attorney could be a very big deal. now i m gonna give you the best legal advice you re ever gonna get in your life. get a great effing defence lawyer, you re gonna need it. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes, and it is great to be back after two weeks of vacation with my family which was amazing. i want to send a huge thanks to charles braun, many house, and alyssa mudd and is for following him while i was away. it s august, first two weeks, you think would be slow. it turned out to be ludicrous sly eventful two weeks, and that is not slow down today. we have lots going on. we have more developments in the criminal investigations plural in donald trump and his associates including his former lawyer rudy giuliani who is now a target of the criminal probe into the alleged infection election interference in georgia. we will have more on that later in this hour. but i have to begin tonight of course with the aftershocks of the of the eye s
good to be back. it s great to you have here. do you remember the name brandan van grek? as i have memorable name. if not, the circumstance of which you first heard it? but if you are like me and the first time you heard the name brandon van grabbing is the first time you heard the word he is spee naj formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, not just spy movie stuff, as in u.s. law. we were only about four months in to the trump administration when the new york times was first to report that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice. it was very early on. may 2017. you think about that for a second, trump was inaugurated at the end of january. this was less than four months later in may of that year, less than four months into his presidency, we learned of the new york times
all a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. let s do at home joining us this hour. it s great to have you here. do you remember the name brandon van grack? it s a very memorable name, so you might remember the sound of it. if not, the circumstance in which you first heard it. but if you are like me, in all likelihood, the first time you heard the name brandon van grack, it was the first time you heard the word, espionage, formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, as it not just spy movie stuff but as in u.s. law. but we are only about four months in to the u.s. trump administration in the new york times first reported that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice.
good evening from new york. i am chris hayes, and it is great to be back after two weeks of vacation with my family which was amazing. i want to send a huge thanks to charles braun, many house, and alyssa mudd and is for following him while i was away. it s august, first two weeks, you think would be slow. it turned out to be ludicrous sly eventful two weeks, and that is not slow down today. we have lots going on. we have more developments in the criminal investigations plural in donald trump and his associates including his former lawyer rudy giuliani who is now a target of the criminal probe into the alleged infection election interference in georgia. we will have more on that later in this hour. but i have to begin tonight of course with the aftershocks of the of the eye search of the ex presidents florida residents this last week. i ve been watching this as donald trump and his allies have desperately attempted to spin this story. the headline normally is like, fbi sear
revelation, of the secret service will play a part in a hearing. although the select committee, has subpoenaed the agency, which says it is cooperating. thursday s hearing will take place just over a week after the last public hearing, which focused on how, far-right extremist groups participated in the insurrection. also, the direct and indirect coordination, between those groups, and several of the former presidents people. that hearing also featured testimony, from former white house counsel, pat cipollone. including his firsthand account, of a raucous december 18th, 2020 meeting in the oval office. that meeting involves some really strange figures. the former overstocked outcome guy, patrick byrne, the i m sure the four seasons landscaping, is related to the hotel guy. rudy giuliani, but maybe venezuela interfered in our election, sydney powell. all reportedly pushing the former president, to overturn the election, seize voting machines, and even invoke martial law. in th