investigation into ron desantis s stunt. somebody saw fit to come from another state, let them down, prey upon them and then take advantage of their desperate situation just for the sake of political theater. plus lindsey graham doubles down on a losing political issue, and the state of play with a bit terms with my guest bernie sanders, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. donald trump s lawyers were in court today for the first hearing before the newly appointed special master, who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents. the fbi seized from trump s home in florida. in the courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago, and that he has privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to the 300 documents found with classified markings. that position that is lawyers argue today does not mak
brooklyn courtroom where newly appointed special master judge raymond dearie is showing what it means when one actually applies the law while wearing the robe. in the first hearing with the doj and the trump legal team over the review of those classified documents that the fbi seized from mar-a-lago, the trump nominated special master s message to trump s lawyers was clear. and i quote, you can t have your cake and eat it too. that came following sharp questions from judge dearie over what role they expected him to play in verifying the classification of the documents given this is controlled by the executive branch, not the judicial branch. perhaps it s why dearie directly asked trump s team to declare what if any of the classified documents trump declassified before leaving the white house. trump has repeatedly said he declassified all of them, but that has not shown up in any of the filings from his legal team. today his lawyers reiterated what they wrote in their filing l
on fear and lies. and if you re not exactly sure where to start, nbc has a website for you, called plan your vote, with a state by state guide to voter registration deadlines, voting rules, mail-in and in-person voting. it set nbcnews.com/planyourvote statue plan your vote. very importantly, it s available both in english and spanish, so you had no excuse. do it. that s tonight s read out. all in with chris hayes that s right now. right no w. tonight on all in we may be able to decide all this without seeing declassified documents. the first special master hearing not looking good for the disgraced ex president. tonight, trump s absurd argument for keeping classified documents and just where he was getting his legal advice. as far as i am concerned, trump should get every single record i took back, not just his passports. and the lawsuit and criminal