york, said that president trump is the person who directed the commission of those felonies, but michael cohen is the one who went to prison for them. while in prison, mr. cohen wrote a memoir about his time at trump's side. >> in terms of your life now and what your life is like under home confinement and releasing this book, i know there are multiple ongoing investigations that seem to have been triggered by or that intersect with the testimony that you've given, you know, investigations, and i know you can't talk about ongoing, live investigations. but are you in an ongoing way working with any investigators or providing testimony or is that still part of your life, or is that something that's in the past? >> so you're right. i'm not permitted to discuss them other than to say that there are ongoing investigations into all of the actions that everybody has heard about for so long, including the supreme court case that now exists in order to obtain mr. trump and the trump organization's tax returns. >> you write in the book that you didn't have access in detail to trump taxes, but we know th

i'm joined now by michael cohen. you just heard him. michael, good morning to you.s. you warned about selling security secrets to the highest bitter, donald trump selling pardons which may be underway now. one thing you said before the election that we discussed is the idea that the time between january 6th and january 20th, that we're in now, you warned maybe some of the most dangerous for donald trump, because he's feeling disconnected, like he's not had any success in anything he's doing, we have 75 more hours. what happens? >> yeah. as i stated to you way before november that if, in fact, he loses, my biggest fear is that the danger that america will deal with between january 6th and january 20th, is going to be significant. i will say that what i did not predict is that all i knew he would sell government secrets, i didn't think he would be selling government pardons. that took me for a loop. >> but we are in this mode where all he's got left for the next few days, we think, touch much wood, is the ability to give pardons. we believe he's discussing it. you hav

, the author of "disloyal" and podcast mea culpa michael cohen.'ll get to your reaction about the president's video. you were right. how were you so sure that trump would incite the masses the way that he did? >> because i know the man peter than anybody and it's really just a terrible display by donald trump in a very weak and a feeble attempt to keep power. that's what donald trump is all about. and that was the whole purpose of him in essence running for president. it was to obtain the power, but really not even the power so that he could do good for america. it was really so that he could do better for his eponymous company. it was supposed to in essence be the greatest infomercial in the history of politics but it didn't turn out that way, did it? >> no. did you think your testimony wasn't taken seriously enough? >> i don't think it was taken seriously by many people at all. you know there it was 20 months ago, basically telling you like nostradamus what was going to happen, 20 months later in the event that he lost the election. and it's not

michael cohen, you know, you see donald trump there.ven get on pinterest and put up his favorite photos of decor. he's off of his favorite social media, twitter. he now has lost his prized golf tournament that's not coming to turn berry anymore. what would you guess that his stadium state of mind is right now and how dangerous does that make him? >> i've often said it on this program, whether it's yours or other msnbc programs, that the single most dangerous time in america is going to be from the 6th of january to the 20th of january, because that's the time that donald trump is going to ultimately realize that he is not going to be president. come january 20th of 2021. and what he is going to do, i predicted that captain chaos was going to continue to sow more and more, you know, dissension in this country, and he's going to commit more and more sort of atrocities during the course of these days. and i expect that on behalf of donald trump, many more of these different radical, racist groups, i mean, seven different racist groups have

reactions from trump's former personal attorney michael cohen, plus how he's working with the new yorkg into trump's finances. he new york prosecutor's digging into trump's finances. >>> a new warning from george conway in a "washington post" op-ed saying donald trump must face the consequences of his acts detailing exactly how president biden's department of justice can investigate trump's suspected misconduct now that he's a private citizen. conway writes to deal with trump and to do so fairly the attorney general designate merrick garland once confirmed will need to use the mechanism of a special counsel. indeed given the astonishing breadth of trump's wrongdoing garland may need to appoint more than one to get the job done swiftly and thoroughly. joining me now is donald trump's former personal attorney michael cohen, author of "disloyal" and host of the podcast "mea culpa." did i say best-sell bok "disloyal." good to see you. >> alex, what you're just doing now, thank you. >> thank you. within that op-ed, michael, conway asks could you imagine one prosecutor in charge of address t

