charges against hunter biden, the son of president joe biden. he s facing nine tax related charges, including three felony counts that were brought by special counsel david weiss. the allegations include failure to file and filing a false return. if convicted, he could face a maximum of 17 years in prison. the white house has declined to comment. his lawyer said in a statement if hunters last name was anything other than biden, the charges would not have been brought. meanwhile, we re also following donald trump s legal problems. one day after skipping the latest gop debate, donald trump took his 2024 campaign message to a new york city court. the former president spun his civil fraud trial as a, quote, a political prosecution aimed at keeping him from returning to the white house. we re guilty of nothing. this is election interference at a level that has never been seen before. it comes out of the doj and the white house in order to heard a political opponent. and actually
new reporting about what he told jack smith team about the pressure from his former boss. and 12 more hostages released from hamas. what happens now as the temporary truce is expected to expire. and then, nikki haley scores a major endorsement, i needs to clinch the nomination. the state of the race with the first primaries quickly approaching, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we re starting this evening s broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump s former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith s team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded himself wit
night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we re starting this evening s broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump s former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith s team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded himself with crank attorneys who espoused on american legal theories and almost pushed the country towards a constitutional crisis. abc says pence told the feds he was sure that days before january 6th, he told trump he still had not seen significant election fraud. but trump was unmoved. abc also reports that at one point pence had even decided to skip the generous six certification vote before his son co
request in georgia for a protective order after leak a video showing defendants talking about the former presidents attempts to stay in power. van, tens of thousands marched on in support of israel, calling for the safe return of hostages. and mike johnson clears his first major hurdle as house speaker, with the help of democrats. but what s next for the new speaker as he kicks the can to fund the government till next year? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. live from msnbc headquarters and 30 rockefeller center. we start this evening in the state of georgia, where fulton county district attorney fani willis is taking action after videos of witness testimony were leaked in her election interference case. willis filed for an emergency protective order, saying the release is clearly intended to intimidate witnesses. she s also denied the release came from her office. can you say definitively to this audience an
first major hurdle as house speaker, with the help of democrats. but what s next for the new speaker as he kicks the can to fund the government till next year? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. live from msnbc headquarters and 30 rockefeller center. we start this evening in the state of georgia, where fulton county district attorney fani willis is taking action after videos of witness testimony were leaked in her election interference case. willis filed for an emergency protective order, saying the release is clearly intended to intimidate witnesses. she s also denied the release came from her office. can you say definitively to this audience and the internet audience that it was not your office but make those videos? it was absolutely not my office. i want to get open records, requests we have for that from us. yes, for you and every other outlet. we are not going to release information. a hearing