of elements in the aftermath of the fbi s raid on mar-a-lago as we await a hearing later this week to determine whether records related to the search, including that all-important affidavit, should could be unsealed. our legal panel is standing by life to weigh in. but we begin by focusing on our 2022 vision on alaska and wyoming. chief political anchor bret baier is back with us tonight and back at the big board with the very latest results. good evening. good evening, shannon. congresswoman liz cheney has gone down to defeat in the primary tonight. if we look at the wyoming numbers, harriet hageman, backed by president trump, former president trump, a big winner. remember, 1 congressional district in wyoming, this primary going in, hageman had 20, 30-point lead in the polls. she s going to end up tonight, by all estimates, being up about 35-40 points over the incumbent congresswoman liz cheney. it was really at the beginning of the night, the middle of the county here, ha
this land is more important than the principles that we are all sworn to protect. our republic relies upon the good will of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections. this primary election is over. but now the real work begins. this morning on today with savannah guthrie, she was pressed on whether her future includes seeking the nation s highest office. let s just be straight about it. are you considering running for president yourself? i will be doing whatever it takes to keep donald trump out of the oval office. you didn t say yes or no. that s fine if you are thinking about it. are you thinking about it? are you thinking about running for president? that s a decision that i m going to make in the coming months, savannah. mr. trump celebrating cheney s defeat on his social media platform overnight. his political and personal future remain clouded by legal trouble on all fronts, including the criminal investigation and the search o
presented with evidence about what happened, and she came to the conclusion that he falls into the category of those who would be disqualified, but for the fact of the office that he seeks, or the office that he once held and the oath that he took. and so i think that s relevant. certainly, maybe not in a court of law, but in the court of public opinion, the idea that this looks like insurrection and he looks like an insurrectionist, i think is very relevant. thank you to both of you. i actually have a lot more to discuss with you, but this is the way things go these days. melissa murray is a law professor at nyu and an msnbc legal analyst. julia lithwick is the senior editor at slate, and author of the important book lady justice, women, the law, and the battle to save america. still to come, we continue our coverage of the breaking news and the fight over donald trump s eligibility to run for president again. just moments from now, i ll be joined by the colorado secretary