makes it all the more concerning when you look at how many of trump s pardons carried the stink of political patronage and best in corrupt self-interest at worst. according to pew research center over the course of his four years in office trump only granted 237 acts of clemency. that s the third lowest number of pardons for any president in history. only the two president bush is pardoned fewer people. it would seem that trump was extremely selective about who he pardoned. still some of his pardons were widely praised. like alice johnson in 2020 who was serving life in prison for a nonviolent drug conviction. he posthumously pardoned the historical figure season being anthony, arrested for voting illegally. in 1870 to inject johnson the first black heavyweight boxing champ who is subject to a racist conviction in 1913 for transporting a white woman across state lines. but he also pardoned a robes gallery of political figures including many of his own associates. some of whom
democratic right. happy labor day weekend, chris. happy holiday weekend, again there is no such thing as a summer friday anymore. so we are just want to jump right in. over 10,000 documents. that is the number of documents that the fbi retrieved from trump s beach club in august alone. today we got a clear picture for the first time of the sheer volume of documents that traveled nearly 1000 miles from the white house to trump s palm beach club, when a federal judge unsealed a previously unseen and detailed inventory of what the fbi retrieved during its search last month. as a reminder here, trump s team wanted this to come out. and the justice department did not oppose it. as we continue to await a decision from the judge as to whether or not she will grant trump s request for a third party independent review that special master they are two big headlines emerging from today s filing. the first, again, is over 10,000 documents were found at mar-a-lago. that is big e
and the justice department did not oppose it. as we continue to await a decision from the judge as to whether or not she will grant trump s request for a third party independent review that special master they are two big headlines emerging from today s filing. the first, again, is over 10,000 documents were found at mar-a-lago. that is bigly then they found 48 documents mark classified. and 42 more empty folders marked return to staff secretary slash military aid. doing the math here, that is 90 folders that were empty and almost certainly had some important stuff in them. so, the first question here is, why were they empty? where are the documents that belong in those folders? does the justice department have them and we just don t know that yet? are they still sitting at trump s home? with a ripped up and flushed down the toilet? he does like to do that, you know. why were they separated from their folders in the first place? we are going to try to get answers in jus
a woman s right to make decisions about our own body is under attack, y all. more than every now. more trigger laws restricting abortion taking effect, i m talking to activists on the ground about the real danger to women and the battles ahead. plus, a man that really understands that women s rights are on the line and ballot this moment. i m talking to congressman pat ryan about his upset when that could be a blueprint for democrats. i m simone sanders, and i have something to say. donald j trump versus the united states of america. no, y all, i m not discussing last six years. that is the case the former president brought on the judge aileen cannon on the southern district. just yesterday, cannon gave notice of her preliminary intent to grant trump s request for what s called a special master. a special master is a coin appointed third-party who had review the documents retreat from mar-a-lago this month. and weeding out any privileged information. it is important to note t
committee and other former cabinet members. they are in negotiations to do the same. yet, there are some things that neither the justice department nor the january six committee may ever find out. the washington post reported this week that even more testimony and text messages sent and received by federal employees around the time of the insurrection were deleted. they may be gone forever. this latest news involves the phone records of former acting homeland security secretary, chad wulf, and his acting deputy secretary ken cuccinelli. the situation closely resembles the recent revelations of the secret service may have also deleted and failed to preserve text messages that may be relevant to the january six investigation. including, from the phones of agents who were signed to donald trump on the day of the insurrection. for more on this, i am joined now by his betsy who is a national correspondent for politico. she is also an msnbc contributor. so, betsy, let s start with