hi, everyone i know that we say this a lot these days but buckle up it s 4:00 in new york. we re following breaking news on that monster $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against fox news just a little bit ago we received word of a bombshell of a plot twist during what was supposed to be the last pretrial hearing before jury selection begins. here s that headline the judge has sanctioned fox news and its parent company, fox corp, for withholding evidence in the dominion defamation suit and said he is considering further investigation and censure. he is considering appointing a special master to investigate the fox local team s actions now, the breaking point today appears to be surprise evidence that was introduced in court today when this happened, quote, lawyers for dominion voting systems played recordings that fox news producer abby grossberg made during 2020, which were not handed over to dominion s lawyers during discovery we have a team of experts and friends to help us
about how he keeps up with all of, it and also, his weekend routine. okay, by now you know that the former president has bee indicted this all may feel like a whole lot to digest, i know it feels like that even to me lots of evidence, lots o witnesses, and years o investigation have led to this moment but, here is the bottom line this is an example of ou judicial system working like i should work. and how it works in democracie across the globe yes, i know that there is an outcry on the right, and there is a lot of political question about what this all means. over the course of this next hour, this is what we are goin to talk. about the politics, th divisions in our country, an what comes next. but it is worth taking a ste back to remember how exactly w got to this point in thi particular case. it all stems from trump s role and scheme to cover up his alleged affair in 2006 wit adult from store, stormy daniels, when the national enquirer got wind of her story in 2016, by the
fraud, that he lied about the value of his properties, that he lied to the authorities, that he lied in financial statements, that he did it for over a decade, and that he furnished, and this matters for the law, false information to banks, insurance companies, as well as state authorities and then he would try to get favorable loans and cheat on his taxes. pattern of fraud and deception that was used by mr. trump and the trump organization for their own financial benefit is astounding. claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it s the art of the steal. and there can not be different rules for different people in this country or in this state. and former presidents are no different. no one is above the law. that is the statement. that is the attorney general who has proven so aggressive in so many cases, without fear of favor. she s pursued people in both parties, and while the nature of her work means that some of this is va
made its way to our doorstep right here in aalbuquerque, new mexico. fundamentally at the end of the day this was about a right-wing radical, an election denier who was arrested today, and someone who did the worst imaginable thing you can do when you have a political disagreement, which is turn that to violence. wow. saddest of all perhaps is that such incidents of dangerous domestic extremism are starting to feel routine in our country. amid a sharp rise to threats of public officials over the last few years, are any of us even surprised in what plays out almost every day. what did republicans expect or want when they spent the last few years talking like this. we re not allowed to punch back anymore. i love the old days. you know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this? they d be carried out on a stretcher, folks. i m eric grietens, navy s.e.a.l. and today we re going rino hunting. now today we face the greats danger we have ever
trump are not the same. plus, week one of the radical republican agenda, what we learned from kevin mccarthy s first week of the cast making speaker and freedom of the press, here the harrowing story of one journalist fight to report the truth, despite intense pressure and threats from far-right politicians. i am ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. breaking news, more documents have been found at president biden s delaware home, according to the presidents own special counsel, richard silver. and a statement today, silver said he found the documents on thursday, as he was working with justice department officials to hand over one final page of classified material. and while there, silver who has the security clearance needed to handle secure documents, set a found five additional pages with classification markings. the biden administration has maintained that they will be following standard search particle, but there is an important question that remains, why was the pr