peaked and how much you pay in your everyday life will soon go up. donald trump goes under oath and refuses to answer moments. a marquee moment into the investigation into the former president s finances. he faced questions from new york s attorney and lawyers in the new york attorney s office. we know trump did what he says only mobsters do, pleaded the fifth. trump saying, under the advice of my counsel and the above reasons i decline to answer is the questions under the rights and privileges to every citizen under the constitution of the united states of america. tell us more. reporter: trump around here at 9:00 a.m. he said he was going to assert his fifth amendment rights and not answer any questions. trump said what he said only mobsters do. today he is taking the fifth because the new york attorney general leading this investigation letitia james, he has called her racist and her investigation is politically motivated so he was not going to answer any questions.
when he compared this to watergate. the real target of this investigation isn t trump, the real targeted this investigation is you. and alarming new reporting from nbc news on right-wing violence in defense of donald trump, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m elise jimenez in for chris hayes. 24 hours after the unprecedented fbi search of donald trump s florida home, one of his coup plotting allies in congress, scott perry of pennsylvania said he was stopped by fbi officers while traveling with his family. they presented a search warrant, and confiscated his cell phone which they tended. in a statement, the congressman said my phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal slash private discussions with my wife, family, constituents and friends. none of this is the government s business. perry is the hood of the far-right house freedom caucus, and he has been a major proponent of trump s big lie. following the 2
something, tucker, i have never seen before or heard of, an electronic sniffing dog and they took all of the electronics from my house. new fallout this morning from revelation that is six republican lawmakers sought preemptive pardons from former president trump before and after the attack on the capitol. that is according to emails and testimony revealed by the january 6th committee. was representative gaetz requesting a pardon? i believe so. a pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could describe. mr. biggs did, mr. jordan talked about congressional pardons but he never asked me for one. mr. gohmert asked for one as well. mr. perry asked for a pardon, too. did marjory taylor green contact you? no, she didn t contact me about t i heard that she had asked white house office counsel for a pardon. so what were the roles of the pardon seekers in january 6? let s bring in tom foreman to walk us through that. tom? if you look at all sifolks
what nuclear materials may or may not have been there. i do not believe there were any in their. tonight new details on the 11 sets of classified records taken from donald trump s home. plus a new line of defence from trump s defenders. obamas got boxes of stuff in chicago and new movement on the other charges potentially facing the ex president. obstruction of justice is a crime. and it s a crime we take seriously. tonight, my interview with congressman jamie raskin on the investigation of donald trump and the historic legislation democrats just passed in the house, win all in starts right now good evening from new york, i m alicia menendez, in four chris hayes. the ex president of the united states florida home was searched earlier this week in relation to possible violations of the espionage act. that is just one of the many revelations gleaned from the search warrant for trump s florida property, mar-a-lago. in total, fbi agents confiscated about 20 boxes of
blamed for the botched response to the school massacre has been placed on administrative leave. and stunning underwater photos of an american swimmer being rescued by her coach after fainting during the world championships and sinking to the bottom of the pool. the swimmer is okay. this is not the first time this happened to her. we ll explain what s going on there. along with joe, willie is back and me. we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steel and white house bureau chief at politico and host of way too early. good to have you all onboard. i have a couple things i want to start with today. you re warning me. i have a couple things on my mind. i need the american flag and i need to talk. i have about five minutes. really, yesterday you missed i have to tell you, you missed a very special moment in washington politics. there was an aticus finch like character who testified before the january 6th committee. he was a speaker of the a