seen there s a third candidate in the race who built his campaign around the idea that if he is governor, he will decertify the election. tim michaels has said he will consider it if he is elected. rebecca, who moved to the right, close to trump as far as trafficking in some of these false claims about the election, she has though said that she would not decertify the election and has correctly said that it is not something that is constitutionally possible. very quickly, reed, is there an appetite among republican voters there in wisconsin for for a trump 2024 run? we have seen that trump is still very popular among republican voters. tim michaels last week said he would endorse president trump the day he announces. rebecca told me in an interview she thinks there s good republican options out there. she s not committed to president trump. reed, shaquille, thank you both.
although it s not a competitive race we are watching on the democratic side right now, we can expect things to heat up almost immediately as we head closer to november. reed, let me bring you in. you wrote about how trump s false claims about the 2020 election are a factor in this wisconsin republican race for governor. how much is the 2020 outcome really on the minds of voters, republican voters in wisconsin today? you hear it all the time from voters in wisconsin. people are very angry about what they view as an injustice that was placed on president trump two years ago. we saw several weeks ago the wisconsin supreme court ruled drop boxes are illegal in the state. that has really sparked a movement to try to overturn the results of the election two years later, which, of course, is something that can t be done. and yet it s still we have seen this from voters, we have
have obtained everything that was removed to florida that . today have any way of knowing that something is still held in florida? i don t know if they have that. they have not indicated either in a public way or in a way our reporting has covered, the answer to that question. i guess i will tell you, i don t know. reed epstein, thank you so much for joining us tonight with this breaking news that you ve contributed to the new york times. we really appreciate time. thank you, lawrence. thank you. joining us now is eric swalwell, he has served as an impeachment manager of the second impeachment of donald trump. eric, we just want to get your thoughts on this breaking news. lawrence, i guess you would be more surprised if you learned at the end of this that donald trump had not taken classified information from the
the white house, as he left office, according to a person briefed on the matter. the discovery, which occurred after mr. trump returned 15 boxes of documents to the government last month, prompted the national archives to reach out to the justice department for guidance, the person said. the department told the national archives to have its inspector general exam in the matter, the person said. it is unclear what the inspector general has done since then, in particular, whether the inspector general has referred the matter to the justice department. and inspector general is required to alert the justice department to the discovery of any classified materials that were found outside of authorized government channels. joining us now on this breaking news is epstein, national politics reporter for the new york times. he is one of the reporters working on the story tonight. read, what can you tell us
into the hands of investigators, whether it was robert mueller earlier or the congressional investigators later. that s the only way this could be a criminal problem. even if he was warned specifically by chiefs of staff and white house counsel? yes. i don t think there is anyway that could be seen as a criminal matter, unless he was specifically trying to avoid or interfere with or frustrate an actual investigation. all right. maggie, i am just seeing the new york times has some new reporting on the documents found at mar-a-lago, what you can tell us? so, reed epstein are reporting tonight that there is possible classified material that archivists found when they got these you know many boxes back from mar-a-lago. they have yet to figure out exactly what it is, but you know this would obviously raise