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welcome to politicsnation. tonight -- coming to a close. >> right now we are bracing for a resolution nearly two years in the making as the congressional palm into january six, and former president donald trump's involvement in it, prepares to release its final report in just ten days. the house select committee meeting earlier today to determine whether criminal referrals will be made. who they will be made for. for those who have undermined the committee's investigation, including members of congress, and who defied its subpoenas to please trump or protect themselves, the consequences may be stark, according to

committee leaders. as the pressure builds on the hill, i'll talk to the district attorney of manhattan about his explosive investigation into trump's, alleged, misconduct. whether that net will tighten soon. of course, these developments in the trump world are just a few of the impacts on capitol hill these past two weeks of 2022. senate democrats this weekend dealing with the fallout of arizona senator, krysten sinema defecting from the party to become an independent. throwing the hard-earned in reverse in the majority into question as the nation braces for a divided congress in less than a month. democratic national committee chair, jaime harrison, joins me later in the show for his reaction to all of the developments in the senate. the new leadership roster in the house. and the parties plans for 2024.

all that on politicsnation. here we go. joining me now, senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat from rhode island. a member of the judiciary committee of the senate. senator, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, reverend. >> unusually busy sunday news wise. thompson, chair of the chair select committee and the january six committee making it clear that he expects a list of criminal referrals to be forthcoming after today's committee meeting. donald trump, of course being the most prominent possibility for such a referral as the committee prepares its final report to be released in ten days. what is your expectation in the midst of these developments, senator? >> well, i expected the january six commission to do its very best to do the best marshaling

and presentation of the evidence that it has -- that they can possibly do. there will be a lot of attention to the report. if well done, it can help, really, move the public towards an expectation, or a willingness, to face the fact that the president committed crimes. >> senator chuck schumer, senate majority leader, said friday that senator krysten sinema can keep her committee assignments after announcing that she would no longer identify as a democrat, but as an independent moving forward. across that news it has complicated senate democratic victories last week. the reverend senator raphael warnock successful reelection bid, which was supposed to give your caucus 51 seats. what is your reaction to the shakeups this weekend, senator? >> so far it haven't made any impact in my world at all. she is going to continue to

caucus with the democrats, she has said. as a result chokshi with gonna leave her on committees. i think that is probably a pretty firm dion. at that point she can call herself an independent. she can call herself anything else she pleases. she can call herself a wig. but the fact of 51 to 49 remains. it's the fact of 51 to 49 that drives the important changes in democratic senators subpoena power and ability to process nominees more efficiently for the president. >> let me ask you, were you surprised by her announcement? were you annoyed, especially when you just pulled out a big victory for democrats in georgia? was it annoying the timing that she would pour cold water on this fiery result in georgia? >> if eta changed our world and in a way it might have been pretty annoying. but it's 51 before and 51 after. that leads everything that matters from a parliamentary point of view in place.

i think as long as that's where this ends then we are all good. bear in mind that the republicans have a lot of billionaires akin to a lot for a lot of people. i think it is important to everybody that senator sinema stay with us, stay in the caucus, and keep our 51. >> the red wave was barely a red puddle. let me ask you this, our government runs out of money at the end of this week. governsenate appropriations cha, patrick leahy, says the omnibus funding package will be released tomorrow. without any poison pills for republicans to take issue with. yes, republicans appear unwilling to vote for. it should we expect a shutdown, senator? or continuing resolution to keep the government and business for the next year? >> i think we will get a continuing resolution, i hope,

for a week. to allow republicans to take a look at chairman leahy's plan, and to come on board. the problem is it takes a certain amount of runway to finish an appropriations bill. it is a big bill full a lots of details. for democrats for continuing to work in a bipartisan way as we can, to put forth a appropriations bill that republicans could agree with or at least form a negotiating starting point for fairly minor accommodations so we could meet that december 23rd deadline, i think that will be important. i think there is bipartisan desire in the senate not to go down the cer path any longer than is necessary. it's probably going to be great for senators christmas. probably gonna be there pretty late on the 23rd hashing this out. i'm hoping that we are able to get it done. >> senator, we are almost at a time but, quickly, where you come down on president biden's request to have the early presidential primary schedule

