the nation by pardoning a president, who was accused of doing something wrong, is not a good idea. as we learned from gerald ford. do you think any of them believe that? or do you think it s just a talking point? that s a good question. luckily, i ve run out of time. i have to start my show. you can t put me on the spot like that. anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. the backing donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. some insane levels. we are going to help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new report on clarence thomas problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonigh
anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. debunking donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. they have reached some insane levels. we re gonna help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new reporting on clarence thomas s problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonight, we begin with a new move from the justice department and it s classified documents case against donald trump. in a motion filed late yesterday, special counsel jack smith requested a protective order that would bore trump and his legal team from publicly discussing sensitive material obtained during the trial s discovery pr
plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonight, we begin with a new move in the justice and it s classified documents case against donald trump in a motion filed yesterday at a detective order. this bar is trump s legal team from discussing sensitive material from the discovery process. the evidence includes information pertaining to ongoing investigations and warns that its disclosure could quote, compromise those investigations and identify uncharged individuals. smith s request for trump silence comes as no surprise, considering the fact that the ex president hasn t exactly kept a low profile post arraignment. just hours after he left the courthouse on tuesday, trump blasted the indictment as corrupt and cassatt as a part of a political pursuit designed to destroy him. really stands in
receiving from the texas billionaire and republican billionaire donor harlan crow, all in the name of hospitality. so, what did justice thomas and his 2022 financial disclosure claim? we are going to have to wait a little longer to find out, because justice thomas has requested a 90-day extension. . that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. and now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good, evening lawrence. good evening, alex. does this mean that i have to disclose every time that out britons me flowers? well every time? the 600 dollar bouquets you get weekly should probably be disclosed. the smaller i am prepared and the corsage s that you get may skate under the disclosure limits. i m prepared to disclose right now all of the flowers i have received in my entire life, which i believe is exactly zero. i will change that. i am going to change that is going to change. you don t have to there you go. no, i m going
i am prepared and the corsages that you get may skate under the disclosure limits. i m prepared to disclose right now all of the flowers i have received in my entire life, which i believe is exactly zero. i will change that. i am going to change that is going to change. you don t have to there you go. no, i m going to. if i get those flowers from you, i m disclosing. that s going to be great. exactly. you heard it here on this network. it s going to happen. thank you, alex. have a great show. thank you. well, once again today, down trump said something that no other former president of the united states has ever said. at 3:36 pm today, donald trump said, on social media, no one has told me i m being indicted. when defendant trump was indicted in manhattan in march, he was the first to leak that he was going to be indicted. but he was off by over a week in his prediction of when it would happen. so, it remains a distinct possibility. that the next tim