it s 4:00 in the east. a stunning comprehensive brand new piece of reporting that really amounts to a first drafrt of history for merrick garland s justice department a piece of reporting that answers questions we ve been asking for years now questions that have dogged doj for many many months why did it take so long for d.o.j. to investigate? the first formal step into probing the campaign to overturn the 2020 election. the criminal inquiry now into the fate of electors did not take place until april 2022 more than a area after the insurrection and well after the january 6th select committee had begun to uncover a complex multipronged plot and democracy with donald trump in the driver s seat. the washington post is reporting in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th insurrection, acting u.s. attorney michael sherwin, senior justice department officials and paul abbate quashed a plan in the u.s. attorney s office to directly investigate trump associates for any links to
my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. trump on trial in august? the first court date is officially set, and it is just eight weeks away. tonight, what it all means for the possibility of a trial before the election and, the motives of the trump appointed judge in charge of it. then after a five year investigation by a trump appointed prosecutor, hunter biden strikes a deal. if trump cooperated with the justice department he might have avoided the situation he is in right now. he chose not to, because he s arrogant and does not care about the law. plus, the impact of the indictment on the polls, and the inability of the republican front runner to just stop talking. you lost the 2020 election but when all in it starts right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. and we have an initial trial date in the trump florida documents case. just one week after donald tru
southeast with this counter offensive means for the future of the war and democracy abroad as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. what good evening once again i am alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. the former president s hit with new restrictions in his criminal trial. as he prepares to fight charges that he mishandled the nation s most sensitive secrets. today, a federal magistrate judge issued a protective order borrowing in trump and his co defendant walt not up for revealing or keeping any trial evidence. that also means no posts on social media and they are not for allowed to review evidence unless a lawyer or staff member from the defense team is present. the ruling follows a request from jack smith s prosecutors filed late friday. it also noted that the evidence contains information about ongoing investigations that could identify uncharged individuals. trump of course continues to talk about the case, he s pleaded not guilty to 37 counts including
my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. trump on trial in august? the first court date is officially set, and it is just eight weeks away. tonight, what it all means for the possibility of a trial before the election and, the motives of the trump appointed judge in charge of it. then after a five year investigation by a trump appointed prosecutor, hunter unlikely that the august 14th start date, the one that is two months from today, will hold. it s fairly common practice for a judge to set an early start date as a sort of benchmark, only to see the trial slip further and further down the calendar. the prosecution needs time to prepare its arguments, and trump s lawyers deserve time to mount a reasonable defense of their client. the defense has not yet received, for instance, the classified evidence as part of the discovery process, something which, on its own, could had significant
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber joining you live on this monday to start the week and the holiday. donald trump hit with brand new restrictions hit with his government trial and now under court order blocking him from discussing trial evidence in public this is a kind of a brush back it limits donald trump s ability, at least the way the rules are set, to respond to statements that may also quite bother him new condemnations coming from former trump administration officials themselves, shredding the legal and other denials that donald trump has made. i don t need to read the indictment or believe its allegations are true, although i m pretty confident they are. it was very disturbing. based on his actions, if proven true, no. it s irresponsible actions that places our nation at risk. the fact of the matter is he is a consummate narcissist and he constantly engages in reckless conduct those are just some of the brutal rebukes and experienced factual takes from pe