criminal activity involved here. new details on the wrong desantis migrant scandal. and what the republican senate candidate in georgia when it comes to charity. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. donald trump just had one of the worst legal days of his entire life, which is saying something. and it comes amidst a set of ex alerting threats from local, state, and federal law enforcement. so, last, night the 11th circuit court of appeals, as we have reported, issued a pretoria reeling against the ex president, overruling a previous decision, widely criticized by a trump appointed district judge, saying the department of justice can resume using the 100 classified documents seized from trump s home in florida, in their investigation into his handling of the sensitive materials. doj has said this is linked to possible traction of justice and espionage act violations. also yesterday, new york attorney general announced a quarter
i m chris hayes. donald trump just had one of the worst legal days of his entire life, which is saying something. and it comes amidst a set of ex alerting threats from local, state, and federal law enforcement. so, last, night the 11th circuit court of appeals, as we have reported, issued a pretoria reeling against the ex president, overruling a previous decision, widely criticized by a trump appointed district judge, saying the department of justice can resume using the 100 classified documents seized from trump s home in florida, in their investigation into his handling of the sensitive materials. doj has said this is linked to possible traction of justice and espionage act violations. also yesterday, new york attorney general announced a quarter of a billion dollar civil lawsuit against donald trump. his company, members of his family, including three of his adult children, accusing them of committing, and her, words a staggering amount of fraud. if that s two to successfu
documents that were released today. but even that gives us more information about where things are headed, and that s why i think, no matter how redacted the release of this affidavit is gonna be, take the first thing on their. the espionage act. the 18 usc seven 93, we will all were wondering, i rode along piece, what angle are they taking? well, they ve just stated their theory of the case, one, that they might or might not argue to the jury. he retained government documents. well, don, if i go to the white house and help myself to property that s in the oval office, and i take it with me, i m retaining government property. that s a crime. and these are boxes and boxes and boxes. so, we re already learning more. okay, he says he wants this information out there. do you think this is going to be helpful to him? i do not. i think it s going to tell the story of why the government, they had to put the details to convince a judge that there was probable cause of crime. is
the strategy is to blame people, his advisors called, the crazies, for what donald trump did. this, of course, is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year- old man. he is not an impressionable child. donald trump cannot escape responsibility by being willfully blind. nor can any argument of any kind excuse his behavior during the violent attack on january 6. that is the public narrative, but for the legal case, a congresswoman liz cheney dropped a bombshell. she said that trump tried to call an unnamed witness not yet seen in the hearings. whatever details the committee has on that, they have been turned over to the justice department. the question is, how might that, or any of the new revelations on tuesday, help the doj build a criminal case? among the stunning revelations, the unhinged white house meeting in mid december was screaming, insults, and nearly, apparently, a physical altercation. details on how the infamous tweet by the former president galvanize the right, a
campaign whether they have been contacted by any of their former colleagues or anyone else who attempted to influence or impact their testimony. without identifying any of the individuals involved, let me show you a couple of samples of answers we received to this question. this is a call received by one of our witnesses. quote, a person let me know you have your deposition tomorrow. he wants me to let you know he s thinking about you. he knows you re loyal, and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns. tonight, cnn has learned that this example and one other example that congresswoman cheney highlighted were both directed at cassidy hutchinson. cnn has also learned more about the testimony about what fellow white house staffer told her and secret service head of detail. it was about the ride the former president wanted to t