things. and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. oh, gosh. an audio recording undercuts trump s pathetic defense in the classified documents case as the doj reportedly barrels forward on its investigation of his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. also tonight, a supreme court victory for voters and democracy. in a defeat for republicans who wanted to strip state courts of any role in running federal elections and give politicians the final say. plus, ron desantis admits he wants to rewrite the constitution so that right-wing politicians can decide whether people born in this country can legally be considered u.s. citizens. we begin tonight with a frequent and losing strategy by the twice impeached, twice indicted former president. whenever he finds himself stuck in a perilous legal mess of his own making, he goes full orwell and just tells the world don t believe your lying eyes. stick with us, don t
to him but to the government. his body man and alleged co-conspirator walt nauta appeared alongside him and also pleaded not guilty. all of it taking place in a city that has been bracing for this unprecedented day, this unprecedented event and as always is the case with donald trump bracing for the potential of violence. officials in atlanta are reportedly keeping a close eye on the security steps taken in miami given the possibility that fulton county district attorney may become the third prosecutor to bring charges against the ex-president. as for the ex-president himself, he has not spoken today, but on his social media site truth social he s been lashing out at the justice department, airing his usual grievances about the justice department and about what he calls a witch-hunt. his heated rhetoric against special counsel jack smith and attorney general merrick garland and the justice department will have no bearing on the legal process, however, judge jonathan goodman r
perhaps even their safety because trump might do something. by the way, walt nauta doesn t have $3 million to pay somebody in advance, which is probably making it more difficult for him than trump who was able to do that with his supporters money. i m sure that donald trump would like to pay some lawyer many millions of dollars to defend walt nauta because that is after all the mob playbook. pay off pay the legal bills of everyone else. you have control over them. yes indeed. we re going to talk more about this. we ll bring both of you back. i m going to keep neil. it s a hostage situation now for neil. we re going to discuss a big decision from the supreme court that had the potential to completely upend american elections. neil gave an oral argument before the court in that very case. the reidout continues and we ll discuss after this. s aftes
shot while walt nauta does not. can i read you my favorite line from this lawyer, this attestation from the lawyers who are going to represent donald trump. the best line in it is fee disputes between counsel and client shall not be a basis for withdrawal for this presentation, because he probably gave them the three million like he had to do last time for mr. keys and had to pay him up front. walt nauta doesn t have $3 million. it is this we re power dynamic. and i was actually going to ask you, if you don t mind, can walt nauta be a witness in the case against trump? because he is also a defendant. doesn t he have fifth amendment if for some reason donald trump could show the judge that he needs to call walt nauta as a witness i don t think that s going to happen. but there is a provision. if you can show that your co-defendant needs to be a witness and that the co-defendant is willing to testify. in other words, that he is going to actually take the stand and not assert the fi