joins me live to discuss the new strategy. and, rebellion, speaker kevin mccarthy s far-right flank isn t happy, and that has messed things up in the house. could a government shutdown be in our future? i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. it has been a rough week for twice impeached, and twice indicted former president donald trump. you re seeing a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917. it wasn t meant for this. and act for a crime so heinous that only the death penalty would do. it s one of the most outrageous and vicious legal theories ever put forward in an american court of law. the espionage act has been used to go after traitors and spies, it has nothing to do with a former president legally keeping his own documents. okay, let s be clear. the classified documents, legally did not belong to trump. which is why on tuesday donald trump had to surrender at a miami federal court to face 37 counts of mishandling cl
guidebook that is currently number 10 on the american library list of most banned books. velshi starts now. it s saturday june, 16th ali velshi former president and donald trump is alleged to have absconded with top secret classified documents belonging to the united states government. his defenders are debasing themselves and their preclinical party to defend their dear donald, but first things first, trump did not mishandled with documents. mishandling is careless, a mistake perhaps, not having state secrets at your golf club. not taking u.s. battle plans from the white house, keeping them in violation of the law and the subsequent corridor, and then waving them around in a meeting with a writer and a publisher, neither of whom have security clearances or the need to know any of that information. but perhaps most damning is trump s public defense against the indictments. the fact is he is not really denying the key points, the fact has alleged in the 37 accounts. tr
i will take a moment to say, in no uncertain terms, that this book is not designed for young children, it s not run for children, it s not marketed to children. but to for those who it is age-appropriate, and who may needed, it s a crucial read. dawson goes on to remind the reader that the exclusion of same sex couples and sex ed classes is nothing short of quote, institutional homophobia. this chapter includes potentially lifesaving information on sexually transmitted infections, including hiv and a.i.d.s., diagrams of sexual organs, like he might see in a health class. and later, a commentary on love. and it is this section that is referenced most often, largely out of context, in the relentless calls to ban this book across the united states. this book is guy has been among the american library association s top 13 banned books for multiple years. i could go on to list the states where the book has been banned, but instead i m gonna share a different kind of list. florida s broward
initially turnover. at the same time, as it relates to what the actual trump legal defense in court will be, it s worth noting, the documents that trump kept audible room stage, next to a toilet, dexter his golf club, are so sensitive, and so secret, that trump s own legal team has not been allowed to see them yet. his lawyers do not have proper security clearances. only yesterday did they notify the judge that they are working to obtain clearance, a process which could take a month. now, once the defense lawyers are cleared, and able to view evidence, court papers filed yesterday by prosecutors revealed that among the evidence is information about quote, ongoing investigations that could identify uncharged individuals. all the while, trump remains the front runner for the republican nomination for president by a long shot. joining me now, barbara mcquade, former united states attorney for the eastern district. also an nbc legal analyst.
public opinion has flipped, with the majority of americans now looking favorably upon ford s decision. but it demands a reexamination in light of donald trump s historic federal indictment. and the prospect of more to come. ford pardon of nixon was a bandage for a wound that required sutures. trump has reopened that wound. it, it s debatable whether a man as shameless as richard nixon, like donald trump himself, would have been humbled by the threat of a possible conviction. but maybe a ford had let the process play out, nixon would ve been made an example, and donald trump would not now be under the notion that presidents get special treatment under the law. maybe nixon himself could ve been convinced that there are limits to presidential powers, and maybe when he sat down for an interview with the british journalist, david frost, several years later, after watergate, in 1977, nixon wouldn t have professed his belief that quote, when the president doesn t, that means it s not illegal.