now, those are said to have included defence information. mr trump had already been told he would be facing trial for this next may. his aide walt nauta had already been named as a co defendant. and it s alleged that he and another employee, mar a lago property manager carlos de oliveira, who s been named as a new defendant in this case, are being charged with obstructing investigators. in plain terms, the prosecution is claiming that both of mr trump s employees worked on his behalf to destroy evidence. these are just allegations for now. but prosecutors say that having spoken to walt nauta last summer, mr de oliveira attempted to pressurise an it worker to delete cctv footage of a storage room where documents were stored. now, this was said to be two days after a subpoena was served for that footage. mr trump and mr nauta had already pleaded not guilty to the other charges in this case. a statement by the trump campaign after the charge described the allegations as more than a conti
a new york judge has ordered former president trump and two of his adult children to testify as part of an investigation into the family s business practices. the former president, ivanka trump and donald trump jr. have been fighting subpoenas from new york s attorney general s lat at that james office but all three are required to appear for depositions within the next 21 days. trump s attorney argued he is being persecuted by james because of his protected class. the judge said this, the traditional protected classes are race, religion, et cetera. donald trump doesn t fit that model. he is not being discriminated against based on race, is he? or religion, is he? he is not a protected class. there you go. in an eight-page ruling the journal also attacked arguments by trump s attorneys from all sides. he ridiculed trump s lawyers for claiming the civil and criminal investigations were moot after trump s long time accounting firm cut ties with his earlier this week. the judge likened t
cancels the lease he would no longer be able to sell it. house minority leader kevin mccarthy has officially endorsed congresswoman liz cheney s primary challenger, the latest move in the republican leader s quest to unseat her. mccarthy is backing attorney harriet hag ayman in a primary against cheney. she was also enforced by former president trump. the endorsement was reported by the federalist which reports this, the minority leader throwing his support behind leg ayman will allow other members to openly support cheney s primary challenger with the blessing of leadership. the response offered by a spokesperson for congresswoman cheney was short and sweet. quote, wow, she must really be desperate. meanwhile, politico reports that the former president and his allies are privately lobbying wyoming lawmakers to change how they run the state s elections to ensure cheney s loss. on thursday trump endorsed wyoming legislation that would
in the novel 1984 and former kellyanne conway s alternative facts. it gives the green light for trump, ivanka and don jr. to be deposed. trump has been ordered to turn over documents and information that have been subpoenaed within 14 days. joining us now former u.s. attorney for northern district of alabama and msnbc legal analyst joyce vance. we are so pleased to have you here today. talk to us about the significance of the judge s ruling, a colorful ruling, i might add, and what the next steps might look like. well, christmas came a little early for new york attorney general tish james yesterday. this is the order she was hoping to get from this court that gives her access not just to depositions of the president, donald jr. and ivanka, but also of documents which they are required to turn over in 14 days. and although they will be able to assert their fifth amendment right to avoid
they will let polluters trash our environment and let donald trump trash our democracy. multiple democratic operatives said that second sound bite, clinton s attacks on the republican party, were the most effective from anyone in the party in the last year or two and should be what democrats run on for this year s midterms. it will be interesting to see the role that hillary clinton plays going forward. will they plead the fifth? we are digging into into the new ruling that orders president trump and his two children to testify as part of the investigation into the family s business dealings. police minority leader kevin mccarthy appears to cement his feud with one of trump s most vocal opponents. those stories and a check of the weather when we come back as we look at a predawn u.s. capitol. l