that s this complicated. that s that s clear. there s you know, everyone s seen that. we also do have the fact that the 11th circuit, a conservative circuit she is in reversed her not once but twice. andhose were conservative judges who just thought she was absolutely bonkers in terms of her rulings. that was nbc news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann yesterday weighing in on donald trump s classified documents case. those comments come as another questionable hearing was happening in judge aileen cannon s courtroom. also ahead what we re learning about president biden s debate strategy for dealing with two different versions of donald trump. plus, a long legal battle between the united states and wikileaks founder julian assange peers to be coming to an end. we ll go through the plea deal that was announced overnight. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day
trump organization, chief financial officer allen weisselberg is facing his own criminal investigation into his personal taxes. many legal analysts believe this could be a tactic by investigators to try to pressure weisselberg to flip on his boss, providing the information that they might need from the trump organization. barbara rest was on nbc earlier today. she describes exactly how she believes weisselberg is key to that investigation. listen here. so like him to blame somebody else. he must blame someone else, but he will say, no, eric did not or ivanka did that or weisselberg did that or, you know, he won t accept any possibility of responsibility. and that s where, you know, the problem lies, pinning it to him, forcing it, putting it on him, and weisselberg could be, you know, he could be the key to all of that if he flips. reporter: all right, so, for his part, trump has reacted to this elevated probe. he has said, quote, there is nothing more corrupt than an
do not work against he is going to win. he is going to win re-election because he is going to switch. guys one at a time. he has been a racist 30, 40 years. like a meeting in his office. time out first barbara thought then close it out. just saying he started out the 30, who years ago he was a racist not talking about now. this has been brewing in him. now, he is an opportunityist and if it works for him to go get an award from a barak group then he is oh i m the least racist in the person i know him. we koonts become number to donald trump s racist acts, actions toward particularly people of color. but the country deserves better. donald trump is a racist full stop. when we take a brake and get back to worldwide wrestling in a minnesota process. i have a message for the president candidates before they take the debates stage start acting like a the preponderate. donald trump in 2020 how will he
strategic is no. barbara, barbara. nobody likes a division more than me i m not even elected official i had to speak i had to speak i m sorry. i said you re just a person in on the scam. he said it was a free for all. it s good barbara finish what you were saying? terms of strategic you said nothing he does strategic. he doesn t go do strategy he doesn t have the patients. gutter al. right out of the gutter. he didn t work in the campaign worked in transition. let barbara finish let barbara finish. she is tossing. i m sorry. i only worked for him for seven years. guys one at a time i only worked for him very closely face-to-face, sometimes day after day face-to-face, for 15 years. but that doesn t discount her we re talking about now i don t know what he was doing 20 years ago but he strategically has been working in the campaign and
were talking before we got started trump in the latest tweets said i hardly knew the guy you said how often was he bringing my name. once every week. you were a big chip for michael when you were weather for trump your relationships are chips. and you have to control those. you were big chips. let s start from the beginning i met new 2003. and donald trump sbrused you a as one of his closest friends and we came to your company to pitch you. ayman on the apresent zblies we spent three day was you and the whole time he talked about how close you were and how he loved doing business with your firm. i m thrilled you guys are here. barbara you worked with him for years and years and years. as sob who built a company with surrounded by women who basically ran our company you were pretty much the first woman in construction in new york city. probably. and worked side by side for me. years of course anthony. 11 days. i m a rosa the 945,000 seconds.