to trump who say this is a guy who is just weighing his options with his attorney for how to respond to this subpoena. but of course, we know trump has offered a lot of shifting explanations for why he took those documents, why he kept those documents, and we know the justice department is looking at a potential obstruction probe, anderson. it also news on the defamation case brought against him by e. jean carroll. what is that? that s right. e. jean carroll has gone back to court to ask for additional damages, substantial punitive damages, from donald trump in the wake of donald trump s comments during that cnn town hall. earlier this month, she went to trial with a civil jury that awarded her $5 million, found trump had sexually abused and defamed her. she also had a separate defamation case ongoing. this was caught up in the legal logjam. this is where she s going back to the judge and asking for a very substantial punitive damage after trump said this during the cnn town hall.
disclosure at this junk tour of affidavit supporting probable cause irrepairable damage to this on going criminal investigation. if disclosed, it would serve as a road map to the government s on going investigation providing specific details about its direction and likely course in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps. that s all in the justice department s court filing tonight and what we learn from that court filing is that the justice department is expecting further investigative steps. they are contemplating further investigative steps in what they repeatedly describe as an on going criminal investigation. and on going criminal investigation, that implicates national security. so again, one of the main questions about what is going on here is now answered by the justice department s filing this evening. the point of that search warrant last week was not just to go and get the stuff and now they got it. it can be safely put back under
juncture of the affidavit supporting probable cause would cause significant and irreparable damage. if disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a roadmap for the government s roadmap in ongoing investigation providing details in a matter that is likely to compromise further investigative steps. that s all in the justice department s court filing tonight, what we learned from that court filing is that the justice department is expecting further investigative steps. they are contemplating further investigative steps and what they repeatedly described as a ongoing criminal investigation, an ongoing criminal investigation quote that implicates national security. so, again one of the main questions about what is going on here is now answered by the justice department s filing this evening. the point of that search warrant last week was not just to go get the stuff and now
steps. that s all in the justice department s court filing tonight. and what we learned from that court filing is that the justice department is expecting further investigative steps. they are contemplating further investigative steps in what they repeatedly describe as an ongoing criminal investigation. an ongoing criminal effect, quote, that implicates national security. so again, one of the main questions about what is going on here is now answered by the justice department s filing this evening, the point of that search warrant last week was not just to go and get the stuff and now they ve got it, it can be safely put back under lock and key, and case closed. no. the search warrant we now know was to get that stuff, but it is also part of an ongoing criminal investigation that could lead to criminal charges and an ongoing criminal investigation involving the espionage act into the former president which is astonishing. and for him, of course, that s
0 night. and the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. chris, do you have a connection to the fbi? do i personally? every time you go on vacation the fbi does something that nobody expected that blows everybody away and i have to call you and ask where in the world you are. i found out the search warrant in mar-a-lago from a text from you, and i hadn t even gotten to the american news, and i guess things are kinds of crazy, woe, babe, they searched mar-a-lago. rachel just rang again. every time i leave the east coast. anyway, i m putting a leash on you, my friend. i can t take the suspense anymore. welcome back. good to be back. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. great to have you here. do you remember the name brandon van greg? it is a very memorable name, you might remember the sound of it and if not the circumstance you first heard. it but if you are like me, and all likelihood the first time you heard the name brandon van grack was t