of the new york times is reporting tonight that former white house counsel warned donald trump last year when he was no longer president that mr. trump could face legal wired billet if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office. the lawyer sought to impress upon mr. trump pull the seriousness of the issue potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not retain the documents. in january, not long after the discussion with mr. herschmann, mr. trump turned over to the national archive 15 boxes of material. this is and so now, we know the name of one witness, possibly the most important witness. federal prosecutors were called to testify in their grand jury investigation of donald trump. eric herschmann. i will obviously comply with a subpoena and that case. i ll tell whatever you told donald trump about those documents. here is eric the thing the duty le pen the day after eastman, i don t member why he called me but he s
causing prices to soar in the u.s. and food crisis around the world as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle, and we start this evening with breaking news that says donald trump was warned late last year he could face serious legal trouble if he did not return white house records taken to mar-a-lago the new york times reports that warning came from one time white house lawyer eric herschmann you probably remember herschmann s very colorful testimony to the january 6th committee. he talked about his efforts to try to stop attempts to keep trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. the times reports herschmann, quote, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue under the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. we are learning all of this just as the former guy s lawyers are heading into a new round of high stakes court
again. i m stephanie ruhle, and we start this evening with breaking news that says donald trump was warned late last year he could face serious legal trouble if he did not return white house records taken to mar-a-lago. the new york times reports that warning came from one time white house lawyer eric herschmann. you probably remember herschmann s very colorful testimony to the january 6th committee. he talked about his efforts to try to stop attempts to keep trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. the times reports herschmann, quote, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue under the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. we are learning all of this just as the former guy s lawyers are heading into a new round of high stakes court battles. they have until noon, tomorrow, to file their response to the doj s appeal of the judges decision to temporarily block investig
was no longer president that mr. trump could face legal liability if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office. the lawyer, eric herschmann, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue and the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. and generally, not long after the discussion with mr. bush and. mr. trump turned over, to the national archives, 15 boxes of material. he had taken with him from the white house. those boxes turned out to contain 184 classified documents the justice department has said until now. we know the name of one witness, possibly the most important witness. federal prosecutors will call to testify in their grand jury investigation of donald trump s possession of those documents. eric herschmann. eric herschmann will obviously comply with a grand jury subpoenaed to testify in that case. and tell the grand jury, whatever
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. A day before our first pandemic thanksgiving, hopefully our last, and were staring into the teeth of maybe the most brutal winter we will ever face. And there were two contrasting images on display, one that represented the promise of National Leadership, and one that totally represented the absence of National Leadership that we have at the moment. President elect biden is finally formally engaged in the transition process, preparing to take over as head of the state of a nation in crisis, asking for people to stay home this thanksgiving, while offering comfort and prudent Public Health advice. While the actual sitting president of the United States for another 56 days is calling on a speakerphone to a dimly lit Wyndham Hotel in gettysburg, pennsylvania for what was essentially a glorified Conspiracy Convention like they have for flat earthers and people who believe the moon landing was fake. The president calling in on speakerphone to rant,