i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. attack and defend. while donald trump and his allies blast away at special counsel jack smith, one of trump s former attorneys tries to explain away those classified documents. so, if they weren t originals, just copies, does that mean there s no crime? plus, the air in this city today isn t just nasty, it s historically bad. forcing the closure of everything from broadway to the bronx zoo. the thickening blanket of smoke now settling over philly, wilmington and beyond as well. so when is it going to go away? and a truly surprising decision. a pair of conservatives on the supreme court helping deliver a big win for voting rights in the deep south. we ll explain that in just a minute. we begin with federal prosecutors putting to rest any doubt about whether or not donald trump is directly in the special counsel s sights. nbc news has learned that jack smith informed trump s team on monday that their client
that he ll do anything other than come in and take the fifth amendment and decline to cooperate again. but this is a smart gam bit by prosecutors because prosecution for bannon could be important. because this is a second consecutive case he would be looking at more time in prison if, for instance, he refused to comply with the subpoena. it s a gamble to be sure. there s a lot of upside here and the question with bannon is the same question that exists with many of these other witnesses, mark meadows included, are they willing to go to prison for donald trump? so as we wait for this and everybody, matthew, has their own idea about when this decision will finally be made, how do republicans handle it, particularly if there is another indictment? i mean, mike pence was asked about it last night. let me just play that little clip. if donald trump is convicted of a crime, and you re elected
that was never issued but would amount to a dangerous power graph. it directs the defense diplomat to seize voting machines side it also appoints a special counsel to investigate the 2020 election. the date on this executive order is december 16th, 2020. it is more than two weeks after trump s own loyal attorney general bill barr said that d.o.j. had found zero evidence of election fraud. also from politico, quote, the draft order would have given the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the 2020 election that suggests it could have been a gam bit to keep trump in power until at least mid february of 2021. cbs news has not reviewed the document. an aide for the 1/6 committee tells nbc the panel is not
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meeting of the judiciary committee which is charged with investigating the governor. so since the report has come out, there is a lot of excitement around it. but really what we re going to get is just next steps. we re going to get a timelineond where they could proceed from now. and according to my reporting speaking with members since the governor has that friday the 13th deadline of providing responses to the committee s wide, wide investigation, which includes nursing home deaths, it includes political favors to family members, it includes nursing home book deal, the whole gam bit. he has until friday to respond to that. then they could discuss his response and from there they could start to, if they choose to do so, draft articles of impeachment, which means we could be looking at something like around labor day when they could really vote or move forward with articles of impeachment, talk about impeachment managers and thing