he can, listen, eugene debs ran for president from a federal prison. as the mar-a-lago convenes in florida, trump s chief financial officer pleads guilty new york. allen will ultimately be providing testimony. that is against donald. tonight, the rank criminalities running the 45th president and what we learned about the search warrant for trump s home. plus, new reporting the secret service held on to violent threats to nancy pelosi until after the insurrection. and why the republican leaders are raising red flags 82 days away from the midterm elections. candidate qualities has lots to do with the outcome. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. there s a bunch of legal news surrounding donald trump today as there is seemingly every day, these days. none of it particularly good for the ex president. first up today, a federal judge in west palm beach says he will consider releasing some of the affidavits central to last week search
that is his summer residence. he s also about to meet in a few hours with several members of the republican study committee who are essentially rushing there to discuss what s going on. jim banks is the chairman of the rsd. he will be at bedminster. that s an aerial shot of the golf club. we ll keep a eye on the comings and goings and see if we hear anything from donald trump on all of this over the course of the afternoon. we saw a little reaction from him on truth social last night. we may get a public statement from him as we keep a close eye on who comes and goes from bedminster this afternoon. so the fbi, when you think about it, has been investigating donald trump for seven years. from the russia collusion days all the way until now. and this raid is likely just the beginning of the next stage in this story as it fires up the deepest entrenched forces for and against this most fiercely debated american president. he appears to have his eyes on the white house once again
of can a special master get in there, we re gonna take a look at those talking, those were gonna have our legal team go over it. i love it, and i can t wait to see, it have a great show lawrence. thank you alex. well, a federal judge who in moscow joined the federalist society, an organization created to deliver right-wing judges to the federal judiciary. and, who is appointed as a federal judge in the final months of donald trump s presidency, today heard arguments in the case of donald j trump versus the united states of america. yes, that is never the case. donald j trump versus the united states of america. and that is the truth of the case. the federalist society, trump appointed shrub inch, we re in a two-hour meeting repeatedly asked justice department prosecutors what harm could there be in agreeing with donald trump s lawyers request to appoint a so-called special master, in the case, to examine some or all of the documents and records seized by the fbi with a se
and, who was appointed as a federal judge in the final months of donald trump s presidency, today heard arguments in the case of donald j trump versus the united states of america. yes, that is never the case. donald j trump versus the united states of america. and that is the truth of the case. the federalist society, trump appointed judge in a two hour hearing, asked in a two-hour meeting repeatedly asked justice department prosecutors what harm could there be in agreeing with donald trump s lawyers request to appoint a so-called special master, in the case, to examine some or all of the documents and records seized by the fbi with a search warrant of donald trump s home on august 8th. last week before the judge had heard a word of opposition from the justice department is, she but that s inclined, inclined to go along with what donald trump wants in this case. this is a judge who then knew absolutely nothing about the law governing presidential records. a judge who knew ab
aishah: former president trump pushing to release the affidavit but the justice department is urging the court to keep the documents secret, saying releasing it publicly would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. john: documents show the government is investigating trump for potential obstruction of justice and possible violations of the espionage act. aishah: and what s at stake at today s hearing, and peter doocy how the white house is responding. john: mark meredith live outside the courthouse in west palm beach florida, mark, what can we expect in the next coupon of hours? good afternoon. we can expect the judge to listen as lawyers are trying to push to get him to unseal a federal affidavit which would likely outline where the investigation stands into the former president. this is going to be fascinating, we have also seen the judge already agree to release some materials. the search warrant came out, which detailed not only what was collected fro