsement once again put to the test, as more than 100 republican primary winners embrace the big lie. is this the future of the gop? plus, the fleecing of america. outrage over out of control covid relief spending, this stunning amount of money that may have been awarded to fraudsters, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live from washington, d.c.. tonight, the january 6th committee made up for delaying its originally scheduled hearing for tomorrow, by