tonight, the trump white house and foreign cash. a new report from house democrat showing donald trump received millions of dollars from foreign governments while he was in office. then, ron desantis ramping up attacks on nikki haley. but does he have a shot at victory? and an 11th hour exclusive. your warning on how a third party challenger could help donald trump win in 2024. it memo to possible donors as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again i am stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today donald trump made it official. he wants voters to put him back in the white house but today there were stunning revelations about what he was doing during his first term. trump was raking in millions in cash from foreign nations while he was in office. at least 7.8 million bucks according aeport from democrats and the house oversight committee which they titled white house for sale. the report says 20 foreign government
donald trump win in 2024. it memo to possible donors as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again i am stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today donald trump made it official. he wants voters to put him back in the white house but today there were stunning revelations about what he was doing during his first term. trump was raking in millions in cash from foreign nations while he was in office. at least 7. 8 million bucks according to a report from democrats and the house oversight committee which they titled white house for sale. the report says 20 foreign governments made payments to trump businesses during a two-year period with five and a half million coming from china alone. the money went to trump hotels and d. c. , vegas, and new york. here is one big problem. aside from the optics, it s a little thing in the constitution called the clause that clearly forbids presidents from receiving any gift or benefit
bases tat island of cuba. now the white house is saying that the chinese have been in cuba for years, quote, china conducted an upgrade of its intelligence collection facilities in cuba in 2019. this is well documented in the intelligence record. this is an issue that this administration inherited. of course, the u.s. has been spying on china for years. remember rc135 in south china sea that got buzzed by the fighter jet, mike, that wasn t exactly sightseeing as used to spy in china. now back to our shores. the gop-led house oversight committee say they have fbi document that the biden family took bribe up to $10 million. the top democrat saying he found no doing. the investigation of the allegations made in that document were not closed down. as i repeatedly said, i set up a process at the beginning in 2020 to vet evidence before it went to the open-pending investigations. lucas: president biden remains under federal investigation under his handling of classified materials
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
remove former president donald trump from its 2024 primary ballot. big bipartisan backlash over this. some are calling it a far left political ploy to try to get trump out of this race. maine s top election official democratic secretary of state shenna bellows announcing her unilateral decision last night. last week colorado s state supreme court voted on party lines to boot trump from the state s ballot citing the 14th amendment section three. both state decisions are on hold pending appeal. colorado s secretary of state announced yesterday trump s name will be on the ballot unless the supreme court decides otherwise by january 5th. the maine republican party not holding back on unelected bellows single handed trump takedown. a statement excerpt reads we ve been fighting these back roomy leitz since they started their push to subvert democracy by tossing president trump. we reserve our right as a private organization to use a caucus system if that s what it takes to keep a d