are the children being used as pawns against could you say yes or no to that? the children are not being used as a pawn. we re trying to protect the children. how is this not specifically child abuse, these innocent children who are being separated from their parents? i want to be clear on a couple other things, the vast majority, vast majority of children who are in the care of hhs right now, 10,000 of the 12,000 were sent here alone by their parents. that s when they were separated. according to baker and glass, are behind the scenes, secretary nielsen was ready to pack her bags and resign over that policy, which she opposed. one trump immigration advisor stephen miller first began floating in 2017. bigger and glass are right, once the public began sounding the alarm, quote, suddenly, trump officials who had pushed to take away children where denying that was their intent. attorney general jeff sessions who had privately told prosecutors weeks earlier that we
was no longer president that mr. trump could face legal liability if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office. the lawyer, eric herschmann, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue and the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. and generally, not long after the discussion with mr. bush and. mr. trump turned over, to the national archives, 15 boxes of material. he had taken with him from the white house. those boxes turned out to contain 184 classified documents the justice department has said until now. we know the name of one witness, possibly the most important witness. federal prosecutors will call to testify in their grand jury investigation of donald trump s possession of those documents. eric herschmann. eric herschmann will obviously comply with a grand jury subpoenaed to testify in that case. and tell the grand jury, whatever
brick brother liam who is promoted to the official title of big brother. we are sending you guys all of our love. we will have an ice cream party when we come back to work. that s the way to start the week. that does it for us tonight. it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening. welcome to the most fun thing you could do, hosting the shows, and that s announcing to the nation the births of the staff of the show. it s the thing that matters, right? it s the thing that matters. two boys, good luck, sister! i have them myself. thank you, alex. have a great show, lawrence. we have breaking news upon breaking news tonight, and in the case of donald j trump versus the united states of america, the new york times is reporting the counsel warned donald trump last year when he