warrant of mar-a-lago will hear arguments over whether to release the affidavit behind it. it s arguably the most important part of that warrant. the doj is fighting its release, citing highly sensitive information tied to a national security investigation. the former president wants it unsealed. we ll explore the implications of today s decision by the judge. we re going to go ahead and start with today s hearing over the mar-a-lago search warrant affidavit. msnbc s cal perry is outside the courthouse, ken dilanian also with us, and also with us, phil rucker, and chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official. both are msnbc contributors. thanks for joining me. ken, first to you. i want to talk about former trump organization ceo allen weisselberg, just officially pleading guilty to the charges against him. what happened in court and what happens for him next? reporter: well, he s going to serve five months at rikers island jail in new york city, lindsey,
peace out. welcome to the beat. we have a lot going today including giuliani now going under oath after he was targeted for indictment. this was before the georgia grand jury. here was of the scene on a momentous day one many would have not expected years ago given how he was once viewed in the legal community as the once prosecutor had the tables turned arrived in court. the grand jury is a secret. do you believe trump is the target of the investigation? i m not going to comment on the grand jury investigation until i know more about it. what are you expecting to talk about here today? they ask the questions. will you be cooperative? mr. goul making his way inside. you ll know one thing. if you watch the news, and if you re hearing my voice i bet you do, you may recall over all those choppy water, those months of the election drama that giuliani would talk about all kinds of things. out of pocket, dpens his own client s interest. what you just saw was a d
so this is don lemon tonight, i had a really interesting perspective. i was actually out of the country watching all of this. and getting people s perspective on it. it gives you, it is good to be away. it is good to watch think sometimes from afar. so that you do get another perspective. because americans, sometimes, we are so myopic. we get so caught up in what is happening right in front of us that we don t see the force and the trees. okay, so go with me here, this could be back by the way. i want to talk to you about something called cdc. not crt, cdc. something was thinking about. critical democracy theory. i see that there. on purpose. if we only spend as much time talking about critical democracy theory as some people do about critical race theory. right and then the whole trumped-up thing about young people where it s not being taught. this israel. critical democracy theory. this is to keep our democracy you have to recognize what it is. and sometimes you get too
and the traditions and the protocols are certain assumptions that we have made presidents will abide by the constitution he would exploit the holes in the system the way trump did and then have trump make excuses for him and lie. exhibit a, rudy giuliani four seasons total landscaping the hair and i and the lies. it was a call by? all the networks! wow! all the networks! you couldn t possibly believe that the company counting our phone is owned by two venezuelans who were allies of chavez her present allies of mentor with a company whose chairman is a close associate of george soros. he s the biggest donor to the democrat party, the biggest donor to antifa and the biggest donor to black lives matter. my goodness! look like on dope. it s quite clear this feeling. yeah it s always blames someone else right? and it s like. this blame that person. it s never them. let s blame the media, except they don t blame the media. a clown car full of lies, and now rudy giuliani is a ta
justice department says it s trying to protect in its investigation of documents taken from donald trump s home at mar-a-lago. in a way, these are the most expansive comments yet from the justice department and they come in a court filing opposing the release of the affidavit that lays out the case for searching mar-a-lago. now, senators on both members of the intelligence committee and media companies including cnn are pushing to see that information. new reporting this morning from the wall street journal revealed attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks before approving the warrant for the mar-a-lago search. senior doj officials met frequently at that time. he now faces a more consequential decision of whether or not to pursue that. katelyn polantz joins us from washington with the very latest. katelyn. brianna, the justice department filing saying they don t want the release of what backs up it and hints to the seriousness of the information. and those