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the truth about anthony scaramucci and michael cohen is that they wanted donald trump to be presidentd everything they possibly could to help donald trump win the presidency including in michael cohen's case committing crimes. never forget. never forget that about them because everything donald trump has done in the presidency, including incite an insurrection, was completely predictable before donald trump even announced his campaign for president. donald trump has always been who he is tonight and anyone who claims they couldn't see that until now is lying. this is what happened when richard nixon was forced out of the presidency. suddenly, no republican in washington could remember supporting richard nixon. they all agreed that he was a criminal. the people who helped donald trump become president and the people who worked for him and supported him and gave him money while he was president, are hoping that you will forget what they did. never forget. e ezra klein and mara will join us after this break. join us after this break ...i was cured. i faced reminders of my hep c every day

to commit the federal crimes that sent michael cohen to prison. to donald trump as he sits there tonight, it's hard to imagine him leaving office without writing that little note to himself with that pardon. >> yeah, i think that's also exactly right. you know, he not only has exposure there, but he has exposure in the district of columbia for inciting an insurrection. also a federal offense. and so -- and by the way, the phrase you just used is so interesting. writing a little note to himself. there's absolutely no requirement in the constitution that a pardon be made public. or that it even be in writing. it could be oral, i guess, or it could be stuck away in his drawer to be pulled out if he needs it down the road. again, the constitution only places two limitations. it cannot be for a federal offense and cannot be for cases of impeachment. otherwise, the power is broad and the constitution is silent. >> we will know a lot more about this tomorrow night. chuck rosenberg, thank you very much for joining us tonight. always appreciate it. >> than

and emails from trump directing michael cohen to lie to congress.: what about michael cohen being in prague? that never happened either. all great examples. thanks a lot. i appreciate your time. next, you will hear jason chaffetz and sean duffy's welcome, today's discussion will be around sliced meat. moms want healthy... and affordable. land o' frost premium!!! no added hormones either. it's the only protein i've really melted with. land o' frost premium. fresh look. same great taste. dan: the year is officially year, 2021. in the world there will be a lot of changes. once joe biden gets sworn in. sean duffy, i'll go to you first. what do you predict for 2021? >> my crystal ball tells you you will have a continued cognitive decline by joe biden by the end of 2021 and kamala harris will be the president and the media will fail to continue to report on joe biden and all his missteps and horrible policies. dan: it's sad. but i agree on your first part and second part. but i can't agree with you more. i don't think this is getting any better. jason. wh

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comey is basically on michael cohen's book, michael cohen testified that he doesn't think the tape existse intelligence report dismissive of the steele dossier. it talked about what was going on in moscow hotels. it couldn't conclusively say. what is going on here? >> could be cynical as disgraced former federal official james comey should not see the height of day selling books or any other public attention. he is trying to sell books. maintaining relevance. maybe angling for a new role in the bide en-harris administration. the facts have not changed. his credibility changed. he played a very central and bad role history will judge him harshly for in the whole attempt by a prior administration, the obama administration to investigate the new administration, the trump administration and that should never happen in america. i'm confident based on people i know in the trump administration that they aren't doing that to the new biden administration. we should not do that in our country. so he needs to go away. he sold enough books, made enough money. we should focus on the legitimate issues

i'll be speaking with michael cohen about where the investigation is heading and why citizen trump couldrgetting something. let me check. xfinity home gives you peace of mind from anywhere with professionally monitored home security built around you. no, i think we're good. good. so when you're away, you don't have to worry. the tent. we forgot... the tent. except about that. xfinity home. simple. easy. awesome. hey look, i found the tent! get xfinity home with no term contract required. click or call today. >>> good day, everyone. from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." developing this now this afternoon a group of bipartisan senators will speak with the white house about president biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal. white house chief of staff ron klain stressing the need for bipartisanship. >> we were going to move fast and we're going to move bipartisan. i don't think bipartisanship and speed are enemies of one another. the need is urgent. americans, both democrats and republicans, are dying. kids' schools

