Respond to the dojs request for protective order. D. C. Judge says, mondays deadline stands. Earlier today, trumps team had asked for three more days to respond. Again, the judge just denied that request. The doj, filing includes trumps ominous truth social post last night that read, quote, if you go after me, i am coming after you. Trump also called Special Counsel jack smith a, quote, Deranged Human Being and a gop dinner in alabama. If the judge does grant the protective order, trump wont be allowed to share testimony or any other Trial Materials with the public. This comes as one of the top witnesses against trump is already being harassed. Former Vice President , mike pence. In new hampshire, heckled with names like traitor, just days after the doj revealed he took careful notes on trumps coup attempt. You didnt uphold the constitution. You committed treason. You committed treason you committed treason hey pence on the fence. Rolling stone reports, the attacks on pence are even mo
possible accountability for donald trump. nbc has exclusively learned the grand jury examining trump s handling of classified documents will reconvene this week. nbc writes the jury will be concerned considering, quote, to central legal questions. one, did trump wrongfully retain classified documents after he left the white house? and two, did he lay her obstruct the governments efforts to retrieve them? prosecutors have already played a tape of trump discussing highly sensitive military intelligence he took from office and it is not the only recording. the new york times reports the jury will also hear a voice memo from trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, describes trump s conversations about the mar-a-lago case in great detail. on the corner, timing matters. this off this hour, msnbc legal analyst, lisa reuben. lisa, we ve had some false alarms about the grand jury in previous reporting, predicting an indictment right after memorial day. how significant is it that they are rec
democrats. trump claiming the left will, quote, break any law, tell any lie, ruin any life. even called president biden a danger to democracy. all this as a federal judge accuses trump himself of ignoring the constitution. . jump the founders would want accountability. the court s opinion reading in part, quote, trump s four year service did not bestow on him the divine right of kings. earlier today, former january six committee member liz cheney argued trump is completely incompatible with the constitution. she s vowed to leave the gop if trump is in fact the party s nominee. you can t both be for donald trump and for the constitution. you have to choose. the republican party of today has made a choice, and they have been chosen the constitution. and so, i do think it s it presents a threat if the republicans are in the majority. joining me to discuss, msnbc contributor and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. she s a professor at the university of alabama school of l
hey pence on the fence. rolling stone reports, the attacks on pence are even more extreme online. a popular far-right forum discussing, in graphic terms, how to murder pence. one user writing, quote, the main execution should be off the table. joining me now, msnbc legal analyst and former u.s. attorney, barbara mcquade. she is the co-host of the hashtag sisters in law podcast and a professor at the university of michigan law school. also with us, msnbc political contributor, matt dowd. he s the founder of country over party, the former chief strategist for the 2004 bush presidential campaign. téa mitchell, washington correspondent for the atlanta journal-constitution. it is good to see you all. barb, help us understand the back and forth that has transpired just in the last hour or so, that request for an extension, the judge, of course, red denying that request. but this began friday night, alicia, when the government filed a motion, asking for a
nominee in the past. i hope i can support the republican nominee in the future. joining me now, political strategist and former biden campaign senior adviser, alencia johnson and country over party founder, matthew dowd. he s a former chief strategist for the 2004 bush presidential campaign. matt, kristie expected to use his campaign to prosecute the case against four more years of donald trump. what is the challenge of making that argument actually land with the gop base and persuade those who need persuading? extremely difficult, among republican primary voters because donald trump has an 82 or 83% favorable rating among republican primary voters. you know, the fascinating thing, alicia, is donald trump is better positioned today among republicans that he was when he won the nomination in 2016. much better position today. more popular and much more liked by the republican base in this. i don t think, i mean, i ve known chris christie along time,