good to be back. it s great to you have here. do you remember the name brandan van grek? as i have memorable name. if not, the circumstance of which you first heard it? but if you are like me and the first time you heard the name brandon van grabbing is the first time you heard the word he is spee naj formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, not just spy movie stuff, as in u.s. law. we were only about four months in to the trump administration when the new york times was first to report that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice. it was very early on. may 2017. you think about that for a second, trump was inaugurated at the end of january. this was less than four months later in may of that year, less than four months into his presidency, we learned of the new york times
very clear, too, that no one, no one, including a president of the united states, is above the law. by the way, today is the six-year anniversary of that speech in indiana. happy anniversary to the president, as the fbi goes through his documents this morning. what a long road it s been. you know, he actually, i guess, in 2018, willie, he passed a law. he signed a law that actually made the protection of classified material even stronger. that is a good thing to do. it is a good thing to do. he said in the campaign law and order party. he was going to protect all classified information. so says it in the campaign. willie, he actually passes legislation. kept his word. he signs it, comes into law. that the penalties for not protecting classified information going to be even tougher because of hillary clinton s emails. yeah, remember the context of that speech six years ago was all about hillary clinton and the emails and the private server that she had.
also on the ballot today, reproductive rights in kansas. a referendum there would strip women of their rights to choose unless enough people vote no. and we all know speaker nancy pelosi is a bad ass. she arrived in taiwan today even though china is furious about the trip. plus, trevor reed the former marine who spent three years behind bars in russia and is now speaking out for the release of brittney griner and paul whelan. he joins me right here tonight. we begin with a huge night of primaries in some key battleground states. voters in five states are casting their ballots setting up critical showdowns for this november, and the stakes could not be higher. the choices voters make could very well determine whether or not this country remains a democracy, and that claim is not made hyperbolically. we saw how our democracy was pushed to the brink in 2020 with the twice-impeached former president pushing the lie that the election he lost was rigged. of course it wasn t, an
U. S. President. So we are all in luck. We know that Closing Arguments at Donald Trumps new york Hush Money Trial begin tuesday. They are expected to take most of the day, and then its a matter of how long it takes a jury to reach a verdict. That is, if they are able to reach a verdict at all. Were going to get back to that. But first, lets not forget that this Hush Money Trial is just one of Donald Trumps many indictments. There was bad news for him this week and one of the other cases against him. And trumps classified documents case, the one in which he is accused by federal prosecutors of illegally hoarding classified documents at mara lago and then trying to hide them from the federal government, newly unsealed documents this week revealed new evidence of more possible Obstruction Of Justice by the former president. Quote, once trump realized that Security Cameras at maralago could capture his employees moving classified Government Information that officials were attempting to ret
Another one. Is that a third home . Timeshare . Do we need to know about it . A timeshare, a third right wing flag . We will see. Checked the basements, check the attics. Thank you, my friend. This is an image from just outside the capital on january 6th. You can see a lot of trump 2020 flags, but these in the white flag there, on the left of your screen with the image of a pine tree on it. Do you see it . If you look closely, it says Appeal To Heaven on the top. Here is an image of another one of those flags being flown on january 6th, and here is another one. Multiple rioters waived that Appeal To Heaven flag as they descended on the capital that day. The flag itself dates back to the american revolution, but like the dentist and flag, also known as the dont tread on me flag, its Revolutionary War History has been reviewed by its contemporary significance. This has become the new banner for the christian fundamentalist wing of trumps stopped the steel movement, and that is thanks to