of power to subvert the will of the american people. our democracy is being tested and strained time and time again, so i m sure doesn t shock you to hear that according to a new nbc news poll, voters actually ranked threats to democracy as the most important issue facing the country today. and while that fear is warranted, democracy and justice have racked up some notable winds lately. in defiance of his long held nickname, teflon don, donald trump has found himself backed into a legal corner in recent weeks, facing mounting re-legal peril on three important france. in new york, the states attorney general has filed a civil lawsuit, accusing trump and trump of massive fraud. in georgia, the district county seems to be closing in on trump and his efforts to subvert the 2020 election there. and the department of justice investigation into classified documents, stored at mar-a-lago, secured a major win this week and a federal appeals court granted their request to resume re
what we are learning about what the doj was looking for on jeffrey clark s phone, plus the decision from trump s judge on the special master as the ex president threatens against potential indictment. if it happened, i think you would have problems in this country the likes of which, perhaps, we have never seen before. what kind of problems, mister president? i think he would have big problems. and 54 days to election day, new research on just how much abortion is animating and independents, when all in starts right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. these days, it can be tough to keep track of all the people in donald trump s circle who have had their personal devices searched or seized in connection with one of the multiple ongoing investigations into the ex presidents wrongdoing. it feels like i follow this for a living and i am reminded or learn of a new one almost every day. recently, we have added an exceedingly colorful characters that group
house. okay. what we are learning about what the doj was looking for on jeffrey clark s phone, plus the decision from trump s judge on the special master as the ex president threatens against potential indictment. if it happened, i think you would have problems in this country the likes of which, perhaps, we have never seen before. what kind of problems, mister president? i think he would have big problems. and 54 days to election day, new research on just how much abortion is animating and independents, when all in starts right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. these days, it can be tough to keep track of all the people in donald trump s circle who have had their personal devices searched or seized in connection with one of the multiple ongoing investigations into the ex presidents wrongdoing. it feels like i follow this for a living and i am reminded or learn of a new one almost every day. recently, we have added an exceedingly colorful charac
a russian politician publicly calling for putin to resign. as dissent in russia appears to grow over its failures in ukraine. a municipal leader in st. petersburg spoke to me moments after leaving court today just after he paid a fine for speaking out against putin. in his first television interview, he was unafraid. he doubled down on his call for putin to step down. translator: we will continue to insist on his resignation. perhaps our words about putin have a harmful effect on russia, and the need to leave power will continue to spread. i said it s extraordinary, right? when he went to pay a fine and it could get a lot worse than that. he came out, and he doubled down. so i asked him, why is he speaking out right now? taking these incredible risks. and here is what he told me. translator: i have two little children. i don t want for them to go through what i am going through in 15, 20 years, namely, to be afraid of going out on the streets to speak their minds at dem
the fbi stopped him, he said, and seized his phone. we were stopped to go through a hardee s in mankato where i was born in mankato, minnesota and cars pulled up in front of us, to the side of us and behind us and i said, uh, they are either bad guys or the fbi. well, they turned south. they were the fbi. there you have it. he s talking about what he went through and gives you a little bit of a clue into how law enforcement works. they know where he is, they choose a place where they think they can make the best possible contact and they take what they need to that they ve had lawfully approved. he s a conspiracy theorist and had a front row seat in the trump white house. he says the feds there as you heard took the phone. this comes after they seized the phones of other trump aides including one who admitted to the fraudulent elector plot. seven have had their phones seeded. this is an interesting addition because it is mostly political leaders or lawyers who have what y