it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trump s lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been brought. its inadequacy there is that word again as a legal claim was evident from the start. no reasonable lawyer would have filed it. the judge then makes it crystal clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. he goes on, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following
ruling after another. appeal upon appeal. and even a trip to the knighted state supreme court. but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump as so doggedly sought to conceal. his tax returns. six years worth. and an unprecedented window and steube s financial picture. this public release, which, among other things, shows the don trump paid relatively little in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and needs committee. after securing their returns, which cover the years 2015 to 2020, that panel voted along party lengths to hand redacted versions of the returns to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way those who are who are not accountants can understand, it s worth noting how the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. is the end result of its investigation into an irs policy that mandates audits of returns file
hi, there, everyone. it s 4:00 in the east. it took years and one court ruling after another, appeal upon appeal and even a trip to the united states supreme court, but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump has so doggedly sought to conceal his tax returns, six years worth. an unprecedented window into his financial picture. this public release, which among other things shows that donald trump paid very relatively in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and means committee. after securing the returns which cover the years 2015 through 2020, that panel voted along party lines to hand redacted versions of the returns over to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way, those of us who are not account tantants can understands worth note hough the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. it s the end result of an
absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trump s private residence and members club back in august. the ex-president declassified all the documents that he could declassify them if he wanted to, quote, even by thinking about it. it is a claim that has been repeated over and over and over again by trump and his allies. the disgraced ex-president mentioned it in public and the media appearances so many times. not one single time has that claim been made in a court of law. now new reporting suggests that the question of whether there is an a proof that he declassified the documents is a major interest to prosecutors at doj. new york times is reporting that federal prosecutors and former president trump s handling of national security documents, what a question one of his confident ants about a claim that trup declassified the documents. that confidante is cash patel, one of trump s biggest defenders in the documents investigation. he is a trump loyalist who made a career o
court and in the federal right to abortion, the nightmare scenario is playing out across the country as we get new evidence of hope of a growing backlash. all in starts right now. good evening from new york i m chris hayes. you know maybe 2022 but we today we have a new in the official investigation into an apparent or possible trump administration s conduct. today, the irs announced it is asked the treasury department inspector general to look into audits of the two leaders of the fbi james comey and andrew mccabe. they were both selected by the irs, supposedly at random for very rare intensive financial audits. to give you a sense of just how rare this invasive random audit is, just one out of 30,000 sickening to taxpayers is selected forward in any given year. now they started an interim investigation the irs is still run by the trump appointee commissioner claims it is ludicrous and untrue to suggest that i arrest officials somehow tout targeted these officials. knowing