that is central to his whole ideology, it is being. so this is kind of the ex central fight for his life that i think he relishes. so alien to me, just as a person. i can t imagine. but, you know. yes, well i will think twice about suing you, yeah. please don t. thank you, chris, as always. thank you this at home for joining us this hour. it is been a bad day for donald trump. this morning he was sued by new york attorney general, a lawsuit that could potentially bring him out of business in the state of new york. and tonight, just in the last few hours, trump has suffered a legal step back in a different case. the one regarding the materials seized from his florida beach club. appeals court has ruled that the justice department can have access to roughly 100 highly sensitive classified documents that were taken from mar-a-lago. trump has been arguing that all of the documents seized from his club are as personal property and that if the fbi found anything classified
hours trump has suffered a legal setback in a different case. the one regarding the materials seized from his florida beach club. an appeals court has ruled that the justice department can have access to roughly 100 highly simplified classified documents that were taken from mar-a-lago. trump has been arguing that all the documents seized from his club or his personal property, and that if the fbi found anything classified in there, well, trump magically declassified it when he was president even though he has no record of ever having done that. trump got a lower court judge aileen cannon who he appointed to agree that a special master should go through all the documents. and in a ruling that was widely ridiculed, kenneth said while the special master s going through all of those documents, the justice department is not allowed to look at the classified documents, or to use them in a criminal investigation into trump having the documents at his beach club in the first place.
the lead starts right now. new witness tran scripts released from the january 6th committee, including one from donald trump s own son, and an unusual request from one sitting gop senator. then, officials are calling it the largest russian missile strike since the war began. ukrainians say it could have been so much worse. plus, some signs of relief on the horizon for tens of thousands of southwest pas passengers who have been stuck in the airline s meltdown for now eight days. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly. and we begin with our politics lead and new insight into the january 6th investigation. the committee released more testimony transcripts from 19 witnesses, including trump s son donald trump jr., trump attorney christina bobb, kimberly guilfoyle, stephen miller and former white house press secretary stephanie grisham. there s one key thing that sticks out, and that s the role of mark meadows. he was, of course, trump s chief of staff on january 6th an
not take from mar-a-lago. i would be surprised if there is still furniture at his club. according to this document, it was a nine-hour smash and grab. we will take you through the items in a second. are you ready for the criminal charge they are basing that raid on? are you ready? they are saying day raided trump s house because he violated the espionage act. they are saying donald trump committed espionage against the united states of america. in the statute says he may be trying to harm the united states and aid our adversaries. documents double locked up in his basement, protected by the sea. secret service at his mansion are hurting national security and aiding and abetting the enemies. and it gets better. also going after him on obstruction. because there was a lock on the door that they told him to put there. the most transparent president in american history, we actually wished was a list transparent because it tells us everything is somehow obstructing an investigat
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