tonight, new reporting that donald trump s former chief of staff has appeared before the grand jury. why mark motors test of money could be the key for federal mastications into his former boss. then chris christie has officially thrown his hat in the 2024 ring. in an already crowded republican field. a huge surprise in sports, a golf merger no one saw coming. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. stunning new revelations involving donald trump s final chief of staff in the special counsel s investigation. the new york times reports, mark meadows has testified before a grand jury in jack smith s investigation, according to two people briefed on the matter. the times points out meadows is a key figure in both of the special counsel s investigations. tom channeling of classified documents, and his efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election. the times reports this, it is not clear precisely when mr. meadows test
departments investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. nbc news is exclusively reporting that the grand jury convened evidence in the case, it s expected to meet this week after a hiatus. now, prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony. that slow down in recent weeks. it is unclear whether prosecutors are prepared to seek an indictment at this point. but, this reconvening might mean that a charging decision is close, so, let s take a step back for a moment. let s look at the totality of this case. tonight, we are going to do that with the help of a model prosecution memo that just been released by a team of former prosecutors. one of whom will join us live in just a moment. defense attorneys saying the justice department is likely justified to charge donald trump and crimes over his refusal to turn over the classified documents, that he is accused of illegally removing fro
republican candidate. i am ayman mohyeldin la, started tonight, we begin with developing news in the justice departments investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. nbc news is exclusively reporting that the grand jury convened evidence in the case, it s expected to meet this week after a hiatus. now, prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony. that slow down in recent weeks. it is unclear whether prosecutors are prepared to seek an indictment at this point. but, this reconvening might mean that a charging decision is close, so, let s take a step back for a moment. let s look at the totality of this case. . . tonight, we are going to do that with the help of a model prosecution memo that just been released by a team of former prosecutors. one of whom will join us live in just a moment. defense attorneys saying the justice department is likely justified to charge donald trum
we ll get it fixed and get it fixed properly in two years. but we re going to get it fixed and fixed properly. we ll get it fixed in two years. all right. he s going to get it fixed in two years. two years. wait, but he had a chance to fix it in 2017. what did he do? well, he called the debt ceiling sacred. and 18, 19. then he urged a default. now, donald trump is back in the mushy middle, promising a big fix down the road. you know, like infrastructure, health care, and a border wall. yeah. meanwhile, ron desantis continues de-santis. i think you should. really. if i say it, you should do it, okay? willie, mika wants me to change the pronunciation of my name to joe subaru. or brzezinski. joe subaru. it s been scarborough, like, my whole life. yeah. subaru, joe subaru. iramping up for a campaign, maybe it s time for a rebrand. people love a good subaru, reliable automobile. great family car. it is odd, i have to say, that the desant
predawn attack. the target, an apartment building hundreds of miles from the front lines. and abortion rights advocates score victories in the unlikeliest of places, attempts to impose new bans fall short in a pair of red states. are they one-offs or warning signs for the republican party? we start with federal prosecutors poring over hours of new testimony from vice president mike pence. one of the few people with firsthand knowledge about former president trump s efforts to block certification of the 2020 election. pence s testimony came less than a day after a judge rejected trump s last ditch effort to block it. i want to bring in nbc s ryan reilly who s been covering all of the developments for us. also nbc s vaughn hillyard with the former president and his supporters in manchester, new hampshire, brendan buck who served as an aide to republican house speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and an msnbc political analyst, and carol lamb is a federal former rather for