this post in 2017. he is also a registered republican. but that did not matter to the gop members who used today s hearing to go after him personally. when the court says the fbi misled, but it s a nice way of saying they lied. the american people fully understand that there is a two tiered justice system. that has been weaponized to persecute people based on their political beliefs. and that you have personally been worked to weaponize the fbi against conservatives. i would disagree with your characterization of the fbi. and certainly your description of my own approach. the idea that i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me given my own personal background. your job is to review what they do, your job is to protect the american people from tyrannical fbi, storming the home of an american family. i could not disagree more with your description of the fbi s tyrannical. you seem deeply and curious about, it don t you? almost suspiciously i m c
report on inflation was better than ever expected, prices rose just 3% in june, which is the lowest increase we have seen since march of 2021. there is so uncertainty out there about what this means long term, we are gonna hash all of that out later in the hour. but inflation was not at the top of the agenda for some lawmakers on capitol hill today. the republican-led house judiciary committee spent about six long hours questioning fbi director chris wray. the house gop along with former president trump had been hammering ray and the bureau for months. the attacks of course have intensified and made the trump classified documents case and after hunter biden took a plea deal. keep in mind that christopher wray is not a democrat he is not a joe biden crony, he was appointed by donald trump to this post into thousand and 17. he is also a registered republican. but that did not matter to the gop members who used today s hearing to go after him personally. in the court, they say
i m ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trump s federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. they re green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage we ve been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you don t need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the ruling rejects donald trump s very far-fetched arguments that his job history as president should mean he could never be arrested, indicted or tried for anything related to his time in office. trump s lawyers argued he should basically retain a kind of permanent immunity from the fact he used to be president. the court is rejecting that today. we re going to begin, like i said, with the clarity of this single spare sentence. quote, for the purpose of this criminal case, former president trump
new york attorney general is coming after the trump organization, for what? lying about the property values of their stuff. we have got our legal experts here to bring it all down. and the countdown to midterms is on, and less than 45 days, heading to the polls for what i think is a critical election. so we are going to check in on some critical races, the new nbc poll finds enthusiasm for upcoming midterms that an all-time high. plus, we are launching a new series today focused on the organizations known as the divine nine. their efforts to drive voters to the poll. we are taking the series off with the national president of this sorority, she is giving us a peek into what he asked he is up to. i am simone sanders, i am back, and i have something to say. donald trump, he had a bad week. he is facing new legal challenges. first, there are developments involving the mar-a-lago case. and those documents seized by the fbi. three appeals court judges for the 11th circ
party. i ll tell you what it says, election deniers and conspiracy theorists, it s clearly their party now. tonight rudy giuliani under oath in atlanta as his legal situation looks increasingly precarious. reportedly donald trump is having trouble finding top-notch legal assistance. governor desantis suspended him for speaking his mind about abortion. now warren is fighting back, filing a lawsuit against desantis. we begin the reid out with the downfall of liz cheney. she was defeated by her former ally and friend harriet hageman. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power, you will be accountable to us, you will answer to us, and you will do what is in our best interests. if you don t, we will fire you. [ cheers and applause ] okay. so when liz cheney, the daughter of the two-term republican vice president dick cheney last run in 2020, she won by a resounding 73%. her loss yesterday was a stinging rebuke for cheney, whose family has deep r