and how invalidating 2020 became a rhino litmus test in wisconsin. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. it has been about 32 hours since a trump appointed federal district judge issued this astonishing ruling, essentially siding with donald trump s lawyers, giving the ex president nearly everything he wanted and more in the case of his clearly on lawful and possibly criminal retention of classified documents that are not his. now, we will get to the details of the ruling itself, but first, it is notable that this decision has come under unbelievable, overwhelming and near universal criticism. law professor of duke university telling new york times, quote, this ruling is laughably bat and the justification is even flimsier. paul rosen by a former george w. bush official cause the ruling, quote, a generally unprecedented decision by a judge. andrew weissmann, formerly prosecutor and law investigation, who i speak to at this table in a moment, w
weekend. welcome to the beat, i m katie phang in for ari melber. the new detailed inventory list of property the feds seized from trump s mar-a-lago resort. i have it here. this is it. and tonight i can report what the feds took from mar-a-lago, from the 45 office, all storage rooms, and all rooms or areas where documents could be stored. but the most alarming detail is what was not found. the doj claiming 48 folders that were marked classified were empty. raising the prospect that some of the united states government s most closely guarded secrets could remain unaccounted for. but other experts say it could simply be disorganization. and agents need to document every piece of physical evidence they come across. whatever it is an investigation will uncover. also seized, 42 empty folders labeled return to staff secretary/military aide. so in total, the top line numbers. 48 empty folders with classified markings. 42 empty folders labeled return to staff secretary/military aid
police officer and was off duty has dropped out of the race. it is extremely disappointing. political violence like this is not something new, being a black feel candidate running for office. politicians from both political parties also weighed in over the weekend on the sunday morning talk shows. we have some ideas coming from senator warren, signed letter along with 25 other democratic senators asking president biden to explore opening health care clinics on federal lands in red states in order to help people access the health care and abortion services that they need. i anticipate there will be more debate and discussion. what was interesting about the supreme court decision is that it gave the authority back to the states to make these decisions. so now that this decision has been made, it is up to each of the states and the state legislators and people there to talk to their elected representatives about what their laws look like. all right. republican senator
in metastasize ho bach broadly, is the core people who claim there been massive fraud, and that donald trump is the real winner of the election, was really quite small. it was a very loud chorus, because it included the sitting president of the united states, but in the first weeks after the election, it was really just rudy giuliani and his ragtag bunch of conspiracy theorists, of rag right-wing lawyers. they spewed a bunch of nonsense at the four seasons total landscaping press conference in pennsylvania, and the equally in from his hair dye press, or where rudy giuliani appeared to be melting. but there are a losing court case after court case, in their attempt to get biden s victory overturned in various swing states. failing in court, they try to get republican state legislatures to overturn the election results instead. but the republican leaders there would not playable. but in pennsylvania, they did find one guy who would help them. a first term republican state senat
moment, now the stop the steal election denialism has metastasized so broadly, it s at the core of the people that insisted that there been massive fraud and vote rigging, and donald trump is the real winner the election was really quite small. it was a very loud chorus, we because it included the sitting president of the united states, but in the first weeks after the election, it was really just rudy giuliani and his ragtag bunch of conspiracy theorists, of rag right-wing lawyers. they spewed a bunch of nonsense at the four seasons total landscaping press conference in pennsylvania, and the equally infamous hair dye press, or where rudy giuliani appeared to be melting. but there are a losing court case after court case, in their attempt to get biden s victory overturned in various swing states. failing in court, they try to get republican state legislatures to overturn the election results instead. but the republican leaders there would not playable. but in pennsylvania, th