evening. now it is time for the las word, with jonathan capehart in for lawrence, good evenin my friend. good evening, alex. you are right. that s the most incredible typ ever it s a big typo i have never just erroneousl typed the flag of th confederate states when i mean to type hot dogs, or whatever. wow one alex that was great an great to see you you too happy weekend same to you tonight there is news it all for the significant criminal investigations involving donal trump, all eyes have been on and district attorney alvi bragg and fulton count district attorney fani willis investigations this week special counsel jack smith s investigations are moving full steam ahead. late today a major development in the documents case a federa judge reportedly issuing a sealed ruling today the donald trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, can be compelled to answer questions for the grand jury investigating trump s handling of classified government documents after he left office t
now it is time for the las word, with jonathan capehart in for lawrence, good evenin my friend. good evening, alex. you are right. that s the most incredible typ ever it s a big typo i have never just erroneousl typed the flag of th confederate states when i mean to type hot dogs, or whatever. wow alex, that was terrific. great to see you you too, happy weekend. same to you tonight, there is news in al four of the significan criminal investigation involving donald trump, and al eyes have been on and district attorney alvin bragg and fulto county district attorney fan willis s investigations this week, special counsel jack smith s investigations are moving full steam ahead. late today a major development in the documents case a federa judge reportedly issuing a sealed ruling today the donald trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, can be compelled to answer questions for the grand jury investigating trump s handling of classified government documents after he left office the
and utah, in nevada, arizona. yeah. it s an incredible story and it s very important work. new mexico congresswoman teresa lacey fernandez, thank you very much. next trump tells republicans to either follow the line or fall pay the price. what the threats like that mean for democracy? we will ask historian ruth, ben-ghiat. but before the break, a preview of what is ahead tonight on ayman. hey there, i m ayman mohyeldin 90 am eastern i ll be joined by congressman dan goldman is calling for the department of homeland security to rita white ring extremists in within his ranks. congressman robert garcia will discuss his findings, from the hearing he checked chaired on ufos. i will ask both of them about donald trump s legal peril. that is tonight nine pm eastern right here on msnbc. overseas tours. i love to give back to the community.
is a run for revenge. so what does that mean for our country? let s ask ruth ben-ghiat history professor at new york university and author of strongmen, mussolini to the president. ruth, it is always a pleasure to chat with you. i just want to get your initial take on how dangerous trump s demands are for retribution especially if he s telling voters it s on their behalf. you know when he comes in and says, i am your retribution, people are eating that up. what does it potentially mean for the country going forward? they are. so there s one in this speech, one sort of discourses for the gop lawmakers and the other for the grassroots followers. what is very dangerous is that it s not enough for him to be the victim. has his legal problems mount, he can think, okay people can think i have too much baggage. so what do i have to do to keep people on edge and full of hatred is to get them to think
he is justice. and to shut down any investigations and to exac revenge. and we have an example i israel right now, benjamin netanyahu faces corruption charges, and he ran for office and he got back into power and he is trying to restrict the independence of th judiciary. it s the first thing is trying to do because that s the gam they play. right and in fact, donald trump, because i watched it live, h said i am your retribution which was quite startling to hear so ruth, in a video posted t social media, trump claime that, quote, patriotic americans are being prosecuted for peacefully protesting stolen election. the big lie and th weaponization claims are all two sides of the same coin aren t they? they are. and we need to remember that the gop and trump, and also fox, they are all partnering in the