abortion nationwide. i thought of the night to introduce a bill. senator amy corker on the overwhelming backlash to lindsey graham s plan. give me a chance to vote on this bill. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, it was as bad as it looked, in fact it was even worse. had a lot of occasions to say that in the trump years of american life but this new example of donald trump s misconduct in office is about as clear as it gets. it comes directly from the former united states attorney for the southern district of new york, arguably the most powerful district in the entire country. for two and a half years that man you see there geoffrey berman served in that role as the head of that district during the trump administration. berman has written a new book out today in which he details several instances in which donald trump abused the power of the department of justice. as berman told rachel maddow last, night trump s doj rapi
on the threat to democracy. plus, while trump s attempt to slow down investigation made be too late. plus or more coming for the theft of ashley biden s diary? and allegations at a texas podcast or could be on a something when it comes to student debt relief. it could drive up turnout, particularly among young people. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes,. on this last week of august, this monday i think it s now safe to say at this point that just three weeks after the fbi search of donald trump s mar-a-lago home, his defenders have run out of arguments. in the initial days after the search, republicans, right-wing media rushed to fill the vacuum of media what we had that would ve led the fbi to take this in italy extraordinary reaction with just about every bogus excuse in the book. they just don t get a flying flip about how they look which is terrifying. or the rule of law? yeah i feels that way. trump s a more mental guy. you v
legends, whose greatness will stand the test of time. these two great ladies take us off the air tonight. on that extraordinary note, i wish all of you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with, us i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight on all in. if there is a prosecution of donald trump on this classified information after the clinton debacle there will be riots in the streets. trump defenders use the january six playbook to manage the doj. we have seen these maga extreme republicans making these kind of comments, which is dangerous. tonight, as the reviewed evidence from mar-a-lago continues, the white house announces a primetime address on the threat to democracy. plus, while trump s attempt to slow down the investigation may be too late. plus is there more coming for the theft of ashley biden s diary? and allegations on a texas podcast that could be on to something when it comes to stude
search warrant served on monday. that s right, victor. we didn t expect attorney general merrick garland to come out today but he is going to be making a statement from the justice department building in downtown washington. they haven t disclosed yet exactly what it is going to be about, but you re right, there has been pressure building in recent days since this search on monday, this unprecedented search of a former president s home, that we are watching to see whether garland may want to make a statement about this. now, this isn t something that the justice department typically would comment on. it is an ongoing investigation. we don t believe that there have been charges brought at this time. we haven t seen any emerge from this. it s also about national security issues. on top of that, garland is not the type of attorney general that makes a lot of public statements, does a lot of press conferences, even whenever there were charges for seditious conspiracy, another u
been saying. this is an issue that most americans agree on, so why the holdup? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, we have breaking news tonight. striking new signs that merrick garland s justice department has intensified its january 6th investigation, in a big way. nbc news has learned that the department of justice has issued about 40 subpoenas over the last week, related to the actions of the former president, his allies, and their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. one source says that has his phone seized as evidence last week. he all but admitted it to our colleague earlier tonight. yes, i was part of the process to make sure there were alternate electors to win the challenges would be heard, and would be successful. a lawyer for ex nypd commissioner, bernard kerik, confirmed that he received a subpoena last week. it s been confirmed that he worked on efforts to but of course, as we all know