investigation into ron desantis s stunt. somebody saw fit to come from another state, let them down, prey upon them and then take advantage of their desperate situation just for the sake of political theater. plus lindsey graham doubles down on a losing political issue, and the state of play with a bit terms with my guest bernie sanders, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. donald trump s lawyers were in court today for the first hearing before the newly appointed special master, who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents. the fbi seized from trump s home in florida. in the courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago, and that he has privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to the 300 documents found with classified markings. that position that is lawyers argue today does not mak
plus lindsey graham doubles down on the losing political issue, in a state of the midterms and i guess, bernie sanders. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris, is donald trump s lawyers were in court today for their first hearing before the newly appointed special master who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents, the fbi seized from trump s retirement home in florida. in that courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents removed from mar-a-lago, and that he has some privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to that 300 documents pounds with classified markings. that position that his lawyers argue today does not make any sense. someone pointed out it all boils down to donald trump s belief that he is still, as of today, here in 2022, president of the united states. but the still has the powers of the ex
fitton said the records belonged to trump, setting a 2012 court case involving his organization that said the former president to do what he wanted he suggested that if the archives came back, he should not give up any additional records. trump, quote, began obsessing over fitton arguments, complaining to aids about the 15 boxes that were handed over, even ask fitton at one point to brief s attorneys. i am sure that they love that one. as one person close to the ex president put a, quote, the moment tom got in the bosses ear, it was downhill from there. it s like the overstock guy or the pillow guy. tom fitton, professional right-wing scandal monger, appears to have facilitated the kind of black and white easily probable crime that donald trump on his own has managed to avoid. it s really an amazing feat of all people, tom fitton, who ended up putting donald trump in arguably the most acute legal power he has ever been in,
suicidal [interpreter] he has been at this a long time, basically a right-wing rabble rouser. he s found an enthusiastic booster in don trump, surprise, surprise. now this is faded, as it, work because fit and has been boosting trump four years. he actually takes credit for being one of the most public figures to criticize the mueller investigation as corrupt and unconstitutional. i should note here, tom fit in is not a lawyer. he s just a dude with big money wrangling donors, i guess. but he has been giving donald trump a lot of legal advice that the ex president is actually listening to. since as early as february, fitton has reportedly called trump, telling him that it was a mistake to take the records from mar-a-lago it was national accruals, that the team should never avalon him to return them. fitton said the records belonged to trump, setting a 2012 court case involving his organization that said the former president to do what he wanted with records from his own chairman offi