it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on
and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jacks mitt s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on a collision course with the courtroom reality. that s what we saw this week as the disgraced former presidents that up for just a few minutes, in his own defense and the new york attorney generals civil fraud trial, when trump rambled, dissembled and presented himself as usual, as a
asking the questions this time about the campaign, and its finances. our saturday night panel is going to weigh in on that. and the worst of the week, will it be trump s former secretary of state, mark pompeo or social media giant meta? i will explain when i m in let s get started. let s get started. we begin this hour with the breaking news on the tragic death of 29 year old tyre nichols at the hands of police in memphis, tennessee. there are demonstrations again tonight, we have seen this across the nation after friday s release of four harrowing videos of the deadly police assault. this comes as the memphis police department announced that it has permanently deactivated its so-called scorpion unit. that is a group of five of the officers involved in tyre nichols s death were members of. those officers have already been fired by the police department, and they are now charged with his murder. it is an important first step towards nichols and his family. but that is, it
another batch of questions raised about the lies of george santos. but now, the department of is asking the questions this time about the campaign, and its finances. our saturday night panel is going to weigh in on that. and the worst of the week, will it be trump s former secretary of state, mark pompeo or social media giant meta? i will explain when i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. we begin this hour with the breaking news on the tragic death of 29 year old tyre nichols at the hands of police in memphis, tennessee. there are demonstrations again tonight, we have seen this across the nation after friday s release of four harrowing videos of the deadly police assault. this comes as the memphis police department announced that it has permanently deactivated its so-called scorpion unit. that is a group of five of the officers involved in tyre nichols s death were members of. those officers have already been fired by the police department, and they are now charged with
i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight of a legal battle brewing for the special counsel subpoena to former vp mike pence. cbs news reporting that trump s legal team is gearing up to track on the grounds of executive privilege. we learned yesterday that the jack smith subpoenaed the former vp that wants him to testify under oath that his investigation into trump s role in january 6th. jack smith is also overseeing the investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. tonight, abc news reports his legal team [inaudible] a folder with classification markings found last month at mar-a-lago. they also turned over a laptop belonging to one of trump s current aides. abc says trump s lawyers told agents, the folder had been copied onto the laptop. so far, neither trump s legal team nor the justice department is commenting. nbc news has not confirmed this reporting. meanwhile, fbi found another classified document today at mike pence s house in indiana. discover d