reorganized with south carolina leading off the season? nevada, new hampshire, georgia and michigan would follow there after. democratic national committee chair, jaime harrison, is joining us later. he is on the record that he thinks the changes will strengthen the party. do you agree with chairman harrison and the president? that now is the time for the shakeup. >> i will take jamie at his word. i think he knows a lot about this stuff. rhode island was never a contender, i don't have much of a dog in this fight. >> they taught me a long time ago, politics begins at home. i think you just answered me saying that in your own way. thank you for being with us, senator sheldon whitehouse. >> thanks for having me. r joining me now on the show, right here in studio, is alvin bragg, district attorney of manhattan. district attorney brag, thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you so much for having

me on reverend. >> your office obviously scored a big win last week. two trump organization companies were found guilty of multiple charges of criminal tax fraud. the core of the charges being the trump organization executives were compensated through fringe benefits, enabling those country to enable not paying taxes. you have said in interviews that donald trump himself had yet to be charged as the investigation is ongoing. prosecutors cast the illegal compensation it's being, quote, explicitly sanctioned by trump. trump has of course denied all along rooting. someone watching at home, hearing that -- asking why trump isn't being held personally accountable, what is your response? >> this is a consequential conviction, as you said. all of the charges presented, there were convictions on. it was against two of his namesake corporations.

a trial really laid bare cheating, lying, in greed for 13 years. the defense brought up the former presidents and his claim that he had any knowledge or involvement -- the prosecutors, or my office, they are extremely proud of how they tried this case. they said in the rebuttal, look if you hire the people, we have the cfo of the corporation. the senior people. then you set everything in motion and you have sanctioned it. that is the rebuttal of their argument. the corporation here benefited from the legal issue. it is separate and distinct issue from individual criminal liability. and you said, our broader investigation is ongoing. >> let me go to that, it has been reported that your office may have reinvigorated this investigation into the so-called hush money paid out to porn film star, stormy daniels. who maintained she had an

affair with former president trump. according to new york times, prosecutors repressing trump organization allen weisselberg to secure his cooperation with this particular investigation. this reportedly includes possible charges against weisselberg, who has pled guilty to tax crimes and have testified against the trump organization last month. still, he has refused to flip on trump himself. what can you tell us, mr. district attorney? is there indeed a renewed investigation into the hush money paid -- and i'm gonna need as much as you can tell us. >> i know, reverend. you know i can't say much. i'm constrain from saying. the first thing is our investigation made statement back in april the investigation is ongoing. we have been working, consistently, throughout the year on multiple fronts. the country got a chance to see our trial team. we like to do the most in

courts. we got to see the team, the others in the office were doing the investigative work, the behind the scenes. work that continues. you mentioned mr. weisselberg. part of this trial was we heard from him and when he testified about the inner workings of scheduling. coming up soon, that will be another important moment in the case. our work is ongoing on multiple fronts. i'm constrained from saying much more than that. m conswhile there's time, last k your office announced that they had hired a former justice department of serving in general to focus on other things. the most sensitive white collar crime investigations. again the new york times has reported that he will likely play a lead role in your office investigations, including trump and others. between your own investigation and several others, currently swirling around the former president, does trump make it through this coming year without an indictment?

i'm going to ask you to go above what you might want to talk about but i got to ask you. >> i take the question in the spirit that it was. asked i'll talk you about matthew pull into the, the former justice department official. annexed through ordinarily happy that he joined our team. he's already, joshua steinglass, susie hoffinger. i mentioned the others working on pieces of it. -- he and i work together at the new york tornadoes office. we successfully sued the trump foundation. i understand the thought about what he may be working on because of our past interactions together in addition to that, he has deep knowledge about. he has knowledge of affordable housing, he was chief of staff to former labor secretary tom perez. he is gonna help us in other areas, as well. a housing work, or tenant labor protection work, and the work of the entire office going forward >> now, talking about

other work as well, you are very much involved in trying to work with local groups on gun violence and crime in the community -- you talk about that often, thank you. yesterday, the incoming minority leader of the house on yesterday, congressman jeffries, and since i have you, i have a minute left, i want your reaction about concerns at the recent lgbtq attacks targeting people in new york city. bricks thrown through a gay window at a gave are and 50 people reportedly targeted. anything you can share with our viewers that your office is looking into this. >> definitely. a crime is pernicious, something we've been working on all year. it's on the rise.

