doj could not be sptrusted to v the documents. trump s attorney said the filter team at the fbi is using the review the seized papers has virtually unchecked discretion in addressing potential privilege disputes. the judge was appointed by former president trump and has already indicated that she is leaning toward a special master. now, that was before the explosive brief from the justice department. it laid out the months-long effort by federal investigators to get back the government s classified records. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is tracking all the developments. he is joining us from washington, so what s happening so far? reporter: well, so far, we don t really know much about what s going on in court. we can t get any updates until the hearing is over, victor and alisyn, but what we know is that the trump team is going to is trying to present to the judge this idea that it is no surprise that there were what they said, sensitive documents that we
former president? plus, the texas governor it s political ploy to try to punish blue states over immigration policies. the problem is, this isn t politics for the thousands of desperate migrants. the human cost of political gains. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin tonight with the dramatic spike in violent threats against fbi agents. threats so concerning that president biden is now being briefed on the danger. the bureau has been under attack from former president trump himself and his allies ever since that search on his home in mar-a-lago just one week ago. the fbi and the department of homeland security had issued a joint intelligence bulletin rising of threats to for presumably carried out by supporters of the former president. and just today, a pennsylvania man was arrested for threatening to kill fbi agents, threats he posted on media website. you ll recall, it was just four days ago, and arm
joint intelligence bulletin risethreats to law enforcement officials. presumably carried out by supporters of the former president. and just today, a pennsylvania man was arrested for threatening to kill fbi agents, threats he posted on a social media website. you ll recall, it was just four days ago, an armed man fired a nail gun into a cincinnati fbi office. he was later killed during a standoff with police. at the same time, attorney merrick garland may soon have to decide whether or not to pursue charges against donald trump of his allies over the handling of those classified records that were seized down a mar-a-lago. and tonight, the wall street journal is reporting that it took garland weeks to decide to approve that application for the search warrant. one of the reporters who broke that story described what happened during that time. he met with justice officials and other fbi officials for weeks, in private meetings weighing the ins and outs of such a high profile
conveniently ignoring that to our bill in fact lowers the deficit, and is completely paid for. we are watching every minute of what is happening on the senate floor. we re gonna have the latest for you in just a minute. also this hour, alex jones ordered to pay up and pay a big for his lies about sandy hook in the murder of innocent children. we are going to look at that story later had as well. we do as i said want to start in washington on capitol hill. where right now we are starting we are waiting that key vote on the inflation reduction act, a bill that has already seen some changes today as the senate parliamentarian rules that a cap on drug plate prices for the commercial market cannot be remain in the package. but some democrats are vowing to stick together in the face of what could be a challenging and very long amendment process. want to bring in nbc s giuliani strong capitol hill to talk to some of this. good to talk to you, once again julia. so bring us up to da
menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. and tonight, steve bannon is the first of trump s close aides to be convicted as a result of investigations into the capital capitol riot. i during washington found political advisor turn podcast or guilty of two counts of contempt of congress. those charges are the result of his refusal to comply with a january 6th committee subpoena. the verdict came hours after the committee s primetime hearing that saw white house insiders paint a damning portrait of a president choosing to allow a deadly insurrection to rage unchecked. tonight, the panel called today s bannon verdict, quote, a victory for the rule of law and an important affirmation of the select committees work. despite the guilty verdict, bannon and his lawyer remain defiant after the jury s decision win. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution. and i will never back off that. ever. this is [inaudible] what happened. this is