>> he's what michael cohen said, a man without oxygen.idence that he hasn't been getting much oxygen to his brain for some time now so this is only an ad. but it has felt utterly and completely different to me for him to be off. it's made me realize how addicted even i am with my own self-awareness of this to what he's going to say and the outrage it will prompt in me. i know that i'm not alone and the absence of trump is the absence of trump. this, alex, will be one of the final times i speak publicly about trump because i feel i've contributed what i can and there really is more to say about donald trump at this point. the truth is out. the jig is up. the game is over. >> tony, i may still come after you, but we'll leave that for another time. sam, at one point on wednesday, the u.s. capitol rioters were heard saying "hang mike pence." they're telling nbc news that while the vice president and his family were in the bunker on capitol hill, the president didn't reach out to check on his safety. in fact, he hasn't spoken at all with pence

you heard what michael cohen was talking about. this becomes a dark moment for your uncle donald trump because the same people have kind of left, the people who keep the guard rails have left. he's surrounded by a little built of family and rudy giuliani and the foam pillow guy. he may be getting the worst advice of his entire career right now. >> oh, he absolutely is. michael cohen is correct in his assessment of what's going on with people like jared and ivanka. you know, their relationships with donald have always been transactional, and as long as they believe there's no upside for them, they're going to get away from him as quickly as possible. as for the people left, you know, the other -- the flip side of it is that donald only wants people around him who are going to tell him what he wants to hear no matter how destructive it might be for him. and the fact that it's down to rudy giuliani and a pillow guy tells us everything we need to know about the quality of people left. i understand steven miller is still in there, too,

michael cohen says he talks in code. he doesn't say much directly. but he'll in essence consider doing a pardon or two for rudy giuliani as taking care of his legal expenses for giuliani and let him get the money from someone else. that's the way he operates. if he gave a bunch of liquor to al capone, he'd sell it. no different than this. given the pardon power, he'll sell it. >> chief cohen with a way with words. say this reporting is accurate, will you introduce new legislation based on this? >> i don't think there's anything more you can do than what i've introduced this year make it illegal for the president to give pardons to his family, himself, his political campaign team and/or his administration. that i've got in and any pardon that is, you know, we've got separate laws to cover more questionable pardons, but for -- if he is really getting money, we can prove it. it's a bribe. if he takes bribery money and accuses giuliani's bribe as a way to take care of his campaign debts to giuliani, that could be a criminal right now because you still ca

of the big tech boycott twitter is taking on the accounts of former national security advisor michael cohen x. trump lawyer sydney powell and other high profile supporters of the president and paul both met with trump at the white house in recent weeks as part of efforts to overturn the presidential election results you tube has joined in and ban trump's former chief strategist steve bannon mexican president or has expressed concerns over the power of social networks to silence and censor whoever they want. what happened a few days ago in the united states is about signing private companies decide whom to silence and censor this does not bode well and restricts freedom which we discuss the issue with julio rivera editorial director of reactionary times dot com and frederick got bindi a professor of political science. there is a feline i mean freedom of speech is guaranteed. invitation to violence that is a completely different thing what they're doing is that they're going ahead and expressing a message to the american people and to a lot of these other silicon valley giant that it's ok to

if you think about the track record of the united states and his treatment towards someone like michael cohen who he believed to be a rat and the person that cooperated and was interviewed more than three times. although he wasn't a voluntary witness had a role in that as well and now able to come back into the inner circle. the last time that we saw donald trump giving a speech was at a boarder wall, singing the praise and talking about it as a feather in the cap. the person unable to fatally under mine that is now getting a pardon. it is really a surreal moment. for someone like steve bannon, it is one he probably wished for. since he failed to go full throttle after the book quote. >> talking about using people as much as a president has been getting people to donate money to the stop the steal, the false election allegation. steve bannon is a hollywood producer with a ton of money and now the accusation more disturbing with someone like that. and right before he is through a charge, pictures of him on a yacht and all types of things. laura, i want to bring in some folks. laura, thank you

video of trump in a moscow hotel room with prostitutes, that is with the steel dossierer alleged michael cohenoesn't think it exists and connie is basing it on the intelligence report dismissive of the steel dossier talking about was going on at the moscow hotel. what is goingot on here? >> it may be as cynical as his raised former b federal officia, james comey who should not see the light of day in terms of selling books or any other public attention. he's trying to maintain relevance.e. maybe he is aiming for a certain role in this administration, who knows? the facts have notot changed. his credibility has not changed. heed plays a very central, bad role in the attempt by a prior administration, obama administration to investigate the new administration, the trump administration and that should never happen in america. i'm confident some people i know in the trumpw administration thy are not doing that to the new biden administration and we should not do that in our country. we should focus on the legitimate issues before the american people, serious issues facing the country right now. we