we went to our city council, the legislature, asked for that one point $7 million over this year to deepen our ability to outreach, to do investigations. we have staffed more lawyers on hate crime prosecutions, and our hate crime prosecutions themselves are up. it's something that, and in addition to the guns, you mentioned gun violence, hate crimes is really in particular -- you mentioned the specific cases. i can't go into those. the issue of hate crimes is very front and center, weather is the api community, antisemitism across the board. >> in that regard, let me ask you the mayor of new york has just announced that he's going to have people with mental health problems, obvious problems, that are obvious, removed from the streets and brought out of the population where they are placed somewhere else. the concern is policing involved. what's your position on that

and do you see potential problems between police and citizens? some say well, i don't have the problem and police should not -- how will your office handle these kinds of situations? >> mental health, we are in the middle of a mental health crisis, no doubt about it. something that affects almost every aspect of the criminal justice system. i'm thankful to the mayor for starting the conversation, giving it a lot of prominence. we will have to see how it is implemented. they say the devil is in the details. i've been more focused on the criminal aspect when we have things that threaten public safety. i've been advocating all year to expand our resources on mental health court, 50 slots at a time by contract, we've been advocating to increase that at least four fold, you think about all the cases we have in manhattan. in terms of how we can reach out to the community and

connect the pilot program of east harlem, justice based people in the community reaching out and offering interventions. >> lastly, i'm sad i have to ask you this. you've taken for from people that say, oh, he wants to let people out of jail, bail reform. you and i spoke on the new york state assembly called -- the majority leader cousins, basically, as you've broken down to me, you are not just talking about opening the gates of the prison, you're talking about structuring the thing. in fact, i've called for a summit of a lot of our top officials to talk about how we deal with crime and police reform at the same time. >> you said it so consistently, reverend. it's both, right? i'm a civil rights lawyer. as you know, representative glenn carr -- i'm also a career prosecutor. we are -- our hate crime prosecutors are up, we are focusing on violent crime and police accountability. >> all right.

we are happy to have district a current attorney alvin brand with us. i won't call the name but one of my producers here are got nervous when they called, he said, that district attorney is here with some guys looking for you. he's not here with a subpoena. thank you for being with us. later on politicsnation, dnc chair jaime harrison joins me. we will talk sinema side switching. then you proposed primary schedule and his thoughts on the new names we will see leading the party come next year. first, we celebrate britney griner's return home from russia. while we look ahead to see how we could all rise up and help -- first, my colleague richard lui with today's top news stories. >> reverend, very good sunday to you. some of the stories we are watching. the suspect in the lockerbie passenger plane bombing is now in u.s. custody, 34 years after the deadly attack.

the libyan national suspected of making the bomb that blew up the pan am flight from new york to london in 1988. the explosion killed all hundred -- all 259 on board, another 11 on the ground in scotland. many of the victims were american. the moon rocket artemis back on earth after traveling 1.4 million miles in space. it launched three weeks ago orbiting the moon, preparing data for future mission of astronauts. -- the mauna loa volcano in hawaii's big island. a warning to watch. they added the mountains first eruption in nearly 40 years. that may end soon. the u.s. geological survey volcano observatory has said the gas missions have been reduced. more politics nation with reverend al sharpton right after this break. after this break on a comprehensive wealth plan across your full financial picture. a plan with tax-smart investing strategies designed to help you keep more of what you earn.

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just crossed the news wires before we get into other things, i want to get your response to this. the new york post is recording that congresswoman marjorie taylor greene said at an event last night that she could have led a better armed insurrection on january 6th. according to the post, which is friendly to that side of the political spectrum, she says in part, quote, if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would've won. not to mention, we would've been armed, end quote. how dangerous is this rhetoric? should we expect to hear more of this rhetoric in the coming months with the incoming congress coming in? with republicans like this at the helm? >> we should expect that, rev. kevin mccarthy, in an effort to

become speaker of the house of representatives, sold his soul to the marjorie taylor greene's in his party. the extreme right wing. this is one, who in essence, will be pulling the strings of kevin mccarthy. he needs her in order to become speaker of the house. she has proven, time and time again, that she is dangerous. she is out of touch with the american people. she doesn't care about the constitution of the united states. she will say and do anything. kevin mccarthy has empowered people like marjorie taylor greene to have a seat at the table and influence over what happens the republican majority. that is why, rev, this is going to be a short term rental of the house by republicans. we know that in two years they'll take the house back. probably have to change the carpets and paint again just to get the stench out of the

house. we are going to take the house back for the american people. >> as troubling -- she is talking about how they would've had a better insurrection. talking about private citizens now. they could've organized. imagine, you know, we all know the civil rights movement. the nonviolent movements they tried to say we're inflammatory. imagine if someone saying we are gonna do this and we would be armed. when you talk about taking the house back, yesterday -- regarding congressman cow kareem jeffries. on the democratic side they seem determined, even though they were a little short of the majority, of working with all elements progressive and moderate. not having extremists exacerbate this kind of language. this kind of recklessness. >> you have seen the leadership of nancy pelosi i think you will see a continuation under

