investigation into ron desantis s stunt. somebody saw fit to come from another state, let them down, prey upon them and then take advantage of their desperate situation just for the sake of political theater. plus lindsey graham doubles down on a losing political issue, and the state of play with a bit terms with my guest bernie sanders, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. donald trump s lawyers were in court today for the first hearing before the newly appointed special master, who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents. the fbi seized from trump s home in florida. in the courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago, and that he has privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to the 300 documents found with classified markings. that position that is lawyers argue today does not mak
plus lindsey graham doubles down on the losing political issue, in a state of the midterms and i guess, bernie sanders. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris, is donald trump s lawyers were in court today for their first hearing before the newly appointed special master who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents, the fbi seized from trump s retirement home in florida. in that courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents removed from mar-a-lago, and that he has some privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to that 300 documents pounds with classified markings. that position that his lawyers argue today does not make any sense. someone pointed out it all boils down to donald trump s belief that he is still, as of today, here in 2022, president of the united states. but the still has the powers of the ex
attorneys, on the other hand, you can talk about it at will. sometimes, they don t want to, sometimes, a two, but you have instances where tom fit and makes a youtube video, and during his grand jury procedures. so, some of this is out in the open, but a lot of this is court watching, and trying to see what s going on. that s the only insight we have into this process. it s hard to believe, ten days ago, we were sort of wondering, what is the deal with this miami thing that popped up? trying to make sense of that, and all coming through, but we were almost blindsided by it. this world in which the students are looking out from the trump camp, and suddenly, there s an indictment of donald trump, and what s in miami, what is this? there was a bit of a lull in the d.c. court, because we hadn t seen the grand jury meet there for several weeks. lo and behold, it has been resurrected in miami. tom fit, and by the way, was testifying for the january 6th trial and the grand jury and
someone get into the elevator, that elevator lands on the third floor. finally, after meeting with the grand jury, and he knows what some of the grand jurors look like, so we know when they break for lunch, and all of this should basically tell you where this is all coming from is, generally, from defense attorneys, and from people who are allowed to talk about what goes on in the grand jury. the doj is barred from talking about any of this, because they re serious repercussions for an individual who disclosed something that was happening in a grand jury proceeding. witnesses, and defense attorneys, on the other hand, you can talk about it at will. sometimes, they don t want to, sometimes, a two, but you have instances where tom fit and makes a youtube video, and during his grand jury procedures. so, some of this is out in the open, but a lot of this is court watching, and trying to see what s going on. that s the only insight we have into this process. it s hard to
believe, ten days ago, we were sort of wondering, what is the deal with this miami thing that popped up? trying to make sense of that, and all coming through, but we were almost blindsided by it. this world in which the students are looking out from the trump camp, and suddenly, there s an indictment of donald trump, and what s in miami, what is this? there was a bit of a lull in the d. c. court, because we hadn t seen the grand jury meet there for several weeks. lo and behold, it has been resurrected in miami. tom fit, and by the way, was testifying for the january 6th trial and the grand jury and would manage to prevail among the trump advisers, and steer him towards getting indicted. not just willful retention, but obstruction. they are on thompson sterling legal advice, he has been subpoenaed as well. just looking at the scope here, and it was sort of interesting. to nevada vice chair is there, but there have been other state folks. there is an arizona standout perez, and the dea