back before the court appointed special master, which could potentially throw some sand in the gears of the departments investigation. despite recent reporting that trump s legal team was perhaps looking to soften its tone in this case, the filing today by trump s lawyers is filled with more angry screeds against the department of justice. they accused the department of feigned concern about reported to pin some offense on trump. it is the latest in a series of aggressive and bellicose moves by trump, which he s employed for a very long time to move away from scandals and legal quandaries. and it s more evidence of the mindset with which he approaches both the powers of the presidency and the keeping of the nation s secrets. in a post on his social media website following the filing today, trump told his followers, i want my documents back. that s what he said. i want my documents back. because trump still believes that the classified government records seized from his home
visiting hurricane damage regions, there are no paper towel rolls being tossed as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, and a case against the former handling of white house documents appears to be growing by the day. tonight, reporting from the washington post and the new york times, seems to provide the justice department more potential evidence. both papers reporting the back in february, one of trump s lawyers refused his clients request to tell the national archives that everything had been returned. the post returns this. the lawyer declined because, he was not sure the statement was true, according to people familiar with the matter. the paper reports that that lawyer was alex cannon, who is responsible for the transfer of 15 boxes of presidential records, from mar-a-lago to the national archives back in january. he is the very same alex cannon who testified to the january 6th committee, that he told white house
against the former handling of white house documents appears to be growing by the day. tonight, reporting from the washington post and the new york times, seems to provide the justice department more potential evidence. both papers reporting the back in february, one of trump s lawyers refused his clients request to tell the national archives that everything had been returned. the post returns this. the lawyer declined because, he was not sure the statement was true, according to people familiar with the matter. the paper reports that that lawyer was alex cannon, who is responsible for the transfer of 15 boxes of presidential records, from mar-a-lago to the national archives back in january. he is the very same alex cannon who testified to the january 6th committee, that he told white house chief of staff mark meadows, that there was no evidence of voter fraud in 2020 election. the papers say that both trump and cannon have yet to respond to specific questions about this docu
toward a civil war. president biden, meanwhile, is expected to address the threat of political violence head on as he hits the road today. the white house says the president will call out the far right for its dangerous rhetoric and challenge the republican claim that it is the party of law and order. we re also following major developments out of ukraine, where officials in kyiv say russian forces are in retreat as ukraine launches a counteroffensive in the south. president zelenskyy says, quote, we will chase them to the border. major news out of ukraine. we ll get to that in a moment. boy, it really is something. and you look at the poll numbers. first of all, fascinating it is joe biden s poll numbers that go up, willie, as democrats seem to be doing far better in the midterm elections than expected. the same group of people, donald trump, lindsey graham, those type of people, who challenged the 2020 election, or with lindsey, went back and forth, back and forth, th
attack. former president donald trump. a series of monumental decisions of the supreme court will also be front of line for so many voters this november. none greater than the unprecedented decision to overturn almost a half century of privacy rights in roe v. wade. coming up, we re going to be joined by georgia s democratic nominee for governor stacey abrams. she s going to talk about everything that is on the line this fall. first, let s bring in an incredible roundtable. we have the former chairman of the republican national committee, michael still, former white house press secretary and the president obama, robert gibbs, host of msnbc s politicsnation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, former white house director of communication shear to president obama and director of communications for hillary clinton 2016, presidential campaign, jennifer palmieri. let s