and the war effectively goes on is devastating. a decade later. but sometimes they keep turning forward. thank you, chris, as always. thank you to you at home for joining us. we have a lot to get to. today right-wing conspiracy monger alex jones was ordered to pay a billion dollars in damages for the extraordinary, vicious lies he spread about the sandy hook massacre. we ll be joined by the lawyer that won the case for the sandy hook families. we ll be talking with the democratic nominee for u.s. senate from north carolina. her race is super close. one of handful of contests that can determine senate control. democrats understand that. they re making a huge last minute investment in her candidacy. sherry beasley will join us later on in the show. first, we have breaking news tonight. donald trump s mar-a-lago document scandal. in august, when the fbi executed a search warrant at trump s beach club, they found over 100 classified documents and 11,000 other documents stashe
observation the other day, sai trump is now talking about thi prosecution as electio interference now in the face of, it it s. not from a legal perspective it s not, but as we re jus discussing with michael short, that may be a political thin that is meant to make people see the outcome of this tria is illegitimate no matter what look at this investigatio has been pending for quite som time well before he announced his candidacy. he is gonna have to have a rea uphill battle in trying to say that this was in any way politically motivated. or that is being done to break down his candidacy there is a practice and policy within the department o justice. if you re handling a case when investigation could impact a upcoming election, we need t do it, need to take action sufficiently in advance have a election and not doing anything in th lead up. because you don t want t impact elections although our federal electio
inconceivable they don t charge him? what is the time line for this? given, you know, the realities of eapolitics, i mean election calendar is what it is. i m actually thinking of a 2024 presidential a election. when would expect, given where we are in the mar-a-lago case that department of justice would move on this if they re going to issue an amendment? there is a nonbinding principle that it could be effective. clearly nothing is happening in the next month. i think it s a question of the evidence. there s two years until theue nt election. but you don t want to interfere with the selection of a candidate and the like.he the department should make the case on the evidence. if they believe they have the evidence to bring and prove a case that the former president is guilty of these crimes, they should bring it as soon after the next election as they re able to bring that case. i m not going to ask you about the documents the department of justice that trump is holding on to so
received a subpoena in may for classified document that s remained at mar-a-lago, trump told people to move boxes to the residence. that was corroborated by the security c camera footage which showed people moving the boxes. the employee is working with the justice department and interviewed multiple times by federal agents.in in the first interview the witness denied handling sensitive documents. agents decided to reinterview the witness and the witness s story changed dramatically. the witness described moving boxes at trump s request. the witness is now considered a key part ofes the mar-a-lago investigation offering details about the alleged actions and instructions to subordinates attempt to e an thwart demands of classified documents. i can tell you that a source familiar with the matter tells
it is meaningful that the witness changed his or her story? beyond the credibility question, could it imply a pressure campaign on the part of trump? it is meaningful. they changed the story. quet is, is there corroboration of what the witness is saying now? that is powerful evidence corroborating the story. the fact we know the documents include classified documents, it shows that the witness s current testimony bears out what we know independently. the story doesn t rise or fall on what he s saying. you have the other evidence that shows what he is saying now is the truth. barry, it also raises the question of why? right? he did these things. we still don t know the answer as to why. and i do think this kind of line of argument or defense that trump was kind of an