APO.Eagles: Maddow: Impetus for January 6 still motivates GOP; Select Committee is key bulwark ...Plus, Justice Dept. reportedly adds prosecutors to Matt Gaetz probe

Texas lt. gov. pays up $25,000 bounty for voter fraud case (committed by a Trump voter)

Rachel Maddow revisits the bounties offered by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick for cases of voter fraud, which most people assumed was just a stunt, and talks with Eric Frank, a Pennsylvania poll worker whose report of a Trump voter trying to vote twice led to a voter fraud conviction, and who has now received a check for $25,000 from Patrick's campaign.

Justice Dept. reportedly adds prosecutors to Matt Gaetz probe

As the Justice Department adds prosecutors to its investigatory team, it seems Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is not having an especially good week.

Florida's surgeon general reminds us why DeSantis picked him

Ron DeSantis' handpicked surgeon general has been described as a "COVID crank." Dr. Joseph Ladapo seems eager to prove his critics right.

Maddow: Impetus for January 6 still motivates GOP; Select Committee is key bulwark

Rachel Maddow makes the case that while the specifics of Steve Bannon's prosecution for defying a congressional subpoena are important, Bannon's defiance in the context of the broader Republican project to corrupt future elections to install Donald Trump should not be overlooked.