there's the case to which michael cohen his former lawyer pled guilt why and made a statement in open court that he was committing those actions at the direction of and in coordination of individual one, we know to be donald trump. we know the that attorney in manhattan has hired a forensic accountant to look at various things and also looking on the civil side, based on things he's done recently just since january 6th or few days before that, you have authorities in state of georgia looking if he interfered with the election there, i think there's decent evidence to make that a worthy investigation. attorney general in district of columbia is looking at various things in connection to the insurrection. the list goes on and on, a lot of things the president has exposure to, some of which would not be ab solved if he chose to self-pardon which is the big question. the other pardons are interesting in their own ways but the $64,000 question is whether or not he'll try to pardon himself. we don't know that yet. >> yeah, i think that would be maybe a bridge too far for him, because you ha

michael cohen's been very outspoken about meeting with them.hey're in a lot of trouble. and by the way, you know, people are looking for -- we are like this. our people that are crime busters are trying to put people away like this all the time. so, think of the name they will make for themselves if they can put these people away. but remember, don, because you, doug, we're all the same, we respect the rule of law in this country. everything is innocent until proven guilty. but i think he has a lot to answer for when he leaves office in four short days. >> president trump will go down as the worst president in u.s. history. will it be all about insurrection? what else will be the legacy here? >> i think there was a populist revolt in the united states and around the world that there was a right wing movement. we had one in the 1990s with the time of the oklahoma city bombing. bill clinton was present. it got snuffed out. trump restoked it, was able to win in 2016 even though he lost by 3 million votes. so, he's an asterisk president. he's a wei

. >> and michael cohen. keep going. >> the list is a little long. there's also the issue of, you may remember the district attorney was looking at donald trump's children for a series of fraudulent claims they made with regard to the trump organization. ultimately, the charges were dropped or the case went silent. it was a mystery to many people at the time. there were people engaged in the case who found that hard to believe with the evidence they had. there's a statute of limitations on everything. so we'll see. but if there was a conspiracy to defraud investors or partners in the trump organization, that has a federal charge possibility. >> there's a lot out there. and joe biden has been public about saying at least in terms of federal charges, he has a hands-off approach to his justice department, and it will be up to them to see what they pursue. carol, thank you. peter, this is a point just brought up by bill krystol. and the tweet says, the pardon of bannon makes it a lot more likely that donald trump is going to be convicted in the senate. l

are they going to invite steve schmidt and mary trump and michael cohen and mitt romney, too? have you googled what scaramucci has been saying about the president? he said today, quote, trust me, that had to be a mass email if one of them got sent to me. we don't know how many people they've invited to go to this sendoff at the air base. i don't know where they got the invite list for people they asked to come cheer out president trump, but each invitee is told they should bring five guests in addition to themselves, which is kind of asking a lot and which does suggest they are having trouble generating a crowd. one administration source telling us tonight, quote, there haven't been many rsvps. >>> today kamala harris resigned from the u.s. senate. sworn into her seat, alex padilla. california has never had a latino u.s. senator before today, and now they do. we also learned today that sonya sotomayor will be swearing in vice president kamala harris. she swore in joe biden for his second term as vice president in 2013. she'll do the honors for kamala harris tomorrow. ron klain

president trump's former attorney, his personal attorney, michael cohen, said over the weekend he thinks the president may have secretly pardoned himself and his children and rudy giuliani. you said this was something you were concerned with but didn't want to raise publicly, didn't want to put it throughout for the president. it's never been done. i if someone ripped out a pardon and said accident guess what, it's notarized, it's authenticated. the whole idea of a pardon is you accept it publicly and thereby in a sense make a public acknowledgment of your guilt. i don't think that's an important issue at the moment, because it turns out that almost all the non-secret pardons he gave, they're almost so sloppily written. to talk about secret pardons is sort of a distraction. right now it's. not only is the former president on trial, they are on trial. do they have the courage to say that such a person is too dangerous to have running the country ever again running the country in the future? not only is it a crime scene, it could be a scene of repeated crime if we don't disable this dem a

