under the very same espionage act that trump is complaining about being charged under. and more than three years after the murder of george floyd under the knee of a minneapolis police officer, the doj finally releases the damning findings of their investigation into the minneapolis pd. but we begin tonight with the rantings of a twice indicted former president who seems to forget that history is well chronicled and easily searched. at his bedminster golf club earlier this week where it s cited in the special counsel s indictment that he on two occasions shared classified documents with people lacking security clearances, donald trump attacked the use of the espionage act under which he s being charged. charming a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917 wasn t meant for this. an act for a crime so heinous that only the death penalty would do. it s one of the most outrageous and vicious legal theories ever put forward in an american court of
the strategy for trump supporters on capitol hill is simple. declare war on the department of justice. in a moment, i m going to speak to congressman jim himes, a member of the intelligence committee about what democrats can do to protect doj. we are also following some dangerous weather across this country right now. from a system that spawned deadly tornadoes in texas, to triple digit temperatures, millions are at risk this saturday. all of that, plus disturbing new video involving allegations of sexual assault against mma superstar, conor mcgregor. regan have that story for you later on this hour as well. we want to start with the president. wrapping up the first major rally of the 24 campaign season, with union workers in philadelphia. want to go right to nbc s standing by for us. in delaware where, the president is headed next to spend the rest of the weekend. what did we hear, gary, from the president as he s kicking off his campaign season, at a place he is most comf
of the justice department, one of which he s gone through great lengths to make sure they re independent. i think he s a very, very dangerous water. and risks politicizing this more than it already is. i want to switch gears, symone, if we can, i don t have someone import on your show tomorrow, that minnesota attorney general, keith ellison. i want to talk about the doj s findings on excessive force, discriminatory policies in the minneapolis pd. what do you want to hear from the attorney general after reading through that thing? in the problematic police force in minneapolis? yasmin, the last part you said is very important. the problematic police force. this is not just about what happened to george floyd. it is about the pattern and practice of, i m gonna read, it excessive force, unjustified deadly force, other types of force. unlawful discrimination within the minneapolis police department. so, when the justice department
opens a pattern, or opens the, they enter a memorandum, if you will, with that police department to fix those systemic issues. i want to know from attorney general ellison, what kind of changes on the horizon, how long will this change take, and what is the escalation going to be to the people of minnesota, to the people of minneapolis? who have lived with and under this police force for years, prior to this report. yeah. it s been an ongoing problem, it was happening before george floyd, it continues to happen after george floyd. as well. i look forward to that interview, symone sanders-townsend, thank you, be sure to be junior to juneteenth, special as she visits the national museum of african american history and culture to talk with director kevin young about the people in places along the path to june 19th 1865 catch simone every weekend for pm following our show, new
fights back pain two ways. the insurance company enwasn t fair.ity y ca i didn t know what my case was worth, so i called the barnes firm. llll theararnes rmrm now the best result possible. call one eight hundred, eight million today, the justice department released a scathing assessment of the minneapolis police department, just over three years since george floyd was murdered by minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. george floyd should be alive today. if the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. among the patterns and practices observed, minneapolis police used excessive force, discriminate against black and native american people, and failed to take health complaints seriously. the city and police department