it s probably likely they talked to more participants in the meeting. and we know that there s a description, a rough description, of this document that shows up in mark meadow s book. so prosecutors will be looking to piece together all of that evidence. but let s just take a listen to how donald trump is trying to spin this document on fox. there was no document. that was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about iran and other things. and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. there was nothing to declassify. these were newspaper stories, magazine stories and articles. reporter: so trump wants to say it s newspapers, magazines and articles. we ll wait and see what other evidence comes out as this case proceeds, poppy. murray, can i ask you this bizarre, oh this other thing. one of the aides will be arraigned on charges that he helped the former president hide classified document. what are we expecti
experienced in the department of justice. they have investigated this case to the highest ethical standards and they will continue to do so as this case proceeds. the case jack smith is referring to could proceed in new jersey, according to legal experts, which could explain some of the things trump was not charged with in the indictment filed in the southern district of florida. also tonight, what to expect when president biden attends a major gun control summit tomorrow in connecticut. senator chris murphy joins me. plus, i have a big announcement about a blockbuster reidout special next week with a very special guest. they don t get much bigger. i will spill the beans a little later. but we begin tonight with the wild card in the mishandling of classified documents case against the twice impeached, twice indicted former president, donald trump. the wild card is the judge, who is set to oversee the case, u.s. district judge aileen cannon.
perfectly normal, into the in a good way but in some respects, not surprising that they would be this odd fluke. maura, you made a point in the last week, the people he s running against, the candidates he s running against, unable or unwilling to try and utilize this moment to try and knock off the guy who s leading the polls by 25 or 30 points. there has been some reticence to weigh in definitively since the indictment actually came out. do you see anything that changes that for anyone other than asa hutchinson? and chris christie. sure. you know, a couple things. number one, i think as this case proceeds, it may make a difference. i don t think that most of donald trump s gop rivals are looking at this thinking, yes, this is how i would handle classified documents. they re looking at the base and saying the base is firmly with
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