zero. today we received news of our economy 0% inflation in the month of july. 0%. brian: we will have more on that later, there s never bent a better day for permit watching the time that inauguration day, january 20th, a moment the voters have been waiting for for four years, none of it had to do with joe biden and possibilities the presidency could bring to them. the best part of him taking office wasn t donald trump was leaving office. all of it was made possible because somehow voters during a pandemic had accomplished what four years of witch hunts and the full force of surveillance state could not remove a donald trump from the white house despite giving 74 million votes. almost immediately joe biden and his installed attorney general at the department of justice began targeting hundreds of trump voters who protested the election results on january 6th. the biden administration jailed people like a 69-year-old grandmother with cancer, walked into the capital. even pe
news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of julyy, zero percent. okay, we ll have more on that a little bit later in the show, i promise. but first, there never been a more important day for the permanent washington time than inauguration day for joe biden. january 20th last year it was moment democrats and their voters in the federal bureaucracy have been waiting for for four years. none of it had to do with joe biden or possibilities his presidency could bring to them.t the best part about joe biden taking office was donald trump was leaving office, although it was made possible because somehow voters during a pandemicus had accomplished what, four years off witch hunts, pausing to investigate the full force of surveillance state could not removing donald trump from the white house despite getting seventy four million votes. but it quickly becameus clear removing donald trump was not the end goal. believe it or not, almost immediately joe biden and his
in what led to that aggressive unprecedented action taken by the fbi? we know former president trump seemed to be corporating with the feds regarding his presidential records. his team had already transferred 15 boxes earlier this year but the wall street journal reports things started to escalate earlier in the summer. what changed? newsweek claims there was someone inside mar-a-lago that told them exactly where they could find more documents. the magazine writing this, the raid in mar-a-lago was based largely from information from an fbi confidential human source, one who was able to identify what classified documents former president trump was still hiding and even the location of those documents, meanwhile, attorney general merrick garland is under growing pressure after the judge who approved the raid is refusing to let the d.o.j. stay silent. he s not giving the department until monday to answer requests to unseal the search warrant. that sounds like a call for tran
against political opponents? the president believe in the rules of law and the independence of the department of justice. yes or no. it is a no for you. i m answering the question. you may not like it but i m answering the question. bill: or you could just say no. here is what we think we know at the hour. the search was related to a dispute with the national archives over the handling of presidential records is what has been reported. president trump left the white house with thoeps documents in january of 2021. later that year, the national archives contacted the president s team about potential classified information that was missing. dana: fast forward to january. the president voluntary gave more than a dozen boxes. in june d.o.j. visited mar-a-lago to get the transfer of more materials. bill: that s where things start to get murky. the talks broke down over the summer, sometime in june or july. the president disputes that however. federal officials viewed th
when he compared this to watergate. the real target of this investigation isn t trump, the real targeted this investigation is you. and alarming new reporting from nbc news on right-wing violence in defense of donald trump, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m elise jimenez in for chris hayes. 24 hours after the unprecedented fbi search of donald trump s florida home, one of his coup plotting allies in congress, scott perry of pennsylvania said he was stopped by fbi officers while traveling with his family. they presented a search warrant, and confiscated his cell phone which they tended. in a statement, the congressman said my phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal slash private discussions with my wife, family, constituents and friends. none of this is the government s business. perry is the hood of the far-right house freedom caucus, and he has been a major proponent of trump s big lie. following the 2