when he compared this to watergate. the real target of this investigation isn t trump, the real targeted this investigation is you. and alarming new reporting from nbc news on right-wing violence in defense of donald trump, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m elise jimenez in for chris hayes. 24 hours after the unprecedented fbi search of donald trump s florida home, one of his coup plotting allies in congress, scott perry of pennsylvania said he was stopped by fbi officers while traveling with his family. they presented a search warrant, and confiscated his cell phone which they tended. in a statement, the congressman said my phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal slash private discussions with my wife, family, constituents and friends. none of this is the government s business. perry is the hood of the far-right house freedom caucus, and he has been a major proponent of trump s big lie. following the 2
the fact that they are doing these high-profile things altogether shows that the doj is focused on that no matter in the face of politically. this is a major escalation of what the doj is planning on doing. do you think these latest developments, the more like a search warrant warrant, and other things, going before the doj, do you think it makes it all the more low likely the trump loyalists will testify that there s some sort of momentum shift that s happening in this moment? what you see right now is the circling other wagons on the trump side. i think people recognize that merrick garland probably has a lot more willingness to come forward and go forward on this so, think you re gonna see a hardening of positions on both sides. but the legal process will take the path that it takes and probably after the midterms will have a good sense of whether there will be criminal charges against donald trump. i recognize i m gonna ask you a question it is pretty
disqualify trump from running for president. the troubles that is the qualifications for running for president appear in the united states constitution, you have to be 35 years old, born in the united states and you can t according to the supreme court add to those qualifications. even if trump were convicted of this crime, he wouldn t legally be barred from running for president or serving as president again. isn t there also your correct me if i m wrong and i m just a law professor and somebody took the lsat and decided not to go to law school, before you even get there, you would have to have a republican who is running against him who wanted to challenge whether or not he was eligible to run? first i would have to be that piece, and it seems like we re not living in that time and that seems questionable? if someone could be a republican, analysts cheney could decide to raise for president raise a challenge. there s a standing issue and that could be solved. but there is a path
defend the underlying conduct especially given that this is the same conduct which many of these people wanted hillary clinton to be locked up for just four years ago. distractions are all they have left. glenn kirschner algerita thank you so much. still to come, after the fbi searches donald trump s hold, trump s far-right supporters are not handling it well. the wildest republicans reactions. next. tions. next grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. got my hair got my head boos introducing newalso one a day multi+. a complete multivitamin plus an extra boost of support for your immunity, brain, and hair, skin & nails. new one a day multi+. finding the perfect designer isn t easy. but, at upwork, we found her. she s in austin between a fresh bowl of matcha
we are learning that federal agents in plain clothes, gave advance notice to the secret service president mar-a-lago, and presented them with a copy of a warrant, before spending most of yesterday searching trump s offices on the premises. including, as the ex president told us, breaking into his safe. we now know that the search warrant was related to the federal investigation into missing classified documents, that trump took from the white house. the national archives want them back. at the beginning of this year, the washington post reported that representatives from the archives retrieved 15 boxes of documents trump improperly took. but that was clearly not everything. because, according to a new report from the washington post. doj officials, including eight counterterrorism head named jay brat went down to mar-a-lago in june, to inquire about more documents. quote, trump stopped by the median as it began to, to greet the investigators, but was not interviewed. the lawyers showed