trump s republican party. yeah, the politics of victimhood and grievance that senator scott ascribed to joe biden yesterday is all of donald trump s campaign. and a lot of the republican party world view. it s that the fbi needs defunded. it s that the justice department can t be trusted, and it conducts witch hunts against republicans. it s a witch hunt when it is bad for trump and for them. tim scott almost came out reagan esque, saying it s a new june rise in america. pushing optimism and hope. good. we ll see where it goes from there. but donald trump still runs the party. our nbc colleague tom llamas sat down with tim scott. at the top, they talked about donald trump. 2021, you said you d support former president trump if he was running for re-election.
could get a look at them and try to make claims to keep them out of evidence in this case. those documents are at the heart of what the mishandling. we do expect the justice department to respond to this petition at the supreme court. we expect them to say, there s no way that donald trump could have an interested in these documents, and there really could be harm done to the united states government if the intelligence community and the justice department can t keep working on these. so we re just going to have to way and see what the response is. for now, nothing changes with the status quo. erica? so they continue doing what they re doing. we appreciate it. lawyers for the justice department releasing an audio reporting of an oath keepers meeting where members are heard planning to incite violence. the tape was played yesterday in
this ruling by the 11th circuit court of appeals. anderson, this is exactly what the justice department has been fighting for weeks. they tried to get this result in the district court from judge eileen canon. they didn t get it. now they ve had the victory from the 11th circuit. notably this is from a panel of two judges, two of them trump appointees, one obama appointee. and what the 11th circuit is saying tonight the justice department can go back to using the classified documents they d been restricted from using in their ongoing criminal probe into these classified documents that were seized from mar-a-lago last month. and the appeals court is saying here they re really agreeing with the justice department saying that, yes, in fact national security could be harmed if the justice department can t continue its probe here. they said that, you know, the doj has argued it s a criminal investigation, and the national security assessment is inextricably linked. the appeals court sayin
that they ve been restricted from using, in their ongoing criminal probe into these classified documents, that were seized from mar-a-lago last month. the appeals court is saying here, they are really agreeing with the justice department, saying that yes, in fact, national security could be harmed if the justice department can t continue its probe here. they set the doj has argued that the criminal investigation, and then national security investment is inextricably linked. the appeals court saying, yes, in fact, if we don t let the doj continue to use these classified documents, there will be real and significant harm on the united states and the public. notably, in this opinion as well, anderson, the 11th circuit is really faulting trump s lawyers, for not better explaining what seems to be their argument, the trump may
extremism of the hard left. the repressive anti-tolerance hard left. that was his big failing. failing to call out the extremism on the left. the judge has an easy job. of course, she should appoint a special master. you can t trust the justice department alone to look at these documents and keep them confidential and makes judgments about when are privileged. this is an obligation to have an outside person to look at this. who is guarding the guardians? the justice department can t be trusted to guard itself. these teams are phoney. nobody should trust them. they have lunch together with a wink and a nod.