He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or so, after 911, currently his Senior National security correspondent for the intercept his son, tom its been a journalist for 15, 16 years. And hes worked for various news organizations covered and covered a wide of local and national topics, including National Security and u. S. Politics. His current focuses on in the last honest man, they look back at the life of former democratic senator frank of idaho, who was one of the most consequential lawmakers of the 20th century. He served in the from the late 1950s through the sixties and seventies
Welcome to politics prose im brad graham, the coowner of the bookstore along with my wife Lissa Muscatine and were very pleased to be hosting two ryzens here this evening we have veteran journalist jim and his son, journalist tom, and theyre here to talk about their new book the last man the cia the fbi, the mafia and the kennedys and one senators fight to save democracy. Our jim, of course, is a very accomplished investigative reporter, did some outstanding work with the new york times, where he was for for nearly 20 years from 1998 to 2017. He a member of the team that won the 22 pulitzer for explanatory for coverage of the september attacks. And then with a colleague he shared that 26 pulitzer for national for coverage of the nsa domestic spying program. Hes also written four books a about americas fight over abortion, about the cias final showdown with the kgb, about the cia and the george w bush, and about the costs, consequences of americas war on terror and first dozen years or
our special breaking news coverage on msnbc as donald j trump is likely facing his most serious legal challenge yet. today, we learned much more about the very serious federal criminal charges in involving his handling of top secret u.s. documents. today, special counsel jack smith released an indictment laying out the evidence against trump. nbc s laura jarrett has the details. new details on the stubborn move up the speed of a former president, also the leading republican challenger to president biden. special counsel jack smith alleging mr. trump mishandled classified documents after leaving office, and obstruction efforts to retrieve them in the state of florida. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. smith laying out 37 criminal counts against the former president, including charges under the espionage act accusing him of improperly retaining national defense information. the indictment says among the classified documents kept in box
hello and thank you so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera alongside my friend and colleague jose diaz-balart, reporting from miami today. and welcome to the start of a monumental day. in just a few hours, donald trump will become the first former president to ever enter a plea in a federal courthouse. a grand jury voted to indict the 45th commander in chief with 37 counts relating to his handling of classified documents at his alleged obstruction of justice. now, trump has repeatedly stated he plans to enter a not guilty plea. and he will be presumed innocent just like any other american citizen. this won t be like any other trial. no other trial. outside doral, trump supporters and protesters made their voices heard. and on the campaign trail, the current front-runner for the republican nomination is starting to take criticism from his own party. if this indictment is true, president trump was incredibly reckless with our national security. how a
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing this important news day with us. target trump, the former president s legal team gets official notice he could face charges in the federal investigation over classified documents. this is an unprecedented legal and political moment as one piece of the special counsel investigation nears its end just as trump s 2024 comeback bid gears up. plus new cnn reporting on a critical building block of the case. a career government expert interviewed by prosecutors detailed exactly what trump knew and was told about the classification rules. and the political impact of trump being named a target, the former president rolls out a familiar playbook, where he s a victim and lies are plentiful. his 2024 rivals now must decide what to say. this as mike pence s cautious choice. if that is something that investigators see as possible, even enough potentially to indict the former president, do you think that