plus, incredible new reporting on just how easy it is to infiltrate the resort home where donald trump stored an actual security secrets. and after an incredibly successful week, the biden administration warning republicans ahead of the midterms. they are about to find out! when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. we have the affidavit, filed by the fbi, in support of its search warrant of the ex presidents retirement home. now, there are a lot of really fascinating nuggets and revelations throughout, despite its quite heavy redactions. but one stands starkly out, as it did during the initial reveal of the search warrant itself. just the plain confirmation, black and white, quote, probable cause exists to believe that evidence contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed will be found at mar-a-lago. that is really the not of it, right there, isn t it? that s all with this has been about, the back and forth wi
day for the most part i found it i was totally zoned in that one pretty pretty quick. i felt towards the last hour, so that mr. steinglass couldn t move to the long and i didn t know if we needed like six book excerpts get more choice xors. i think get less for have been a little more with some of that, but i think i think look, on the defense end i think todd blanche rule was i heard the word meandering. yeah, i certainly subscribe to that. i think he made a real legal and tactical mistake by diving into people s exhibits 35 and 36. the weisselberg notes i think they are the smoking gun evidence and i think he dove into a minefield without a plan to get to get through it. do you think he should not have even brought those up? if anything? i wouldn t he like lead with it. right that s not those documents are not his strong suit. and i anticipated and then i tours steinglass just went to town. he really he got to a plus on that bolt documents up you ve got weisselb
most part i found it. i was totally zoned in that one pretty pretty quick. i felt towards the last hour or so that mr. steinglass couldn t move to the long and i didn t know if we needed like six book excerpts choice. choice xors. i think get less where the been a little more with that. but i think i think look on the defense and i think todd blanche rule was i heard the word meandering yeah, i certainly subscribe to that. i think he made a real legal and tactical mistake by diving into people s exhibits 35 and 36. the weisselberg notes, i think they are the smoking gun evidence and i think he dove into a minefield without a plan to get to get through it. do you think he should not have even brought those up? if anything? i wouldn t he like lead with it. right. that s not hit those documents are not his strong suit. and i anticipated and then i saw steinglass just went to town. he really he got to a plus on that bolt documents up you ve got weisselberg s handwriting
president is four criminal trials. look at the case tomorrow with it a job. they know jury has ever had before deciding whether or not to convict a former president united states and current candidate for the office again, of as many as 34 felonies today was the final chance for both sides to persuade them. we re talking about it tonight, joining the panel, retired new york city criminal judge george grosso, and jury consultant to alan. alan tuerkheimer. just grosso. it is great to have you with all your experience here what did you make up closing arguments night, i mean five hours two-and-a-half, three hours. is that it was a long day for the most part. i found it i was totally zoned in that one pretty pretty quick. i felt towards the last hour, so that mr. steinglass couldn t move to the long and i didn t know if we needed like six book excerpts more choice choice xors. i think less for the been a little more with some of that, but i think i think look, on the defense
this is just the stuff, again, just the stuff the doj knew about, before the search warrant was released. it s managed to shake free from mar-a-lago. so, definitely, we heard a lot from this affidavit, but there s still a lot we don t know. as we said before, much of the documents were heavily redacted. the doj said that it was in part to protect, quote, and this is an interesting quote, a significant number of witnesses involved with the investigation. you gotta imagine that sentence alone will certainly fuel trump s paranoia, in what he has called rats in his inner circle. notably, the affidavit also does not mention so-called special access program, some of the most countries secretive information, which the national archives previously mentioned it found in those 15 boxes of documents. nor does it mention any nuclear documents which the washington post previously reported was one of the subjects in the search. experts say both of those topics would almost certainly be among those r