campaigning, elections set to show much of a grip donald trump still has on the gop. our correspondents are standing by live later on in the show. i m hallie jackson with you on this monday afternoon in washington. so let s get right to ken delainian and danny. ken, we haven t heard from guy during the trial. he didn t testify on his own behalf. he wasn t expected to make a statement today, but that has changed and he s now going to speak, we understand. reporter: yeah, the latest twist in a day that s been full of them here, hallie. earlier, guy reffett was trying at the defense table as his daughter was testifying in his defense and talking about his mental health issues and trying to blame what happened on donald trump. and after that, the justice department suffered a major setback when the judge ruled against imposing a so-called domestic terrorism enhancement on the sentence, which is the first time the doj tried to do that, saying that this conduct was domestic terro
welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. donald trump today invoked his fifth amendment right in a deposition with a new york attorney general who is investigating the trump organization s finances. this deposition lasting more than five hours. in a lengthy statement, the former president claims he had no choice, saying he s the target of an unfounded politically motivated witch hunt. this from the man who once asked if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth? this is one of at least seven criminal, sifcivil, and congressional investigations trump is facing. that includes the probe that led to the fbi search at his mar-a-lago home on monday. that was died to the doj s investigation into the handling of classified documents cnn s sara murray has more on today s derailed deposition against the backdrop of the extraordinary legal jeopardy trump faces. what s your message to your supporters? as donald trump s legal woes
letitia james took part in the deposition. cnn political reporter sara murray has more on all these developments. she s got new details on the fbi search of trump s florida home as well. reporter: donald trump wrapping up his appearance after nearly six hours at a new york deposition where he pleaded the fifth. which the former president once said was a move for mobsters. the mob takes the fifth. if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? reporter: today trump changed his tune in a deposition led by letitia james office. part of a three-year civil probe into whether the trump organization misled lenders, insurers and tax authorities by providing false financial statements. for years they ve been going after my company. i once asked if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment, trump said in a statement. now i know the answer to that question. he claimed everyone in his orbit was a target, adding if there was any question in my mind, t
arizona house speaker rusty bowers. bowers didn t just refuse to participate in trump s campaign to, i don t know, end democracy. he testified about it publicly before the january 6th select committee laying out exactly how team trump pressured him to throw out the legitimate arizona election results even if they admitted they didn t have a scrap of evidence to back up their vote fraud claims. after saying back in june after that dramatic public testimony that he would support trump in a rematch against biden, bowers had a change of heart and is now saying that he will never, ever vote for trump again. here s what he told abc news jon karl after being the subject of attacks from donald trump. i have thought at times someone born how he was and raised how he was and he has no idea what a hard life is, and what people have to go through in the real world. he has no idea what courage is. how do you explain the hold that he has, though, on republicans including a lot of repub
when he compared this to watergate. the real target of this investigation isn t trump, the real targeted this investigation is you. and alarming new reporting from nbc news on right-wing violence in defense of donald trump, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m elise jimenez in for chris hayes. 24 hours after the unprecedented fbi search of donald trump s florida home, one of his coup plotting allies in congress, scott perry of pennsylvania said he was stopped by fbi officers while traveling with his family. they presented a search warrant, and confiscated his cell phone which they tended. in a statement, the congressman said my phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal slash private discussions with my wife, family, constituents and friends. none of this is the government s business. perry is the hood of the far-right house freedom caucus, and he has been a major proponent of trump s big lie. following the 2