now it is time for the las word, with jonathan capehart in for lawrence, good evenin my friend. good evening, alex. you are right. that s the most incredible typ ever it s a big typo i have never just erroneousl typed the flag of th confederate states when i mean to type hot dogs, or whatever. wow alex, that was terrific. great to see you you too, happy weekend. same to you tonight, there is news in al four of the significan criminal investigation involving donald trump, and al eyes have been on and district attorney alvin bragg and fulto county district attorney fan willis s investigations this week, special counsel jack smith s investigations are moving full steam ahead. late today a major development in the documents case a federa judge reportedly issuing a sealed ruling today the donald trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, can be compelled to answer questions for the grand jury investigating trump s handling of classified government documents after he left office the
yeah, so this is a ne sister situation for america but, trump is acting the way all strong men do and many o them well they re all corrup and when they have corruptio trials, like berlusconi in italy, and it was always about a witch hunt it was always about going afte the press. the prosecutors, the judges, anyone who could expose him. and so the way he has been talking about this, includin saying i am you justice, promising retribution, this is very typical of somebody who gets more and more dangerous a they get more and more dangerous and desperate. the agenda is to get back into power and to personalize justice and that s why he says he is justice. and to shut down any investigations and to exac
what is donald trump doing i response to the mounting legal challenges he is facing? he s attacking the justice system and everyone in it wh is investigating him he is calling it a witch hun and claiming in a statement he released yesterday, that it all a political ploy, quote, this is happening becaus president trump is leading i the polls by a large margi against both democrats and republicans, and there s never been anything so blatant i american political history joining us now, ruth ben-ghiat history professor at - and why, you and author of strongmen. i had to just show back giggle really that statement from trump but i know ho serious this is. it s just so unbelievable. but it s not new for donal trump to attack prosecutors or doj but, the weaponization language has taken hold. what do you make of it
about a grand jury subpoena fo a video footage which late appears to have found th movement of some boxes so my speculation is that they got phone records, they sa that on the very same day that the subpoena was served, there was a phone call, and they got curious about what that wa about and he had some basis fo the judge to find by preponderance of evidence that there was some crime afloa here so it may go to obstruction of justice about trying to concea from the justice departmen that they still had documents. but until they ask the questions, they will know th answers. right and cynthia, can you talk abou just how difficult it is to ge around attorney-client privilege, and what does it sa about the evidence that smit would have had to show judge how will to do so? i think it s very hard to get around first you have to get over tha legal hurdle that none of us those of us who practice, lo don t want to break th privilege. we don t want to do that what we want to do is protec
thing is certain putin will forever be tagged as, quote, unindicted fugitive o international justice. joining us now, david scheffer senior fellow at the council o foreign relations. he served as the first u.s ambassador at large for wa crimes this during the clinton administration thank you very much for bein here, david. let s take a listen to wha president biden had to say today about these warrants sir, could you give us your reaction to the internationa criminal authority issuing a arrest warrant for vladimi putin. i think it s justified. the question is it s not recognized internationally b us either, but i think it make a very strong point. so, ambassador, david scheffer, neither russia or th united states recognized the court. but given that what are th practical implications of this warrant, given that russia has already dismiss them as legall