rinehart is giving the justice department one week to decide which item in the affidavit against the former president should remain sealed and which should be released. the justice department is likely to ask for a lot of different redactions here. they say this case is still very much in the works. they are also worried that information released could put some witnesses who are cooperating with the government at risk. citing intense interest in the case against former president donald trump today lawyers from multiple media outlets argued for the government town seal a criminal affidavit and additional materials outlining where the federal investigation stands and what led up to last week s unprecedented search of mar-a-lago. trump s florida estate. that is the public interest. we are entitled to monitor the affairs of our government at all levels. and that is the interest in this essence that we were asserting today. federal prosecutors told judge bruce rinehart full
lone at large congressional seat. congresswoman liz cheney, vice chair of the january 6th committee was, well, and isolated, as we expected. she lost by a resounding 37 points, 28.9%, to 68.3, wyoming voters overwhelmingly rebuked cheney, who stood up to donald trump after his insurrection, voting to impeach him and then helping to lead the committee investigating his actions. now liz cheney has earned a lot of praise, especially liberal circles, for taking a stand against trump and his attempt to end america s constitutional republic. fellow january 6th committee member, congressman jamie raskin, has spoken incredibly fondly about her, recently telling the new republic that she has acted with great honesty confront the lies of the trump machinery. raskin also said about his unlikely friend, quote, juul funneled donald trump to the gates of hell, if she needs to make sure that justice is done and the truth is known. and there is no doubt liz cheney has made genuine career pol
plus, raw politics at the green grocer in pennsylvania. for those watching in pennsylvania, you know how particular many people are about their groceries. what happened with wegmans and wagner s? can you explain that to then? and the republican reckoning with extreme abortion laws that needs to be seen to be believed. that weighs on me. i voted for that bill. these are affecting people. when all in starts right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, we now have, of course, the results, from wyoming s lone at-large congressional seat. congresswoman liz cheney, vice chair of the january 6th committee was, well, annihilated, as we expected. she lost by a resounding 37 points, 28. 9% to 68. 3%. wyoming voters overwhelmingly rebuked cheney, who stood up to donald trump after his insurrection, voting to impeach him and then helping to lead the committee investigating his actions. now liz cheney has earned a lot of praise, especially liberal circles, for taking
meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for today on the request to unseal the affidavit used to search donald trump s mar-a-lago home. we ll have new reporting on where that investigation stands. plus, new polling in the fight to control the senate from a tight race in ohio to the democrat in wisconsin expanding his lead over republican ron johnson. we ll have the latest numbers for you this morning. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 18th. joe, looking ahead to a big hearing today. yup. a lot of political waves beginning to sort of form out of this. they are. i m curious, what did you think of mike pence s speech? it feels it feels like he s looking for a lane. i believe his speech, willie, if i m not correct, was in new hampshire, was it not? it was. yes, it was. that would be kind of the, i think, real story there. what is he doing there? there s obviously maybe a long game being played here. i don t want to get ahead of anyth
so this is don lemon tonight, i had a really interesting perspective. i was actually out of the country watching all of this. and getting people s perspective on it. it gives you, it is good to be away. it is good to watch think sometimes from afar. so that you do get another perspective. because americans, sometimes, we are so myopic. we get so caught up in what is happening right in front of us that we don t see the force and the trees. okay, so go with me here, this could be back by the way. i want to talk to you about something called cdc. not crt, cdc. something was thinking about. critical democracy theory. i see that there. on purpose. if we only spend as much time talking about critical democracy theory as some people do about critical race theory. right and then the whole trumped-up thing about young people where it s not being taught. this israel. critical democracy theory. this is to keep our democracy you have to recognize what it is. and sometimes you get too