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The Party of Insurrection

Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Politics, News, Versant Media, Weekend News, News Commentary, Ms Now, Ali Velshi, Versant, Government

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Senate Republicans block an investigation into the January 6th insurrection, the latest on the legal peril hanging over Donald Trump, climate activists infiltrate Big Oil’s corporate board room, and more

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0:00.0

Today on Velshi, what Republicans who blocked an investigation of the January 6th

0:08.0

insurrection don't want us to find out, and what Democrats are already talking about doing

0:13.2

to move forward with an investigation even without most Republicans on board.

0:18.6

Plus, the heat is on Donald Trump, the very latest in the legal

0:21.4

peril swirling around the former president, and Texas Republicans are gearing up to spend

0:26.4

the holiday weekend pushing through a raft of new voting restrictions. We'll have the very

0:31.8

latest from Texas and Arizona, where Republicans are still trying to undo the last election. Velshi starts now.

0:43.3

Good morning. It is Saturday, May 29th. I'm Ali Velshi. Right now, a Russian-based hacking group

0:52.1

dubbed Nobilium, the group responsible for last week's

0:55.6

Solar Winds attack, is engaging in another major hack, targeting major government agencies, think

1:01.5

tanks, and other organizations. Nobilium is believed to be run by Russia's Foreign Intelligence

1:06.5

Service, and according to Microsoft, the attacks are ongoing and part of Nubilium's intelligence

1:12.2

gathering efforts. Microsoft says this latest attack has targeted 3,000 email accounts across

1:18.1

150 organizations in at least 24 countries and has been going on since at least January,

1:24.3

which is right at the ends of the solar winds attack. The news comes just days after the White

1:29.1

House announced that President Biden will meet with Russia's Putin in Geneva on June 16th.

1:34.7

Mark Warner, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement, quote,

1:38.1

we must make clear to Russia and any other adversaries that they will face consequences for

1:43.6

this and any other malicious cyber that they will face consequences for this and any other malicious cyber

1:46.0

activity. The Republican Party has made it clear that the party, it is the party of insurrection.

1:52.2

Senate Republicans yesterday blocked the bill to create a nonpartisan commission to investigate

1:56.9

the January 6th insurrection, a bill that was negotiated in good faith by members of its own party.

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