democracy by refusing to say whether they will accept election results they don t like. also tonight, what s next after a very bad week for trump with the special master telling his lawyers to put up or shut up and new york s attorney general exposing years of alleged fraud. and as kevin mccarthy makes his pitch for speaker, president biden reminds americans exactly what republicans want to take from you if they win. things like reproductive rights and social security. good evening, everyone. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with the cancer that continues to rot what s left of the desiccated corpse of the republican party. moments from now, the former president will stand shoulder to shoulder with ted budd, north carolina s republican senate candidate. he refused to accept the results if he loses but voting to certify the 2020 election as a member of congress just hours after the attack on the capitol. and he s not the only one. from the carolinas to
setback for trump, and i think it comes at a time when he s facing these converging legal threats, including most especially out of new york this week. not a hail mary, maybe a half court shot, maybe a 64-yard field goal. yes, that s a seahawks comment. maya, i ll take this to you. here s what appears to be, according to the new york times, trump s legal strategy. i want to see if you think this makes any sense. so trump s strategy over the declassification claims is he seems to be saying during the hearing before judge dearie, mr. trump s lawyers provided a glimpse of what the declassification gambit may be about. it appears to be a strategy that the former president s legal team is holding in reserve should he ultimately challenge the legality of the mar-a-lago search in a suspension motion or file court papers known as a rule 41 motion to get some of the seized materials back from the justice department. now, my understanding of this, with only a couple years of law and order un
this, because i m not winning the actual courts and get your thoughts on the other side. this is him talking about the unwritten rule that was violated by tish james earlier this week. and there s a rule that s an unwritten law, you never do this politically. you won t see hunter biden attacked during this period. 60 to 90 days out before an election, nobody gets attacked. they attacked me. so phil, i ll start with you. from the pure politics standpoint, how does that play? right? if you re part of trump s base, you already think that everything is against him. and if you re sort of a moderate american who actually functionally cares about democracy, the vast majority of polling has shown people saying hey, i don t think he should have this. how does that interview play with the audience and the public as a whole in. well, it just plays right into trump s effort to politicize all of this. and plays into what his base wants to hear, which is not that
it s been a very bad, no good, horrible week for a bunch of folks with the last name trump. as legal challenges not only continue to mount with the addition of the civil lawsuit announced by the new york attorney general, but because of the direction of the challenges are heading in. like in the case of trump s gross mishandling of classified documents he took to his florida golf resort. beyond the fact the 11th circuit court of appeals has sided with the doj in its effort to continue using those documents in their criminal investigation. the special master that trump s team nominated and trump is footing the bill for, is tetting trump s team to put up or shut up in regards to trump s most absurd differents. earlier this week, raymond dearie called out trump s legal team to provide any evidence
new york. which one do you think gets a conviction faster? do you think that the process that tish james laid out this week, will we see somebody in an orange jumpsuit from trump s inner circle from her or the doj faster? well, let s remember that tish james suit is civil, not criminal, number one, and probably going to be alengthy process. it usually is. i have to say, department of justice on these documents, it is a very clear that they have recovered documents from donald trump s residence he did not own. should not have possessed, should not have kept. some of his attorneys told him so, so that s where we are. philip rucker and maya whily, thank you. maya, i think i hear a cat in the background. added some real passion. thank you guys so much for joining us. up next, a series of scandals and controversies shaking up the world of professional sports.