dozens of lavish vacations. the new reporting raising new ethical questions for the supreme court justice. i m jonathan capehart this is the saturday show. republican presidential hopefuls are facing a digital campaign test this week. the iowa state fair. the fair, home of the famous butter cow sculpture is a right of passage for candidates to make their pitch directly to voters. florida governor ron desantis and former south carolina governor nikki haley are set to make an appearance this morning. but they have a lot of ground to cover to catch up to the parties front runner. a recent poll by the new york times and siena college shows donald trump leading desantis by 24 points in the state. trump plans to attend the fair later today, despite facing fresh new legal troubles, including a trial that could take place before the iowa caucuses on january 15th. special counsel jack smith has proposed a trial date of january 2nd for the 2020 election interference case. but we will
walt nauta, and the final count is four false statement. trump and are set to be the indictment laying out detailed allegations against the two, with pictures showing boxes showing classified documents stored in the bathroom. the twice impeached, now twice indicted former president is on the campaign trail today, speaking at republican state conventions at both georgia and north carolina. earlier today, trump s former lawyer, michael cohen weighed in on the case. this is more than just an espionage act. every single location that donald went to, from the time that he left the white house, to today, needs to be examined. donald will throw anyone and everyone under the bus in order to preserve his own freedom in order to benefit himself? . not a trump says he is innocent, and plans to plead not guilty. but if convicted, he could face decades in federal prison. we have a number of reports, with the very latest information, and reaction today on the indictment to the form
the time is ticking for congress to take action, because it s congress that has an exit constitutional responsibility here. they swore an oath to and the 14th amendment of that constitution says, the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be question, which presumably means, you need to pay the debt. june 5th is only nine days from now. the house of representatives has adjourned for the long memorial day weekend. republican leadership said, they will provide 24 hours notice before scheduling voting days, and addressing the potential default. while some republicans might just be hoping to extract a greater cuts to the social safety net in exchange for not crushing the american economy, with others, the motivation is less clear. take, for example, the chaos caucus, a group of the most disruptive members of the republican caucus right now. the chaos caucus, many of whom are members of the freedom caucus, succeeded and complicating and stalling kevin mccarth
closing in, the special counsel appears to be wrapping up his investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents as new details emerge about what was going on at mar-a-lago, just before the feds swept in. melissa murray and barbara mcqueen will explain the significance. and, all hail the queen of rock and roll, danielle smith is here to celebrate the life and legacy of tina turner. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. congress is on memorial day recess, but negotiation teams from the white house and house republicans are hard at work trying to seal an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. all signs show that they are inching closer to a deal that would raise the limit on federal borrowing and avert and unprecedented, catastrophic default. treasury secretary janet yellen added new urgency to the negotiations, over the last few months, she has warned congress that the debt limit could be reached in early june, and potentially as early as june 1st.
gentleman. my interview with douglas emhoff as his role of the husband to vice president kamala harris. his thoughts and toxic masculinity, and his fight against antisemitism. i ve been in this role, being the first one, i m going to continue to lean in, speak up, speak out, and call out those who say silent. there s so many cowards out there who know better. emhoff also reveals aside if it s wife you may not know. closing in, donald trump s legal predicament thought a lot worse this week, just as he s about to speak to the sparse maga crowd at cpac former prosecutor and senator doug jones is here to discuss. when the city showed out. mary laurie laurie lightfoot did not make the top team in her bid for reelection. one of the candidates or did could county commissioner brendan johnson, joins us live. and 5 million bucks each. that s where the san francisco commission says should be play to black residents in reparations. we ll talk about. it i m jonathan capehart. this is