justice department is taking this language from defended trump very seriously. the special counsel team cited trump s truth social post in an immediate and pressing requests for the judge to impose a protective order to prevent the former president from making public any sensitive information turned over by the prosecutors. from that request quote, such a restriction is particularly important in this case, because the defendant has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys, and others associated with legal matters pending against him. end quote. in response, trump s spokesperson put out a statement, claiming the post is quote, the definition of political speech. end quote. the implication that it is protected by the first amendment. the protective order that the quote is seeking, is in reference to trump s scheme to interfere with the 2020 election and that desperate temps to cling to power during the final weeks of his preside
plus, incredible new reporting on just how easy it is to infiltrate the resort home where donald trump stored an actual security secrets. and after an incredibly successful week, the biden administration warning republicans ahead of the midterms. they are about to find out! when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. we have the affidavit, filed by the fbi, in support of its search warrant of the ex presidents retirement home. now, there are a lot of really fascinating nuggets and revelations throughout, despite its quite heavy redactions. but one stands starkly out, as it did during the initial reveal of the search warrant itself. just the plain confirmation, black and white, quote, probable cause exists to believe that evidence contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed will be found at mar-a-lago. that is really the not of it, right there, isn t it? that s all with this has been about, the back and forth wi
And other election administration officials. including his own cybersecurity expert, whom trump fired days after that experts proclaimed that the 2020 election was quote, the most secure and american history. and quote. in the words of one senior advisory, quote, it s all just conspiracy stuff being down from the membership. end quote. of the coup attempt went far beyond trump s disregard for facts. one trump advisor warns that the scheme would lead to riots, quote, coconspirator two confirmed, now to be the lawyer, john eastman, responded that there had been previously points in the nation s history where violence was necessary to protect the republic. end quote. when similar concerns were raised with coconspirator for, who is believed to be former department of justice official jeffrey clark, he responded, quote, well, that s why there s an insurrection act. that is a not to the idea the president could mobilize the military against american
Trump appointed lawyer within the justice department. and just weeks before the 2020 election, clark was named the acting head of the civil division. clark back to trump s views on the election, so much so that trump considered installing clark as acting attorney general to do his bidding. the indictment illustrates how clark tried to use the doj to overturn the election. the indictment alleges that coconspirator forward, secretly met with trump several times before january six, and that he quote, tried to coerce the attacking attorney general and acting deputy attorney general decide a draft letter to georgia and other states falsely claiming that the justice department had quote, identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states. okay, so, let s move on to coconspirator. five listed in the indictment says quote, an attorney who assisted in devising and attempting to implement a plan to submit fraudulent claims of fraud presidential
11:35 pm, the house of representatives and the senate were called back into session to begin counting the electoral votes. what we did not know before this is that at 11:44 pm, the coconspirator number two, whom we believe to be john eastman, emailed mike pence s counsel and quote, said, i implore you to consider one more relatively minor violation of the electoral count act. and adjourned for ten days to allow the legislatures to finish their investigations, end quote. as we know, that did not work. and at 3:41 a.m. on january 7th, vice president mike pence certify the 2020 election for joseph r. biden. this only covers about 24 hours. the indictment reveals so many more details that we did not know before. details that show a much more sophisticated effort to overturn the election than we originally understood. and after a quick break, i m going to talk about all these new details with mark harris. he s a former senior investigative counsel for the