former attorney general jeff sessions andreas attorney general bill barr and personal attorney michael cohen and -- the long, long list of people who have served donald trump and loyal to donald trump and the story ends with trump dumping them. it gets ugly and personal. trump is petty and he will retaliate and lash out at pence. of course chief of staff isn't allowed to enter the white house any more. it's going to get ugly. we know from reporting, particularly a x io's donald swan that donald trump is sieging right now and can right a -- andre ethiering right now -- andre ethiering right no se -- mike pence made it through four years, seemingly unscathed, went through ridiculous lengths to be out of sight and out of trouble and in the 11th hour this puts him at the center of it. all for nothing. the last four years, silence of pence, pence deliberately turning away from his own values to quietly and condone trump a.i. be -- trump's behavior and now for nothing. and going to be blown up. any design for pence to be heir apparent in 2024 just went out the door. >> we have breaking news, we ha

i think there are people, including people in his orbit, like michael cohen and others, who have worried that conversations that they had with the president will be misconstrued. they take ynotes or record the conversations because president trump lies about them. there comes a point when public servants need to protect their reputation and the truth. >> preet bharara, i learn a lot listening to you. thank you for taking the time. >>> the president is headed to georgia tomorrow to hold a rally in support of the two republicans facing runoffs for that state's senate seats. will these recordings impact those races? what may the president say to supporters tomorrow? we will discuss next. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research shows people who take h-i-v treatment every d

i think there are people -- including people in his orbit like michael cohen and others who have worriedthat conversations that they had with the president will be misconstrued and they either take notes or they record those conversations because president trump lies about them. and sometimes -- there comes a point when even public servants need to protect their representations and protect the truth. >> preet bharara, always learn a lot from you. thank you so much. >>> the president is headed to georgia tomorrow to hold a rally in support of the two republicans facing run offs for that state and their two senate seats. so, will these recordings impact those races, and what may the president say to supporters tomorrow? we'll discuss next. what day is it? these days it can be easy to lose track of things. did i feed you? but taking prescriptions shouldn't be one of them. cvs simpledose presorts your prescriptions into packets, so you know what to take when. delivered at no cost. is this clean? visit cvs.com. cnn has obtained audio of this entire call which took place yesterday. here's a po

lawyers would walk into federal court in manhattan where he was an unindicted co-conspirator in the michael cohenase, hold up the pardon and say judge, you have to dismiss the charges, he's been pardoned. that would send the pardon case on appeal that could take it to the united states supreme court where we would find out how this court feels about a self-pardon. >> and the trump allies say might as will do it and let the courts make a decision about it. the interesting that i found working on the story, i spent time talking to jack goldsmith, the professor at harvard law school. he's sort of a pardon expert. what he said to me is if trump pardons himself, he is just kind of baiting the biden justice department ever more into having to investigate him. he said the biden justice department will not want it to stand that the president can pardon himself. it really, truly does say that the president is above the law. there is a justice department policy that says you can't charge a president in office and if a president can pardon himself, there is no way to hold the president accountable. the just

michael cohen went to jail for doing what the president wanted him to do. >> yeah. >> he's been tellings book all of the stories, what happened when donald trump in his private life carried over to his public life, and we've been injured as a result of it. >> secretary, it's always a pleasure to have you on. happy new year to the lovely missus. and i hope she's watching. >> to you as well. >> thank you. >>> the president's call is shocking. there's no other way to put it. you can try to make excuses for it, but you know it's shocking. it's not the first time he's been caught on tape. next, we'll explain how we learned everything we needed to know from the very first tape that came out. ♪ then we're eating grilled cheese. ♪ ♪ because it's time. ♪ yeah. ♪ time for grilled cheese. because i want to be a part of something amazing. - i know my gift to shriners hospitals for children makes a difference in the lives of children. - our support gives kids a bright future. - i give because when i see a child smile, i smile. - when you support shriners hospitals for children, you're joining thousa

