Today for, the. First time ever a former white house official will head to Prison For Contempt Of Congress conviction, the huge impact this could have Going Forward. Donald trump openly questions loyalty of american jews, echoes of an antisemitic trope that goes back generations. The royal mystery continues pushing the royal rumors and too old overdrive with reported sighting of the princess of wales. Im kate bolduan, My John Berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central we are standing by for historic moment tuned for the first time ever, a former white house official will go to Prison For Contempt Of Congress. When former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro arrives to prison in miami me this morning. It will be a spectacle that carries the weight of not only the precedent it sets, but also the legal and political stakes of Donald Trumps Current White House run. That now 74 yearold is going behind bars for refusing to turn over documents or testify before january 6. Investigato
did you hear that? seacrest is on speed dial. he sure wise. congrats to pat sajak and such an impressive run. and way to go ryan, on your new gig. on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. of tomorrow we have some breaking news tonight from the new york times this evening, some reporting that makes a recently unearthed trump recording even more incredible. if you ve not yet heard it, nbc news has independently obtained the audio of former president trump and his bedminster unit new jersey golf club, essentially admitting to a crime. here is trump in july of 2021 telling a group of people that he still has classified information after leaving the white house, and then proceeding to destroy his own defense. he explicitly says on audiotape that he could have declassified this when he was president, but he did not. take a listen. isn t that amazin
this evening. alex wagner tonight starts right tonight with my good, friend alex wagner. ts righ thank you, chris, and thk you as always for joining us this hour. we have some breaking news tonight from the new york times this evening, some reporting that makes a recently unearthed trump recording even more incredible. if you ve not yet heard it, nbc news has independently obtained the audio of former president trump and his bedminster unit new jersey golf club, essentially admitting to a crime. here is trump in july of 2021 telling a group of people that he still has classified information after leaving the white house, and then proceeding to destroy his own defense. he explicitly says on audiotape that he could have declassified this when he was president, but he did not. take a listen. isn t that amazing? this totally wins my case. except it is highly confidential this was done by the military and given to me. i think that we can probably do that, yes? we ll have to
thank you both. that is all in on this tuesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now with my good friend, alex wagner. good evening, alex. good evening, chris. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we have breaking news tonight from the new york times this evening, some reporting that makes a recently unearthed chunk reporting even more incredible. if you have not yet heard nbc news has independently obtained the audio of former president trump at his bedminster, new jersey, golf club essentially admitting to a crime. here s trump in july 2021 telling a group of people he still has classified information after leaving the white house and then proceeding to destroy his own defense. he explicitly says on audiotape that he could have declassified this when he was president but he did not. take a listen. i just found isn t that amazing? this totally wins my case, you know? except it is like highly confidential. yeah, yeah. secretive this is secre
Donald trump is now facing. the willful retention of national to fence information. that fbi analyst was also keeping hundreds of classified documents in her bathroom apparently bathrooms are a popular place for classified documents. as wild as trump s alleged crimes are here, they are not even original. it seems that that is the points but. the way that jack smith s indictment lays out trump s discussion of classified documents at bedminster does not seem to be using it as the basis for its own charge. instead, the special counsel seems to be using this blockbuster tape, and it is a blockbuster, to bolster his other, very straightforward charges with an incredible, pretty jaw-dropping example of donald trump s intent. joining us now to break down this very interesting series of events, and breaking news, two of our brightest legal minds. former u.s. attorney and msnbc