noticeably been trying to find a defense in the latter case, in the times they ve offered contradictory excuses to explain why it was the trump illegally retained government records, and seemingly obstructed federal authorities from retrieving this record for many months. if convicted in that case alone, it could produce a years-long prison sentence, and that is just one example of the legal peril the former president faces right now. and the classified documents investigation is in its early days. according to an abc news report this week, the special counsel s team recently informed a trump organization employee but they are a target in their investigation, which means that more indictments could be camille and the documents case. while trump cannot simply wish that away, there is one thing he can do to possibly evade accountability and even shut down the cases against him. all he has to do is become president again. and a new legal filing from trump s team this week signal
of other trump supporters who brought the other big lie about the stolen 2020 election. in his lawsuit wray epps says that since then he is received death threats he and his wife were forced to move in closer business. unsurprisingly, mr. epps recently filed a defamation lawsuit against fox. the suit saying, quote, justice fox focused on voting machine company had been falsely claiming a rigged election, fox news needed escape for for january six. it settled on ray epps. fox news did not immediately respond to requests for comment. carlson s lawyer also declined to comment. you would think that the conspiracy theory might stop there. it might fizzle with the latest lawsuit or at least reach its peak. with tucker carlson s documentary. but with epps some conspiracy theory lives on during the house four of the republican chretien of the fbi director, chris wray. do you have any knowledge of ray ups being a secret government agent? no. i will say this notion that somehow the violence
subpoena. it comes as former president trump turns to one of his favorite tactics to try to hold things up. he s filed his own lawsuit, suing the committee and the national archives. just a few minutes ago, the white house responded to the suit saying, quote, the former president s actions represented a unique and existential threat to our democracy that cannot be swept under the rug. let s discuss. joyce vance joins us. former u.s. attorney and professor at the university of alabama law school. also, pulitzer prize-winning reporter who dominates covering the justice department for the new york times. and all-time favorite jarrett garrett haake, senior capitol hill reporter, here with me. this is going to be a process. the house will vote hopefully later this week. they ll find bannon in criminal contempt. then it goes to the justice department, who still have to decide whether this is the kind of thing they want to pursue criminally.
text returns, to disclose conflict of interest. regardless of political party. you choose to do the right thing or choose not to do the right thing. reporter: donald trump and his campaign with the republican national committee are heading back. the complaint filed by trump and his campaign claiming, quote, newsom and the democrats in the california legislature who voted for it made clear they were retaliating against donald trump for his political associations and speech. the rnc suit saying, quote, a naked political attack against a sitting president of the united states. armor assistant attorney general john you agrees. obviously unconstitutional and everyone in california knows it. the constitution allows states
they testify in front of congress, these kids. like, what the [ bleep ], what are you doing? you re young. you should be crazy. you should be unhinged, not in a suit saying, i m here to tell you [ bleep ] you. you re not interesting, because you went to a high school where kids got shot. why does that mean have to listen to you? how does that make you interesting? you didn t get shot? you pushed some fat kid in the way. now i got to listen to you talking? there is some pretty strong reaction here. one survivor tweeted this response, lew ck, although taking jell-o shots and eating mush ro mushrooms might have been ideal for you when you were 18, that is not the luxury that we have after having to see our friends in caskets.