jeffries. there is zero tolerance in the democratic party for this type of extremist. you see it in the senate, as well. we are focused on doing the work of the american people. kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell, they are only focused on getting power. it will do anything, say anything, they will align themselves with anybody that allows them to get power. not to focus on the work for the people, but just to get power. that is the difference between the democratic party in the republican party these days. one of many. >> chairman harrison, a d.c. panel voted last week to approve president biden's push to change the order of the presidential primaries in the 2024 calendar. the new lineup would have south carolina lead the way, then nevada, new hampshire, georgia, and michigan, all within the first three weeks. the president said he wants to emphasize black voters voices in the early primary process. you said the proposal would

make the party stronger. there has already been some pushback from republicans, and even some democratic officials in iowa and new hampshire, over the proposed changes. what are your thoughts? >> listen, rev, i am grateful that president biden and the head of the bylaws committee moved to south carolina. i'm really looking forward to this amazing calendar as a whole. and as you said, it starts with three small states. south carolina, nevada -- where you have a strong but teen oh voices there. new hampshire, where they believe in small government. those three states will kick it off. then you move to some of the larger states. michigan, georgia. two of our big battleground states that will also be a part of that window. we see the new south rising in georgia. we see the heart of the middle class that was born in michigan in detroit this is a fantastic,

fantastic window of states that the president has recommended. we will move forward and have an official vote on this in february. when you think about it, rev, we shouldn't be surprised by joe biden putting these states up. this is a president that has understood the power of making sure all of us have our hearses be heard and having a seat at the table. look at what he has done in terms of his cabinet. the most diverse cabinet ever. the judiciary, half of his appointments have been women of color, including the first black woman on the supreme court. this is yet another thing we see with the visionary leadership of joe biden. making sure that all boats rise in this america. >> senator raphael warnock reelection in georgia in the georgia senate runoff this past week was the final mark of the

2024 presidential roadmap. . what do you think this when a show is about the democrats strength in the highly contested swing states looking ahead to the 2024 races? >> one is it says, first and foremost the south has something to say. georgia has shown and demonstrated that a new south is rising we are seeing more competitiveness in many of our southern states we need to continue to invest in them we saw big wins in pennsylvania while being the senate race. almost all of the statewide races, flipping legislator there in michigan we saw it in wisconsin, maintaining the governorship. there is a lot of synergy now in the battleground states. all of that energy is slowing on the democratic side. we have just got to continue our efforts to invest there, put the boots on the ground and make sure we have a strong

message on how democrats have delivered for these folks over the past few years. i feel really confident, really good in our prospects in 2024. >> another one of those swing states to watch in the next election will be arizona. with vast and 72 hours after democrats celebrated winning georgia senate race, and the presumed 51st vote in the chamber, senator sinema announced she was leaving the democratic party and it's officially registering as an independent. what has been your reaction to this? should the democrats be worried about a potential three-way race for senate in arizona in 2024. >> well reverend, senator sinema's decision to register as an independent will not change the democratic majority. chairman -- has made that clear. they've had conversations with the senator. the white house feels the same

way. they will continue to work with her in the same way they have always done to continue to move the ball forward. to continue the success that we've had in terms of legislation. we are looking forward to doing just that. as it pertains to 2024, we will cross that road we get there. in the meantime we are focused on ways that we can continue to work with the senator, even at an independent. she will continue to give our community through the democratic party to move the presidents agenda forward. we are looking forward to doing just that. >> when i hear you say work with us like he always had, just for the record, she has not always voted with the other democrats. dealing with the john lewis voting bill. but i am saying that, not you, mister chairman. you have to work with her. dnc chairman, thank you for being on with us tonight. coming up, hunter biden supporters say they will put up a fight against the gop probe of his business dealings. what does the gop hope to find?

