we had a great conversation. i ve known him since 1999. he was a seminary student here in new york. came to a demonstration i had. he ended up getting arrested for peaceful demonstration with me. we ve known each other since then. we had a great conversation, coming right up after the fabulous simone. we will be watching, rev, you have just mentored us all. take away. thank you very much. thank you verlet me say, welcoo politicsnation. right now, republicans in both chambers of congress are doing what they can to sabotage the people s business. in protest of the 37 federal counts, donald trump is facing over his handling of classified materials. and five days after his arraignment, that sabotage is ranging from a media campaign, to publicly exonerating trump before he even stand trial. to pledge from substantial republicans to intentionally obstruct the biden administration, by blocking vital appointments, even if it puts our nation in jeopardy. georgia senator, i rap
we go to new jersey with more of the former president s message. nate, good evening. trace, good evening to you. his first public remarks, or at least his first speech since his arraignment in miami this afternoon, former president trump defended his right to retain classified information. he said it is in the sole discretion of the president to keep their own documents, and he also took sharp aim at president joe biden for what he calls weaponizing the department of justice. listen here. this day will go down in infamy and joe biden will forever be remembered as not only the most corrupt president in the history of our country, but perhaps even more importantly, the president who together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and marxists tried to destroy american democracy. but they will fail and we will win bigger and better than ever before. [applause]. charging a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917. trace, president trump then
don t hide under the bed. don t hide under the bed. you heard it there. congressman eric swalwell, thank you for your time tonight sir i appreciate it. that is our show for tonight, now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence. good evening, ali. > good evening, alex. we ll see you tomorrow. thank you. and today was a bad day for rudy giuliani. jury deliberations began today in ruby freeman and shaye moss s civil defamation suit against giuliani, which started on monday. the two women are seeking $47 million in damages for the torrent of abuse and threats of violence that they say rudy giuliani brought on them with his lies in the aftermath of donald trump s defeat in the 2020 election. after promising monday that he would take the stand and testify in his own defense in the lawsuit brought against him by the two election workers, he apparently had a change of heart. it s also possible that giuliani s legal team decided to put him on the s
it s 4:00 in washington d.c. a hail mary move by the disgraced ex-president that serves as an indication that special counsel jack smith may well be close to making a decision on whether or not to indict donald trump. we re at donald trump s dear attorney general, the special counsel is being mean to me phase. make no mistake we have been here before. late yesterday lawyers for the ex-president asked for a meeting with merrick garland. the letter itself was brief, filled with the usual trump rhetoric about being persecuted despite the fact that the ex-president is the one who has resisted handing over some of the nation s most sensitive intelligence secrets. documents he kept just one lock, one door away from hundreds of people at his pay for membership club to the government who rightfully owned the documents and asked for them back. the new york times says the letter asserts that trump is treated unfairly in the investigations led by jack smith. the washington post is r
rudy giuliani. jury deliberations began today and ruby freeman and shaye moss s civil death defamation suit against giuliani, we started on monday. the two women are seeking $47 million in damages for the torrent of abuse and threats of violence that they say rudy giuliani brought on them with his lies in the aftermath of donald trump s defeat in the 2020 election. after promising monday that he would take the stand and testify in his own defense, in the lawsuit brought against him by the two election workers, he apparently had a change of heart. it s also possible that giuliani s legal team decided to putting him on the stand would be a disaster after he said this outside the courthouse on monday. whatever happened to them, which is unfortunate if other people overreact, but everything i said about them is true. do you regret what you did. of course i don t regret it. i told the truth. those remarks led the judge, beryl howell, to suggest that rudy giuliani might hav