i m chris hayes. donald trump just had one of the worst legal days of his entire life, which is saying something. and it comes amidst a set of ex alerting threats from local, state, and federal law enforcement. so, last, night the 11th circuit court of appeals, as we have reported, issued a pretoria reeling against the ex president, overruling a previous decision, widely criticized by a trump appointed district judge, saying the department of justice can resume using the 100 classified documents seized from trump s home in florida, in their investigation into his handling of the sensitive materials. doj has said this is linked to possible traction of justice and espionage act violations. also yesterday, new york attorney general announced a quarter of a billion dollar civil lawsuit against donald trump. his company, members of his family, including three of his adult children, accusing them of committing, and her, words a staggering amount of fraud. if that s two to successfu
he can, listen, eugene debs ran for president from a federal prison. as the mar-a-lago convenes in florida, trump s chief financial officer pleads guilty new york. allen will ultimately be providing testimony. that is against donald. tonight, the rank criminalities running the 45th president and what we learned about the search warrant for trump s home. plus, new reporting the secret service held on to violent threats to nancy pelosi until after the insurrection. and why the republican leaders are raising red flags 82 days away from the midterm elections. candidate qualities has lots to do with the outcome. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. there s a bunch of legal news surrounding donald trump today as there is seemingly every day, these days. none of it particularly good for the ex president. first up today, a federal judge in west palm beach says he will consider releasing some of the affidavits central to last week search
the material was marked with the highest levels of classification that exists, material that is meant to be held only in secure government facilities not at a private club where basically anyone can pay for membership and wander around. arguably, the agent s most alarming finding that we were able to see in this redacted version was that the boxes contained classified information that came from human intelligence sources meaning if the documents were mishandled, leaked or transmitted they could compromise the identity of american intelligence assets and the affidavit also lays out why doj had good reason not to believe or trust trump and his lawyers knowing that back in february of this year, after the archives notified congress that there was classified material and what they got back from mar-a-lago, trump put out a statement that very fact. investigators write this, quote, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contain classified national defense
good to be back. it s great to you have here. do you remember the name brandan van grek? as i have memorable name. if not, the circumstance of which you first heard it? but if you are like me and the first time you heard the name brandon van grabbing is the first time you heard the word he is spee naj formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, not just spy movie stuff, as in u.s. law. we were only about four months in to the trump administration when the new york times was first to report that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice. it was very early on. may 2017. you think about that for a second, trump was inaugurated at the end of january. this was less than four months later in may of that year, less than four months into his presidency, we learned of the new york times
all a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. let s do at home joining us this hour. it s great to have you here. do you remember the name brandon van grack? it s a very memorable name, so you might remember the sound of it. if not, the circumstance in which you first heard it. but if you are like me, in all likelihood, the first time you heard the name brandon van grack, it was the first time you heard the word, espionage, formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, as it not just spy movie stuff but as in u.s. law. but we are only about four months in to the u.s. trump administration in the new york times first reported that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice.