i have nothing to hide. i have a constitution to uphold the former vice president agrees to talk after his bos surrendered for arrest in ne york president trump, when you come speak to us president trump? tonight, 24 hours of lega disaster for donald trump. 24 hours of political disaster for the party he leads and why there is no sign of an of it letting up who would like to watch m sleigh a zombie? and it is the latest lega setback for fox news i dare dominion to sue me because then it would go faster explaining your pandering t a pillow salesman from the stand. when all in starts right now good evening from new york, am chris hayes i have to say, okay, even by the standards of our time, o this day and age, right, a avalanche of news an spectacle. this sort of dizzying cloyin for your attention the last 24 hours have reall been something else. so i want to begin tonight b just taking a second here to try to collectively just wra our heads around the mea
avalanche of news an spectacle. this sort of dizzying cloyin for your attention the last 24 hours have reall been something else. so i want to begin tonight b just taking a second here to try to collectively just wra our heads around the meaning and significance of what w have seen in the last 24 hours so of course, we have to begin with the biggest story former president of the united states pleading not guilty t 34 felony charges. stemming from hush money payments he made to adult film star but in addition to the materia effects we saw yesterday, ther was, of course, as i am sure you noted, also the shee spectacle of it all. the trumpian circus if you will a live 24-hour coverage of his drive to the airport his plane landing. his drive from the airport t trump tower. all of which, i, think has a deep and profound reaction in lot of folks because of what happened in 2016 there are lots of people who watch politics closely who hav got a lot of anxiety stemmin from that 2016 e
Senator Lindsey Graham whether or not there is an investigation ongoing into the Donald Trump Campaign and those contacts that allegedly occurred with russian officials during the president ial election. Since they have not confirmed the existence of an investigation, they have not even confirmed with senators, so in a private meeting between graham and whitehouse on march 2nd, james comey would not tell these two senators whether or not there was an investigation ongoing, even though they sit on a judiciary subcommittee investigating the issue of russia. Comey according to Sheldon Whitehouse said he would confirm whether or not that investigation is occurring by this hearing that theyre having tomorrow in this Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee exploring russias meddling in the election. Eastern yoeuropean elections as
committee and the top democrat mark warner told me going into the briefing theres no evidence whatsoever even though he met with james comey last week. One other s
fund-raising has totaled $7.1 million in the 24 hours since his mugshot was released. much of the merchandise comes from t-shirts, posters, bumper stickers, and beverage coolers, ranging in price from $12 to $40. the campaign has been prodding online donors with emails and text messages. trump s campaign has said it s raised nearly $20 million in the last three weeks. that figure is more than half of what trump raised during his first seven months in the 204 race. the mugshot also was the subject of trump s return to twitter or x or whatever we re calling it now. joining us now is politics reporter. let s get the numbers reported by the campaign, but big ones. what does it say about how the trump campaign is trying to use this to energize its supporters,
donald trump is captured on audiotape, referring to waving around and lamenting he can t make it more widely available to the public, because he believes it helps him in some way politically, but what happened in mid march, one of his communication aides that was in that meeting in july of 2021, she goes into the grand jury, does her testimony, and at that time, it is revealed to her the justice department has a copy of this audiotape. shortly after she leaves the grand jury, that s when the trump team becomes aware that the justice department has the audiotape and they get hit with a subpoena, asking for any and all documents related to general mark milley. that s the subject of trump s ire when he was waving the document around. they re also asking for anything related to iran, any maps, invasion plans, anything that could be part of that collection