referendum on the current one? we must change direction before its too late. plus, more details about the classified documents donald trump was hoarding in his florida home. these documents belong to the american people. it s not a good picture for trump. as the mar-a-lago search and its aftermath dimmed trump s 2024 odds. in a race for the senate, can democrats really pull off an upset in a state trump won by eight points. this is about getting back to common sense, about getting back to building the economy, making th things. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju in for abby phillip. it s labor day in the united states, the unofficial start to the final sprint to election day. in 65 days americans will head to the polls to decide control of congress. president biden wants it to be seen as a choice between democracy and donald trump. there s no question that the republica
documents. we ll have the very latest on the redacted copy of the mar-a-lago affidavit and what could be coming from the january 6 committee. plus, is the gop already conceding senate races in two states? what we re learning about the major pact that s pulling millions of dollars in advertising. and we re almost ready for liftoff. we ll be joined by a nasa astronaut ahead of the artemis launch later this morning. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, august 29th, i m jonathan lemire. glad to be back. thanks for joining us this morning. there s new reaction after a heavily-redacted copy of the fbi affidavit used to justify the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago was unsealed friday afternoon of the 36-page affidavit revealed details of the federal government s efforts to recover classified documents, including top secret information that trump is alleged to have illegally taken from the white house at the end of his presidency. th
search of mar-a-lago. prosecutors made the case for secrecy because evidence might be destroyed, they said, but the judge set in motion the possibility of releasing a redacted version of the affidavit as soon as next week. ludicrous, ridiculous, bs, those words coming from former trump senior officials who dispute the former president s claim that he had, quote, a standing order to declassify documents that he took from the white house. cnn reached out to 18 former top trump administration officials and all of them told us they never heard any such order issued during their time working for donald trump. we re going to have much more on that in just a moment. joining us now is former senior counsel to ken starr, former deputy assistant secretary for policy at the department of homeland security, paul rosen swig. i want to talk about the document released yesterday by judge reinhart which outlines some of the reasons why the fbi wanted to search donald trump s home and one o
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
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 of trump s florida. property judge bruce reinhardt ordered the justice departments to submit a redacted version of the document that will not undermine its ongoing investigation. then he will decide one week whether to make that version of the document public. we will have more on that. while we are long way from potential criminal charges from the ex president, let alone conviction, we already have trump s former lawyer publicly speculating about him running for a second