but at least they have, like, i don t know it s nicer there generally. what a day. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. tonight we have new reporting which confirms something that up to this point we d only suspected. former president donald trump is officially a target of the criminal investigation of alleged mishandling of documents at mar-a-lago. that news reported first today by the guardian. multiple outlets are now reporting federal prosecutors notified trump in a letter that he is the target. now, nbc news has not independently verified those reports, but donald trump is the person who allegedly took those classified documents from the white house and then refused to comply with the justice department s order to return them. so if anyone in this case is going to be targeted for potential criminal charges, it is probably donald trump. for his part trump today posted a caps lock-heavy statement arguing being the target of an invest
clear that donald j. trump is a target of the investigation. we ll have legal analysis what that means for a possible indictment in just a moment. meanwhile trump s former running mate is now his newest challenger in the 2024 presidential race. we ll have more from mike pence s campaign launch. plus that hazardous haze that s been covering the northeast is expected to kick back up today. we ll get the latest time line for when the wildfire smoke from canada could finally clear out. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that former president donald trump s attorneys have been told that trump is a target of the justice department s investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents after he left the white house. prosecutors told trump s attorneys about their client being a target in that probe during their meeting monday at the doj headqu
space she owns in washington, d.c. all these details and more were included in the justice s 2022 financial disclosures after the supreme court adopted new ethics ruled this year requiring justices to provide a fuller accounting of their finances and received gifts. that includes gifts that constitute personal hospitality, a category that s come under intense scrutiny because of explosive reporting from propublica about the many luxurious gifts justice clarence thomas had been receive from texas billionaire and republican mega-donor harlan crow all in the name of personal hospitality. so what did justice thomas and his 2022 financial disclosure contain? we re going to have to wait a little longer to find out because justice thomas has requested a 90-day extension. way too early with jonathan lemire is coming up next. prosecutors with the department of justice make it