noticeably been trying to find a defense in the latter case, in the times they ve offered contradictory excuses to explain why it was the trump illegally retained government records, and seemingly obstructed federal authorities from retrieving this record for many months. if convicted in that case alone, it could produce a years-long prison sentence, and that is just one example of the legal peril the former president faces right now. and the classified documents investigation is in its early days. according to an abc news report this week, the special counsel s team recently informed a trump organization employee but they are a target in their investigation, which means that more indictments could be camille and the documents case. while trump cannot simply wish that away, there is one thing he can do to possibly evade accountability and even shut down the cases against him. all he has to do is become president again. and a new legal filing from trump s team this week signal
he argued in the early days of the war the justification on night one he argued that part of his goal the silly goal about the denazification of ukraine and the expansion of ukraine nato. sweden and finland were not into joining nato. they did things with it but they weren t all that into. it now they are like, we want data protection. in case russia decides they want to be a little more adventurous. exactly right. nato membership card is the hottest ticket in europe right now. in ukraine, it is frankly not far behind. you re lead in articulated it perfectly. nato did not want to bring them in as a full-fledged ally at this moment because then we are obligated to be in a war about the minute there is an armistice, a negotiation, putin backs down, one of those is going to happen in the next year or so. that point i think ukraine will be most welcome. let s face it, hallie, at that
it s likely to begin with a significant barrage of missiles and bomb attacks. it would then be followed by an onslaught of a ground force moving across the ukrainian frontier, again, where innocent civilians could get caught in the cross fire or get trapped in places they could not move from. i want to bring in msnbc s josh letterman at the white house, erin mclaughlin inside ukraine, also with me the former supreme allied commander for nato and retired four-star general barry mccaffrey. good to have all of you. jack, we just spoke about what happened over the weekend. how bad is this looking to you? well i think with the public acknowledgment by the russian foreign minister talking to putin about diplomacy taking a front seat, there s been a wave-off in tension. in the longer run, if putin backs down, it s a sizable military force. it makes no sense for him to