even though it is donald trump, who has not provided a single shred of evidence proving that they re not, proving that he declassified any of the records that he kept at mar-a-lago for up to 18 months. now to the other front, the special master process itself. just a couple hours ago, lawyers for the justice department squared off with donald trump s legal team for their first public hearing before judge raymond dearie. he was appointed special master to review the documents seized in the search of donald trump s residence last month. during this hearing, dearie, who was donald trump s pick, his hand-selected suggestion to be the special master, told donald trump s lawyers to put up or shut up on claims that trump declassified the records. here s how politico describes the hearing. quote, judge raymond dearie pushed trump s lawyers repeatedly for refusing to back up the former president s claim that he declassified the highly sensitive national security-related records discov
every week i go out for groceries and another dollar. i work a minimum wage job and, i mean, just buying food takes over a third of my income. i don t think the administration gets what the average person has to deal with. we live paycheck to paycheck. dana: inflation is on the minds of americans not to mention rampant crime and energy crisis. they are on the back burner for president biding heading to california today to talk up his infrastructure agenda. gillian turn for the white house. the president is in the golden state to raise money from democratic political doaners and tout his infrastructure bill. californians want to talk about crime and gas prices going into the mid-terms according to polling. president biden touched down last night in santa monica and greeted by the city s democratic mayor. white house is accusing congressional republicans putting medicare and social security on the chopping block cuts they insist would push most families over a cliff.
The dni and the rest of the National Security establishment . A question a lot of people are asking this hour. Were going to take you through the much balihooed memo release, what it means for the russia investigation and discuss potential resignations or firings of senior d. O. J. Or fbi leadership. Lets get right to it with our experts. Jeremy bash, former Chief Of Staff at both the cia and pentagon. Now an msnbc National Security analyst. Matt miller, former chief spokesman for the Justice Department in the Obama Administration, now an msnbc justice and security analyst. Chuck rosenberg, a former u. S. Attorney who has worked on the staffs of both Robert Mueller and james comey at the fbi and is now an msnbc contributor. And with us onset, nbcs ken delanian and republican strategist Steve Schmidt. Jeremy bash, let me start with you on this idea that carter
page, who we know was first surveilled in 2013, at least two to three years before he ended up in the trump orbit and years befo
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Lying, pomposity, smuggness, overall, groupthink. Dvr it if you know how that hworks. More than anything though, have a terrific evening. Youve had the main course and now the dessert, the great sean hannity in new york city. Sean im telling that story. So when you are back in new york with laura, we are all getting in this room and im telling secrets. I and im telling secrets about you two. Tucker [laughs] sean oh, its coming out. Tucker im embarrassed already. Sean we are 98 days away from the single most important Midterm Election in our lifetime. We are 440 days into Robert Muellers corrupt political witch hunt, and the trial of Paul Manafort kicked off in a Northern Virginia court room. You would think its the trial of the century, its not. Hes facing potential Life In Prison or a tax charge that had nothing to do with russia from 2005. Today the trial of Paul Manafort kicked off in what are alleged crimes had nothing to do with
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