Lying about election results, mailing personal insults at its critics. Making famously veil threats towards those who seek to hold him accountable. But none of trumps can change the cold, hard fact that the former president now faces serious criminal charges in three separate cases. In the coming days and weeks, it could even be one more. We start tonight with congressman benny thompson, democrat of mississippi. The former chairman of the january six commission. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Its always good to talk to you. Lets talk about trumps lawyer, john moreau. He did it washington and said recall the full ginsburg today. Almost a little bit about what he had to say becho and get your response on the other side. Take a listen. The defense is quite simple, donald trump, President Trump believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. As an american citizen, he had the right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had the right to petition governments aroun
Involvement seems particularly notable. According to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a Pressure Campaign from trump and his co defendant, Valet Walt Nauta and maralago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete Security Footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. And now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i. T. Worker for maralago named yuscil taveras. According to one new report, taveras himself received a Target Letter from the department of justice after trump was first indicted in florida. But taveras himself has not yet been indicted, and to be clear, as of now, we do not know if taveras is formally cooperating with jack smiths office. That said, as the Washington Post reports, quote, taveras offered information implicating all three defendants in an alleged conspiracy to cover up evidence. And we also know that following trumps indictment, taveras switched lawyers. He was previously represented
Space command headquarters are staying put in colorado. Its a huge loss for republican senator from alabama who has single handedly blocked all of joe bidens military nominees. And for american fans who didnt wake up at 3 00 a. M. To see the u. S. Womens soccer team, well go to new zealand to see how fans are handling that overnight, may i say, painful, heartbreaking draw. Our nbc News Reporters are following all the latest developments. Lets start at the d. C. Courthouse with ryan riley. Whats the latest . Reporter were very closely watching to see what activity we can suss out this afternoon. The indictment would have to be returned in open court. Not necessarily by name. So they could simply read out loud that indictment has been returned. U. S. Versus dt in this situation or djt. So thats sort of what were looking for. Going around, checking those doors to see whats happening. The chief judge can have this or can be the on duty federal Magistrate Judge. The on duty judge is usually
Begin with new polling surrounding the biden white house. According to new gallup poll, 55 of americans have negative view of their ethics. 55 call the ethics poor. I wonder why . This week one of hunter biden former Business Partners devon archer, told lawmakers about joe bidens Business Dealings revealing hunter put then Vice President joe biden on Speaker Phone at least 20 times while speaking with Business Associates and archer outlined bidens plans. And after ignoring navy biden, President Biden acknowledged her after backlash in the press. Remember that New York Times article . Came shortly after that. And getting the green light from hunter to do so. Seems the president wants to focus on his Reelection Campaign and hes doing that with an assist from dark brannon to gain traction with voters. President biden i like my coffee dark. Kayleigh i am here to officially announce we are replacing outnumbered mugs with dark brandon mugs. Emily compagno, i got yours, as well. Others on the
White house was willing and able to censor the truth on social media. Republican president ial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will join us in moments but first to Ashley Strohmier live in the New York City news room with the very latest on this. Ashley, good evening. Reporter hi, trace. Yeah, the Biden White House has routinely denied involvement in suppressing Negative Information about covid19 vaccines on social media. You might recall this exchange with our own peter doocy and then White House Press secretary jen psaki during the summer of 2021. Take a listen. Is there any concern the things youre trying to block or taken down might some day turn out to be we dont take anything down. We dont block anything. Facebook and any private Sector Company makes decisions about what information should be on their platform. Reporter but internal communication between Top White House officials and facebook employees obtained by fox business appears to paint a vastly different picture, even when face