Very trumpy. and his kowtowing to someone like marjorie taylor greene, you could look at that as sort of a broad c incident, to ho he and so much of th republican caucus is holding t donald j trump, even as weak history has now, as there never been in his recent political career trump is still regularly on th phone with power players in th house republican fields, talking to them about, what ar you willing to do an early 2023, giving them suggestions on wha they should do it very investigations, whether that s into the january six committee as well or to hunter biden he still trying to call the shots and they, from mccarthy on down, they re still letting him, eve though a lot of them agree wit mitch mcconnell we in th incredibly private corners o their lives that they were shaken move on from the sky. but they re still beholden t
Closely on the show because he was such a key player in thi entire undertaking eastman claim that then vice president mike pence had the authority to essentially unilaterally by himself, as if a dad was supreme power thro out the results of the electio essentially. to just say no, i don t accept it and install trump as winner and generous sucks. members of trump s own inner circle lawyer, after lawyer, after lawyer in and around trump called it insane, crazy. and was clear in the final fou is that eastman and trump ou partners in the undertaking. they knew the theory was bogus they said it was plainly illegal all along. there was no good fait confusion. there was no arguable colorful case on both sides now, in the presence of penc eastman even acknowledged th plan was unlawful. he and trump were both relentlessly pressuring th
Southern california district court who said basically the evidence court finds that more likely than not, trump and dr. eastman dishonestly conspire to obstruct the joint sessio of congress on january 6th 2021 so you have already before thi report, renato, a federal judg saying there is something here it is not beyond a shadow of reasonable doubt but the question becomes that guess, is there evidence tha exists that doj could get that the committee could not? how necessary or relevant is that i am really glad you aske that question chris. there is a really importan missing piece here which is, what pat cipollone told donald trump. if you read chapter five there is a discussion for example of a raw meeting where cipollon was excluded from the meetin but they don t know, the committee doesn t know exactly why, because cipollone refused to answer questions around the
So, the theory was a nonstarter that s what happened a federal judge and supreme court refuse to take it up. what eastman is doing here i an insurrection of the adage that many it s easier to beg for forgiveness then asked for permission if you asked for permissio he d be told no. by extension, trump was trying to play it out for as long a possible he was keeping it alive he is going to throw the election in the controversy, hoping that they take advantag of the chaos eastman s role in thi chapter is come across a willfully malevolent than an other comprehensiv characterization of us - what was your take away o
Two years ago in 2020. yet a month after his election he was a guest of honor at the conservative gala new york city, where the opening speake called, for quote, total war and republican enemies, an where congresswoman marjorie taylor greene joked that, if she had helped organize januar six, these insurgents would ve been arms, and they would ve won. the washington post points out that santos is one of 24 new republican measures, we have cast doubt on whether pr president biden won the 2020 election and one of three who have been linked to donald trump s rally on january six, just prior t the capitol insurrection, whic gives you an idea of who wil be trying to call the shots in the house, once republican take the gavel next week i m joined now by tim miller writer for the bulwark, and , senior politics reporter for rolling stone. tim, let me start with you o this, because i think there something interesting brewin here with santos which itself, is an incredible story in the details, and th possible breadth of the man