let s get started. according to the new nbc polls out this morning, and for the first-time, donald trump is now leading in a hypothetical general election matchup. now, this isn t just bad news for president biden. this is terrible news for the very future of american democracy. for weeks, we ve been warning you on this show about the dangers of the second trump term. the former president after all, has promised retribution. pledged to round up protesters with the military, and suggested using the justice department to go after his political enemies. these are plans that should terrify each and every single one of us. tonight, i want to pull back the curtain take a look at who could be tasked with carrying out trump s radical agenda come 2025. and answer the question, what would a second trump presidency without any human guardrails, without any adult in the room, actually look like? let s start with the second highest office in the land, the vice president of the unite
let s get started according to new nbc poll out this morning, for the first time donald romp is now leading and a hypothetical led election matchup. now, this is not just bad news for president biden, it is terrible news for the very future of american democracy. for weeks we ve been warning you on the show about the dangers of a second trump term, the former president after all as promised retribution, pledged to round up protesters with military and suggested using the justice department to go after his political enemies. these are plans that should terrify each and every single one of us, but tonight i want to pull back the curtain and take a look at who could be tasked with carrying out trump s radical agenda come 2025. on the question, what would a second trump presidency, without any human guardrails, without any adult in the room, actually look like? let s start with the second highest office, the vice president of the united states. earlier this month, trump floated
Easi easily. I completely agree on the delassification like that. The sources and that set a new precedent. It will be different for the investigation, turning over materials to congress. You turned over thousands of pages, in the middle of the investigation, now that it is closed you cant tell me you have any reason to hang on to that similar information. So good news and bad news for you. Were not going anywhere. Thats the bad news, the good news is it is your table now. Well, is that what happens . 30 seconds, now im supposed to throw mtp daily. All right, so this is what
they call weird vamping in this business. A better handover in person. We should be doing it more often. We were told that at 5 00 if something was going to happen that right now, and this is what it says in the relevant regulation that if if is happening right now it is happening right now. There is a report of a brief notification with a outline of the reasons for him turning in the actions. So right now supposed
biden to fall over the next several years? it is a great question because let s remember the merrick garland biden justice department has appealed the ruling by the british court that assange should not be extra dikted to face trial. so they are standing, at least so far, you know, full scale behind this the indictment of assange. they want him in u.s. custody. and one of the wrinkles in the piece that s kind of interesting is basically, you know, when they were talking about abducting assange, they didn t have a criminal indictment for him, so the white house pushed the justice department to hurry up and get that indictment. michael that was the origin. some incredible reporting from you and your team. i encourage everyone to read that piece. thank you for making time for us this evening. and of course you can catch me every friday on peacock at 7:00 eastern and back here on
special council that it was so inappropriate or unwarranted that it should not be pursued. there was no such instances during the special council s investigation. let me pause you there. that reminds people, that means he did not ask for an indictment or subpoena and get it denied by any attorney general. that s right, that there was no overt on instruction or interference. acting is important because rod rosenstein most of this. this is a key paragraph here. ly go to this, the special council submitted to me today a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions, he has reached required by the statute, i m