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anthony a booker, democratic strategist and founder, managing partner, of t booker strategies. michael, i want to get your response to what the new york post, i dare say a right-wing newspaper, has reported that margaret marjorie taylor greene has set an event last night regarding the january six insurrection. according to the post, she said in part, if steve bannon and i had organized that, we would've won. not to mention, we would've been armed. that is the end of the quote. now, michael, i know you are a republican. it seems like the post is reporting that she was joking but please try to imagine my point of view before the break. a black democratic member of congress, a black civil rights leader saying they would have succeeded in a violent insurrection that actually did happen. one they would've succeeded in

because they had guns. can you do that for me? >> rev, there is no way on this planet any african american, whether they're in office, out of office, contemplating office, would ever get away with that kind of a statement in this environment it just wouldn't happen. the reality here is when you allow them to talk, they will tell you what they're thinking they will tell you what you are feeling. they will speak the arrogance of themselves and how they see their situation. they think they're on touch double. marjorie taylor greene knows, as many of us have been saying inside and outside of the party. that she has much more of a controlling force what happens in january than kevin mccarthy. she has more say in what happens after january than a speaker mccarthy.

that is the reality. these comments are not surprising. the truth for the party is, this is your leadership. this is what you have decided to lie down with and to allow to control the future of the party. someone who thinks and feels, yeah, i could've done an armed insurrection much better than the actual armed interaction. heck, i would have been armed! that would've been great. so, here we are. again, one more quick point for voters, this is what you voted for in november. this is what giving the majority to a party of insurrectionists looks and sounds like. >> now they'll try to say, well i was just joking. what are you joking about? there was an insurrection. there was people there armed let me go to you, to me a on this. staying with january 6th a

minute. the january six committee is said to release its long awaited final report before christmas. the report is expected to include criminal referral. -- what are your thoughts as this investigation comes to a close? how do you think panels finding will influence the doj's own investigation? >> for one, thank you for having me on here today, reverend sharpton. it is definitely a point of personal privilege beyond with you this evening. i think for this report, what's different than the report they came out in the last administration is the transparency that the american people have into what has happened. marjorie taylor greene's comments are very interesting given what we have seen over the past couple months to the hearings is the amount of elected officials, on the republican side, who were involved in this conspiracy. seeing and she made those comments last night, now she wants to backtrack.

it's fascinating. i think we, as the american public, we'll see more that has been released in this report. we will see exactly -- i won't opine on what is in the report but i think there will be a lot more light shed, for sure. >> michael, a new report in the washington post reveals friends and allies of president biden's son, hunter biden, are planning to fight back against the republicans who plan to investigate him in the house in 2023. this is partly fueled by elon musk's release of internal twitter documents. musk claims that twitter suppressed certain news articles on the site in 2020, including the new york post story on hunter biden's reported business dealings. what are republicans hoping to gain from an investigation into hunter biden? >> the noise. it's all about the noise. there is nothing substantively here. reverend, you and i know that

this has been investigated. it was investigated in 18, in 20. it has been a part of the political narrative for some time. there was nothing found then. there is nothing to be found now. particularly with response to any direct involvement of then former vice president, now president, biden. this is all about political posturing and setting up the play for 2024. stay focused on the game plan here. this is the play on the sidelines sometime this sideline commentators are focusing more on the players screaming at the coach. or the coach coming at a player. more than what is actually going on the field. that is what this is, all right? republicans know that. they have telegraphed it from the very beginning. we are not gonna govern. we don't have a platform. i don't know how the heck we are going to govern anyway. i don't know what we are governing from, philosophically or otherwise. what are we gonna do?

we are gonna re-live day the bygone days of benghazi. on the will take out benghazi and insert hunter biden. we will take that loop over and over. we're gonna call every member of the administration we can all in front of our committees. all the sideline in the noise. the price is what they are gonna be doing on the field how did they play the game politically on the field? democrats need to stay focused on that knock it distracted with this group is doing they are going to take care the sideline noise they are gonna be in play on the sidelines so you're not distracted by what is going on by getting in front of whatever is going through that. >> the swearing in ceremony for los angeles mayor, karen bass, is underway as we speak vice president kamala harris will swear bass in as the 43rd mayor of the city of los angeles. l.a. times reports that mayor bass has asked the vice president to administer the oath of office as an on to their status of two of

california's most powerful black women. according to a harris aide, the vp was honored to be asked. what is your reaction to the significance of this moment? >> it is a very significant and historic moment. a very karen bass received thet amount of votes in l.a.'s electoral history for mayor. that is excited. the black woman who was the first speaker of the california assembly, seeing her make these strides. she has been a dedicated public service to the people of los angeles. it is so exciting to see her achieve. this to be with the first black woman, vice president, who has also from the state of california. who has also representing california citizens in the united states senate. what you're seeing is not only something historic, but significant. you are seeing the strides in power of black women votes. also seeing black women elected both into liberal office and

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