. >> reporter: michael cohen acknowledges that he is providing information to prosecutors and believesictments will be coming soon. >> i do believe it will be the new york prosecutors that will be first online to bring donald trump and family to justice. >> reporter: what to you think the odds are that donald trump actually faces significant jail time or prison term? >> i think that on the state side there's a good possibility that donald trump will face significant president time if convicted. >> reporter: the former president has not been charged with any crimes. so, it's unclearer how likely a conviction would be. but there are also civil suits brought by two women, former aapprentice contestant and el magazine writer, who both excused mr. trump of sexual assault. >> it's a total false accusation and i don't know anything about it. >> reporter: after he denied their claims, they sued for defamation. attempting to force mr. trump to be deposed under oath. and finally there's a federal investigation in to the assault on the capitol. >> we are going to walk down to the capitol. >> repo

may also remember, i'm sorry -- >> and michael cohen. keep going. >> the list is a little long. there's also the issue of, you may remember the district attorney was looking at donald trump's children for a series of fraudulent claims they made with regard to the trump organization. ultimately, the charges were dropped or the case went silent. it was a mystery to many people at the time. there were people engaged in the case who found that hard to believe with the evidence they had. there's a statute of limitations on everything. so we'll see. but if there was a conspiracy to defraud investors or partners in the trump organization, that has a federal charge possibility. >> there's a lot out there. and joe biden has been public about saying at least in terms of federal charges, he has a hands-off approach to his justice department, and it will be solely within the discretion of that justice department to decide what they do and what they pursue. carol, thank you. peter baker, back to you on one point, this was just brought up by bill krystol. and the tweet says, the pardon of ban

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but, you know, just like michael cohen went to jail for delivering the illegal hush money payments that donald trump directed should be paid to help his political campaign in 2016, just as individual 1, donald trump, is the person on whose behalf those crimes were committed, that's why prosecutors described the former president as individual 1 in those crimes, for having directed the commission of those crimes, i mean, to a certain extent, so too were all these people, attacking police officers and breaking capitol windows and doors and trying to find nancy pelosi and mike pence to shoot them or hang them, so too were they doing what they did for a reason, for a person. for somebody who they believed was asking them to do it and for someone who they over and over again have been telling judges as they've started to get arrested, started to get charged, told them to do what they did. the president will face his impeachment trial in the u.s. senate starting a week from monday. i can tell you tonight, we can report that more than 270 congressional staffers have signed onto this letter, ask

winston churchill also sat down across the cabinet table in 10 downing street in 1921 from michael cohen. >> the big fella, who when he signed the anglo-irish treaty said i have signed my own death warrant and in fact, that proved to be the case. he was killed the following year during the irish civil war, but i think when we look back on that, we have to say that ultimately the decision on his part and his fellow irish negotiators to sign that treat was, and i hate to use this word much, but it was inevitable. they didn't have any choice. the british wouldn't have accepted the notion of an irish republic at that time and the british war machine was ready to assault ireland and that's a long winded and roundabout way of saying is it the conference, and is the yalta conference a symbol or ratification of these inevitable facts on the ground and forces or could it conceivably have gone another way on the coast of crimea? >> well, i would like to return, doctor, to link this question and line of argument to the question that gunther posed earlier about whether it was a lot where there has t

michael cohen went to jail for doing what?oing what the president wanted him to do. >> yeah. >> he's been telling in his book all of the stories, what happened when donald trump in his private life carried over to his public life, and we've been injured as a result of it. . >> i've got to run. we're out of time. secretary, it's always a pleasure to have you on. happy new year to the lovely missus. and i hope she's watching. >> to you as well. >> thank you. >>> the president's call is shocking. there's no other way to put it. you can try to make excuses for it, but you know you're just making excuses. you know it is shocking. it's not the first time he's been caught on tape. next, we'll explain how we learned everything we needed to know from the very first tape that came out. >>> so the tape of the president's phone call with georgia election officials, begging for votes to steal the state. >> so, look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. >> okay

and then there's michael cohen, who took out a mortgage on his house to pay off donald trump's mistresst? prison. look out, eric and junior, you two are next! lindsey graham, on the other hand, interesting case. remember last week when lindsey graham stood up in congress and said, trump and i, we've had a hell of a journey but count me out, enough is enough. well, i guess enough wasn't enough. donald trump and lindsey graham have gone on more breaks than ross and rachel. they traveled to texas together on tuesday. and last night, the golden graham was right back at it standing by his man. >> the president of the united states was impeached today without one witness being called, without a lawyer present, and it's an assault on the presidency itself. >> jimmy: spoken like a man who has a secret he would like donald trump to keep. and as weak and pathetic as the old guard is, the new crop of trumpers is much worse. new congresswoman marjorie taylor greene has a plan to impeach joe biden before he's even president. >> i would like to announce on behalf of the american people, we have to ma

