the fbi s search of mar-a-lago. the department has until noon today to release it. the affidavit lays out why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. in his order judge bruce reinhart said the justice department made a good argument for why portions of this document behind this search should remain shielded saying, quote, disclosure would reveal the identities of witnesses, law enforcement officers. the investigation s strategy, scope, methods and grand jury information. the judge agreeing with the justice department s decision to cut as we learn new details about trump s strategy or lack thereof and the legal advice he is getting from a conservative activist. privately the president and some of his allies have become concerned about the legal fallout. joining us now former federal prosecutor ellie honing. bring us up to speed on what documents we have seen and haven t seen and the one today. john, by the time this is all over ever
d.c. courthouse where navarro is expected to arrive in about an hour and a half. we ve got a lot to talk about and the best people to talk about it. new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. nbc s pete williams. nbc s sahil kapur on capitol hill. ari melber, msnbc chief legal correspondent and host of the beat. let me start with you, ari, because i saw peter navarro on your program last night. he did not appear, to me, to be a man who thought he might be in federal custody less than 24 hours later. that s exactly right. he didn t sound like that. he didn t talk like that. he said he was in some sort of discussions with doj. this began with his public statements about what he called a green bay sweep or an effort to overturn the election, something he thought was legal, he talked about, and defied the congressional request and subpoena to testify about it. he did tell me about it here on msnbc. i said to him last night, if you re going to describe these
Determinant general eric smith was hospitalized last fall, the service notified the public within 24 hours and we hope the pentagon will do better on this going forward. up next, with house republicans trying to impeach president biden, house democrats are now alleging it was former president trump who raked in millions froforeign countries while he was in office. more on that report right after this break.
January 6, 2021, capitol police officer harry dunn stood between lawmakers who were trapped in the halls of congress and a violent mob who had been fuelled by election conspiracies. that was three years ago tomorrow. it s hard to believe. but today, dunn announced he is running to represent maryland in congress to become a member of that group that he once swore to protect. two weeks ago, i left the force after more than 15 years of service so that today i can announce i m running for congress. we can t ever let this happen again. i should note that ad comes as tonight we do now know the supreme court is preparing to decide whether or not donald trump can remain on the ballot because of that day and what happened before it, as the former president s team is
Yellobecause, you know, we have ballots going out, as was mentioned. and this is going to make it very, very difficult for secretaries of state if they rule sooner rather than later. i look for an early ruling as well. john dean, shan wu, eli hoenig, thank you very much. ahead, president biden firing hard at former president trump in his first campaign event of the year, all of it on the eve of the capitol riot. trump s campaign is about him, not america. he s willing to sacrifice our democracy. he s a threat to democracy. i m a they ve weaponized government and he s saying i m a threat to democracy. coming up, i ll speak to a former capitol police officer who claims the u.s. is one election away from the end of american democracy, has also just announced a bid for congress.