Office. What any of that portends is anyones guess at this hour. We have eyes on entrances and exits of that courthouse. Journalists there standing by and a few trained ears to the ground. As soon as we know something, anything at all, we will let you know. We should know today marks two weeks since donald trump announced that he had received a Target Letter in this case. It suggests he could be charged with Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct the january 6th session of congress, and depriving voters of their rights. Here with me are my guests. First, lets bring in justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, who has been following all this for us today. Ken, bring us up to speed for what we do know at this hour. Reporter greetings from the department of justice, where we are not so patiently waiting for news that explains the developments you just laid out. There are a lot of uncertainties around this process, because this is two weeks to the day si
last night asked that investigators regain access to 125 documents found in that search of mar-a-lago. that is part of the extraordinary appeal to cannon s order which politico puts like this, it aims to a full-throated rebuke of the ruling by cannon, a trump appointee who was confirmed to a seat after trump s defeat in the 2020 election. prosecutors used the filing to describe her ruling as a danger to national security and one ignorant to the counterintelligence work and lacking in an understanding of the complexities of executive privilege. all of it and the bid to continue to use the classified documents from mar-a-lago in the investigation amounts to a bold gamut from doj. once again, from politico, quote, they re going forward with an appeal despite the risk of cementing an awful precedent. we re getting an even worse ruling from an appeals court dominated by trump appointees and they re daring cannon to double down on analysts that legal analysts on the right and left
pottinger and former deputy press secretary sarah matthews t. two were inside the white house on january 6th 20, 21, were among the most high-profile officials to resign in protest in the aftermath of that attack. the new york times is reporting this about their role. mr. pottinger and ms. matthews are expected to help narrate what was unfolding in the west wing during those 187 minutes in a hearing that the committee sees as a capstone to a series of public sessions in which it laid out in detail trump s efforts to remain in office despite his defeat and how they led to the storming of the capitol. ms. matthews is expected to, among other things, speak to the efforts to get mr. trump to issue a statement. people familiar with the planning said by having them testify, the committee is sticking to what is now a tried and true practice of having trump insiders tell us the story of january 6th and explain the ex-president s push to overturn the 2020 election. with help from al
watch. the claims that the election was stolen were so successful, president trump and his allies raised $250 million, nearly $100 million in the first week after the election. on november 9, 2020, president trump created a separate entity called the save america pac. most money raised went to this pac, not election related litigation. the save america pac made millions, and gave $1 million to trump chief of staff mark meadows charitable foundation, $1 million to the america first policy institute, and conservative organization which employed several former trump administration officials. $204,857 to the trump hotel collection, and over $5 million to events of the company that ran the rally on the ellipse. that was one of the
president trump and his allies raised $250 million, nearly $100 million in the first week after the election. on november 9, 2020, president trump created a separate entity call the save america pac. most of the money raised went to this newly created pac and not to election-related litigation. the save america pac made millions of contributions to pro-trump organizations including $1 million to trump chief of staff mark meadows charitable foundation, $1 million to the america first policy institute, a conservative organization which employs several trump administration officials and 204, 857 to the trump hotel collection and over $5 million to event strategies, inc. t the company that read the rally on the ellipse. they have got the receipts. you have to assume harry, that doj does, too.