i mean, are they going to invite steve schmidt and mary trump and michael cohen and mitt romney, too? like, have you googled what scaramucci's been saying about the president recently? you're inviting him to the send-off? scaramucci said today, quote, trust me, that had to be a mass email, if one of them got sent to me. we don't know how many people they've invited to go to this send-off at the air base. i don't know where they got the invite list for people they've asked to come cheer out president trump, but each invitee is told that they should bring five guests in addition to themselves, which is kind of asking a lot and which does suggest they are having trouble generating a crowd. one administration source telling cnn tonight, quote, there haven't been a lot of rsvps. today, vice president-elect kamala harris resigned from the united states senate in preparation of her inauguration as vice president. california's new u.s. senator was sworn in to take her seat, former california secretary of state alex padilla. california is nearly 40% latino. the state of california has never ha

the only ones he didn't pardon were rick gatetz and michael cohen, the two that cooperated with authoritiesg the law, but cooperating with the law. trump tried to normalize corr corruption. he pardoned former republican congressman duke cunningham, who had bribe menu on his congressional stationary for military contractors. his two earliest congressional endorsers, chris collins and duncan hunter, got pardons for insider trading and misuse of campaign funds, respectively. trump commuted steve stockman, who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for charity and pardoned a former north carolina gop chairman and a former arizona lawmaker convicted of bribery. but these weren't just partisan favors, he pardoned former illinois governor rod blagojevich, a democrat who essentially tried to sell barack obama's senate seat and commuted the sentence of former detroit mayor, kwame kilpatrick, who turned his city hall into what prosecutors called a private profit machine. and that's not all. he commuted the sentences of some of the biggest medicaid fraudster and real estate racketeers in america

trump is individual number one, and organized and direct campaign of fraud scheme, the same one michael cohenincitement of violence at the capitol. but there are also others around the president who have i think criminal as well as civil exposure. where that will all end up, i don't know. but why think there's a need for account ability. that yes, we need to heal. yes, we need to bring about unity. and there needs to be reconciliation. but there can't be reconciliation without accountability, without truth, without justice. >> jimmy: well, you know, we thank you for how seriously you take your job. it seems that many in the house don't. and that i know that you do, and i know that you work very hard. and thanks for everything you've done to keep this guy in check. whether successful or not, you did a lot, i think. and it makes us feel good to know that we have somebody in congress who is actually intelligent working in the intelligence committee. so thank you, congressman schiff. i appreciate you being with us. i hope joe biden doesn't come up with a mean nickname for you. that would be total

on may 20, michael cohen qualified for home confinement. he was released from bop custody. both were released due to concerns of the pandemic. year, onlyf this bopt 1.8% of prisoners in have been moved to complete their sentence in home confinement. most of them denied a transfer. my question is how many prisoners have been approved by the bureau of prisons for transfer to home confinement? do you have that number? dir. carvajal: if i am understanding your question, it is 18,000 that we have placed in home confinement since the passage of the cares act. and how did, if you know, how did paul manafort and michael --en >> anyone who has been placed on home confinement and met criteria by the attorney general, he issued two memorandums to me with guidance. i do not personally review these . there is a reason i do not get involved. they are done at the local level . whenever there is something discretionary to be reviewed, it rises to a committee at the headquarters level. higher-level subject matter experts. to either meet the criteria or they don't. there is some discussion.

michael cohen, what a moment that was. he called any of those men and women suspects if they were pro-trump supporters. they were all vetted. the fbi said there was no credible evidence of an insider threat. >> no. it was embarrassing if you ask me. the bigger problem with his comments, when you look at the culture war we are fighting which i don't endorse and wish would go away. you are trying to sow doubt in our most patriotic people. this needs to be squashed. he should be censored and apologize. i doubt that will happen. he is too busy eating fried chicken am he is an embarrassment to congress. >> sandra: you wonder why they didn't have a planned place to rest in the first place. the initial images of them they were piled on top of each other inside the capitol. only to learn now they are in the parking garage. >> yes. it shows you what a terrible decision this was to be begin with. also the leadership or the senate armed forces committee should have said if you need anything, let me know. let them know they have suppo