tonight. if there s one thing journalist have learned from donald trump s many legal ordeals, it s always to have a camera ready. that came in handy today when members of our nbc team spotted this guy leaving a federal courthouse in washington, d. c.. the same courthouse where a grand jury has been hearing testimony about efforts from trump and others to deny joe biden the presidency in 2020. this guy that you re looking at right here, his name is gary michael brown. i think it s gee michael brown at the moment. that s relevant. the former deputy director of election day operations for trump s 2020 campaign. a very important figure in the fake elector plot that put together to stop congress from certifying the election on january the 6th. mr. brown made it to the final report of the january six committee, specifically to a section this further explains the multi state plot. quote, by early january, most of the fake elector votes had arrived in washington, except those from mi
the same courthouse where a grand jury has been hearing testimony about efforts from trump and others to deny joe biden the presidency in 2020. this guy that you re looking at right here, his name is gary michael brown. i think it s gee michael brown at the moment. that s relevant. the former deputy director of election day operations for trump s 2020 campaign. a very important figure in the fake elector plot that put together to stop congress from certifying the election on january the 6th. mr. brown made it to the final report of the january six committee, specifically to a section this further explains the multi state plot. quote, by early january, most of the fake elector votes had arrived in washington, except those from michigan and wisconsin. undeterred, the trump team arranged to fly them to washington and hand deliver them to congress for the vice president himself. quote, freaking trump idiots want someone to fly a original elector papers to the senate president. wi
this juneteenth, i m chris jansing. with begin with developments in donald trump s classified documents case and a new ruling from the magistrate judge with strict restrictions around classified documents and warning to him and his defense team that they cannot release evidence to the public or the media ahead of trial. but will the former president cooperate? meantime, the one competitor who trump trails in the polls is slow rolling his start two months after officially announcing his reelect campaign, his first rally over the weekend, and today, his pitch to voters and donors in california. and what we know about secretary blinken s high stakes meeting in beijing, can it calm international fears over the chill between these two countries. and multiple states under dangerous weather warnings at this hour. we ve got the latest on the deaths, the impact across the southern region and that weekend of severe storms and tornadoes we ll have a live report from texas now unde
it s 4:00 in the east. a stunning comprehensive brand new piece of reporting that really amounts to a first drafrt of history for merrick garland s justice department a piece of reporting that answers questions we ve been asking for years now questions that have dogged doj for many many months why did it take so long for d.o.j. to investigate? the first formal step into probing the campaign to overturn the 2020 election. the criminal inquiry now into the fate of electors did not take place until april 2022 more than a area after the insurrection and well after the january 6th select committee had begun to uncover a complex multipronged plot and democracy with donald trump in the driver s seat. the washington post is reporting in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th insurrection, acting u.s. attorney michael sherwin, senior justice department officials and paul abbate quashed a plan in the u.s. attorney s office to directly investigate trump associates for any links to
welcome back. the former president arrived to the courthouse a little over an hour ago via underground garage. he has already been booked and digitally fingerprinted. he is expected to plead not guilty to a 37-count indictment. mr. trump is accused of mishandling classified documents containing sensitive defense secrets about everything from nuclear programs to potential military vulnerabilities. while he s not expected to stay much many court today, trump has been saying plenty of social media. he s posted nearly a dozen times on the case just in recent hours and that includes multiple attacks on the essential counsel, jack smith, calling him a thug and accusing him of planting evidence all while police are keeping a close eye on the crowds gathered outside the courthouse in miami for the arraignment. but so far, no problems there. seems to be relatively peaceful. let s bring in our panel for how hour. ari is back with us as is andrew weissman, former lead prosecutor in