military promotions and now a school district is banning the military memoir "jarhead," author anthony swafforde tonight. >>> but we begin tonight with the on going efforts by donald trump's maga minions in congress to go to bat for their dear leader, acting not as representatives of the american people but as an extension of the defense team for the twice-impeached, twice-indicted former president. you may remember that one of trump's most loyal followers in the house, jim jordan, made it very clear last summer that defending trump was going to be their top priority. with just one goal in mind if they took the house in the midterms -- >> all those things need to be investigated just so you have the truth. plus, that will help frame up the 2024 race when i hope and i think president trump is going to run again. we need to make sure that he wins. >> and there it is. we need to make sure that he wins. and keeping to his word, house republicans have made every attempt to do just that. in the past six months, we have seen house republicans hold hearings attacking the prosecutors investigating donal