it s 4:00 in washington d.c. a hail mary move by the disgraced ex-president that serves as an indication that special counsel jack smith may well be close to making a decision on whether or not to indict donald trump. we re at donald trump s dear attorney general, the special counsel is being mean to me phase. make no mistake we have been here before. late yesterday lawyers for the ex-president asked for a meeting with merrick garland. the letter itself was brief, filled with the usual trump rhetoric about being persecuted despite the fact that the ex-president is the one who has resisted handing over some of the nation s most sensitive intelligence secrets. documents he kept just one lock, one door away from hundreds of people at his pay for membership club to the government who rightfully owned the documents and asked for them back. the new york times says the letter asserts that trump is treated unfairly in the investigations led by jack smith. the washington post is r
Criminal conduct. And calls out republicans for ignoring the findings so far. One thing is clear, Donald Trumps thuggish behavior will continue to accelerate. The president tweeting this morning, quote, watch out for people that take socalled notes. A reference to a devastating portrait of the president painted by his former white house counsel, don mcghan. From the New York Times, the white house that emerges from more than 400 pages of mr. Muellers report is a hot bed of conflict infused by dishonesty, defined by a president that lies to the American Public and his own staff and then tries to get people to lie for him. And the Washington Post reports, quote, muellers report is singular for its definitive examination of the events and will not easily be dismissed by trump and his aides as fake news. The main actors are under oath and on the record, and the narrative they laid bare stands as a historical product. Former u. S. Attorney joyce vance is at the table along the political ana
Candidate cory booker after a phrase winning debate performance, can he find the traction that has been missing so far. And complete coverage of past new york city mayors, Rudy Giuliani runs his mouth about an indicted associate while Michael Bloomberg runs for president. As we come on the air tonight though, some major breaking news. As we often do on sunday nights. The pentagon saying that the secretary of defense has fired the secretary of the navy. The department of defense says that trust was lost in Richard Spencer, quote, regarding his lack of candor over conversations with the white house involving the handling of navy s. E. A. L. Eddie gallagher. Over the last 48 hours the headlines have flown back and forth against the white house and the naval secretary over whether gallagher could retain his status as a navy s. E. A. L. That has knotted up the chain of command badly. Defense secretary mark esper said he was deeply troubled by spencers conduct. Moments ago spencer released h
donald trump. the status of jack smith s other line of inquiry into trump s efforts to reverse his election loss is less clear. a wave of reporting suggests that at no point in the nine months since the documents case burst into public view has it appeared that special counsel jack smith is as close to making a decision on charges as he is right now. team trump seeking a meeting with attorney general merrick garland, as at least one of the investigations into the ex-president nears its end is where we begin today with some of our most favorite reporters and friends. neil katia is here, law professor at georgetown university. here with us national investigative reporter for the washington post carol lenox. and a katty kay joins us, all