tonight. this is far broader than even prosecutors first thought. we re breaking down the path to a criminal conspiracy and why experts now think the most serious charges may be yet to come. why are we doing this now? the house insurrection hearing showed the nation that january 6th was more organized than many realized. the committee, devoted to investigating that day, has revealed truths about that day, and yet the house probe has also underscored something new to many. trump s attempt to overthrow the election was much broader than one day or prepping a one-day crime spree. it was an illegal coup conspiracy starting before the election and lasting months. with criminal plots that had nothing to do with even january 6th and illegal orders by trump that were resisted, so we re going to show this to you tonight, how it began with things that are perfectly legal like filing lawsuits to challenge the results but quickly morphed into something much broader, a conspiracy that inv
leave behind to the russian people? oh, come on, daniel, no, no way. like you re making movie for the case of my death. like, again, i am ready to answer your question, but, let it be another movie, movie number two. like let s make a trailer out of this movie and in the case i would be killed, let s make a boring movie of memory. [ speaking foreign language ] alexei navalny is stepping back into another showdown with the kremlin. what to do with navalny presents a conundrum for the kremlin. let him go and risk looking weak, or lock him up knowing could turn him into a political martyr. [ applause ] are you not scared, alexei? what do you expect in moscow? navalny! navalny! unexpectedly vladimir putin has a genuine challenger, handsome 41-year-old lawyer alexei navalny who has chosen one of the most dangerous occupations in the world, running against the man who controls the kremlin. more than any other opposition figure in russia, alexei navalny gets or
the campaign trail, touting his administration s accomplishments on gun safety. one topic that didn t come up, the complicated economy. plus, my one-on-one interview with maryland s democratic nominee for governor, westmore, he shared thoughts and inequality throughout the state. the afghanistan withdrawal. and what he calls, the threat he faces in november, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and at any moment, the justice department will file its formal response to former president trump s request to have a special master review documents seized from his florida home in mar-a-lago. a third party review and documents could delay the investigation, which is why many are calling trump s move a delay tactic. doj lawyers have until midnight to file the response, so stay tuned. as this investigation heats up, the former guy is also beefing up his legal team. nbc news reporting he s hired former florida solicitor gen
documents with classified markings than the diligent search did. donald trump said they were in one storage room and the fbi said it wasn t and they shared this picture of documents into trump s office. they say the trump team delayed at nearly every stage and at one point stop d.o.j. from personally inspecting boxes in the storage room. team trump said the former president declassified the document and the government says there s no proof he did and the actions of his lawyers show they still believed the documents were still classified. team trump said he asserted privilege. he never asserted it until now and he doesn t have it anyway. team trump says the records were his. the government says no, classified or declassified, they belong to the government. team trump said the government inappropriately swept up personal items like his passport. the fbi said no, they were allowed to pick up anything commingling. the governor has already filtered through all of it anyway and if
information classified at the highest levels. for context that s more than twice the amount that had been handed over in june after a grand jury subpoena. some documents were so sensitive government officials needed a higher level of security clearance just to review them. the doj says government records were likely concealed and removed and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. we will find out what that could mean and why those seized passports may actually be relevant after all. here is what we don t know at this hour, how will trump s team respond? they have until 8:00 p.m. tonight and how will the judge rule after that special master hearing tomorrow? the doj says a special master would, quote, significantly harm important governmental interests, including national security interests. we will dig into all of that and more with our team of reporters and analysts. let s bring in nbc s julie ainsley former u.s. attorney barbara mcquaid