all ages. thanks to steve and freddy. that does it for us here. thanks for sticking with us. the reid out is up with alicia in for joy reid. i was hoping to get a shoutout but no dice. evening, i m in for joy reid. we have a lot to get to in the hour ahead. including stunning new details we re learning about the pressure donald trump exerted on his justice department to help him overturn the results last year s election. according to notes from a senior doj official, trump pressed for the department to declare the election he lost, quote, corrupt and leave the rest to him. the doj made news on another front today. issuing an opinion that the treasury department must turn over trump s tax returns to congressional committee that has been fighting to get them for the past two years. we re going to get to all of this in a moment. but we begin the reid out with an alarming and grim newport rat of the fight to contain the
oath of the constitution to protect and serve the interests of the united states and not the interests of president trump and his reelection hopes for 2020. the president for his own personal gain, talking about whether or not he should stay in office or not. the criminal process has been that the intel committee has too much right now. this whole episode reminds me of an episode of when i was at the fbi a few years ago and republicans were demanding a briefing on a sensitive topic so after a lot of back and forth we produced a senior doj official and a senior fbi official to provide a briefing on the topic. so this reminds me of the fact
actually had his contacts severed with the fbi, it turns out, according to these reports, that the communication continued from 2016 all the way through 2017. pete: that s major headline, bruce ohr, senior doj official continued communicating with christopher steele even after bob mueller was appointed. by the way, i didn t look at this until now, bruce ohr still has a job. he still works at the department of justice. it s unbelievable. this next 302 goes even further with it. another one redacted thanks to the good work of tom fitton from january 27th, 2017. ohr received a what s app. innovation like texting in a secure mode from christopher steele independent indicating redacted and steele would like to keep the line of communication open with future contact. ohr replied in the affirmative which means hey i m open to keep talking to you and bruce ohr willing to
difficult-2-watch a video. tonight we know that the department of justice has made the call not to charge daniel. trace gallagher group joins us from our west coast newsroom with this story tonight. hi, trace. prosecutors were definitely at a stalemate, civil rights division recommended that charges be brought against the officer, but the u.s. attorney s office for the eastern district of new york disagreed saying the government s burden of proof could not be met, and here s why. my senior doj official tells fox news they could not prove that the officer and other officers were acting willfully during the confrontation despite videotape showing eric garner saying i can t breathe at least 11 times. watch. the officer was not engaged in a choke hold on mr. garner when he said he could not breathe, and neither the officer nor any other officer applied a
scary stuff. four people shot. they are expected to be okay. two suspect are in custody as police investigate what led to that shooting. canadian prime minister justin trudeau tweeting this. we won t we won t let this take away from the spirit of today s parade. more than 2 million people were at that event celebrating the raptors first championship win. back at home paul manafort will not be moved to the rikers island jail. a senior doj official tells fox news he has been transferred to new york but will remain in us custody because he is convicted of federal charges for financial crimes. the former trump campaign manager is serving a 7-year sentence as he awaits a state trial in a separate case.