carol leonnig, thank you for being here. when i first -- the story, i said, get carol leonnig.because we have talk in previous months about the strange relationship between the secret service and trump supporters and whether there exists something unusual, an unusual dimension to that. when you read this correspondence from the secret service about this secret keepers, what was your impression? >> alex, i am so glad that you ask it that way. my impression right off the bat was, okay, we all know that law enforcement generally leans a little conservative, a little red and, in some cases, in the secret service, definitely pro-trump. but in this instance they sound almost naive, as if they are not familiar with what the oath keepers stand for. they refer to them as an extremely -- very, i think the exact words were very pro law enforcement official organization, and pro trump -- almost as if they are walking hand in hand like like-minded friends of each other. and also, the naivete comes through with the seaming acceptance of exactly the line you quoted, alex, which is, they are n

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carol leonnig's here, pulitzer prize investigative reporter with the washington post. and christie greenberg a former federal prosecutor and sdny division deputy chief. mr. ali, you are in the room so i must start with you. this is the 1079th doj case related to january 6th and it's fair to say, very, very few have been acquitted. so how does donald trump fit into all of this? >> he is about the 100th -- man who's been charged in the january six. i've covered a lot of those cases. it's very rare for the fans to be fully quoted. there have been a number of cases including the two biggest cases that involved the proud boys and the oath keepers where defendants were acquitted on individual charges. i think that's going to be a strong argument for the justice department to put forward from this point on, because basically it's pretty inevitable you're gonna see a filing from the trump folks saying they need a change of venue. they gotta do this summer else, that d. c.'s two democratic. what doj's gonna do in order to make any other arguments he made in the january six case

this evening -- carol leonnig, thank you, as always, for your expertise.still ahead this evening, ron desantis says his bright college years showed him the dark side of woke college liberalism. but as the anti-elite creator oh his elite pedigree to those ivy league connections? and the man who led the russian mercenary group in a revolt against russian president putin, two months ago today, may have died. we will talk about what we know about all of that and who might be responsible, coming up next. become an aunty. book a flight. stay 4 nights. meet the baby. make the baby cry. give the baby back. fly home. silver tier in a single trip. join one key and move up tiers fast. >> woman: why did we choose safelite? >> vo: for us, driving around is the only way we can get our baby to sleep, so when our windshield cracked, we needed it fixed right. we went to safelite.com. there's no one else we'd trust. their experts replaced our windshield, and recalibrated our car's advanced safety system. they focus on our safety... so we can focus on this little guy. >> sin

in this case the court is giving great deference to these defendants. >> ken dilanian, carol leonnig charles coleman, thank you all very much. tim miller, we're going to see you again in just a bit. >>> president biden is wrapping up his time out west set to speak in salt lake city in just a few minutes to mark the one-year anniversary of legislation that extends benefits to military veterans harmed by exposure to burn pits. we'll have those remarks for you live. >>> plus, less than two weeks to go, if you can believe it, until the first republican primary debate. how donald trump's refusal to sign his party's loyalty pledge will affect that debate and the race for the white house potentially. you're watching "chris jansing reports." only on msnbc. msnbc that starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours. with astepro's unbeatably fast allergy relief you can astepro and go! i remember when i first started flying, and we would experience turbulence. i would watch the flight attendants. if they're not nervous, then i'm not going to be nervous. financially, i'm the

let me ask you, lisa, to pick up on something carol leonnig, when carol leonnig describes a vibe it usuallysome blockbuster reporting she and her colleagues are working on. let me ask you -- let me just pull this thread a little bit. is there a scenario where the legal interests diverging in terms of timing leads to a divergence more profound than timing? >> yeah, i think that's absolutely right. and we're starting to see that already. and carol didn't name names, but, for example, jenna ellis who was one of the president's former lawyers, has taken to twitter and other places very publicly this week to complain. they even have hur gts complaining on her behalf that her legal fees have not been paid. she raised at last count by me over $94,000 on a christian equivalent of a gofundme site, but that's hardhy going to be enough to sustain a full defense and a trial here. so i do think that for monetary reasons, for reputational reasons, and otherwise there are a number of people who either are going to want to go to trial quick leor going to entertain notions of pleading out here particularly

. >> chris: great conversation, carol leonnig and harry litman. thank you. >>> a look at tomorrow's first republican primary debate. candidates who did make the stage and how they are hoping to try to break free to voters tomorrow night. that is next. ♪i've got home internet from t-mobile.♪ ♪it only costs $50 bucks at t-mobile.♪ ♪just one cord to set up.♪ ♪say goodbye to that truck.♪ ♪oh, what a beautiful mornin'...♪ ♪oh, what a beautiful day...♪ ♪they won't raise your rates at t-mobile...♪ ♪you'll get a great deal every day!♪ home internet from t-mobile... just $50 bucks a month. >>> the stage is set for tomorrow's first republican debate, just two hours long but with the potential to make or break the campaign up some of the eight making a cut including ron desantis. he is the high list pulling candidate on the milwaukee stage and the one with the most to gain or lose. he will take on mike pence, nikki haley, tim scott, chris cristi and asa hutchinson and of course donald trump will loom over the debate without being there. the new details from

. >> carol leonnig, thank you for geling us start. pete and harry, you're sticking with me. >>> one of the lead architects of the failed coup plot, john eastman is fighting from being disbarred. his reasoning? it's only something a trump lawyer can make up. we'll tell you what that is next. >>> the gop field of presidential candidates trying , more often than not mimicking attacks on the ones trusted institutions. >>> changing the rules of the game with long-term implications about the future of abortion rights. all those stories and more when "deadline: white house" continues after this. do not go anywhere. you didn't live this strong, this long to get put on the shelf like a porcelain doll. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and are at high risk for fracture, you can build new bone with evenity®. ask your doctor if you can do more than just slowing down bone loss with evenity®. want stronger bones? then build new bone; evenity® can help in just 12 months. evenity® is proven to reduce spine fracture risk by 73%. evenity® can inc