Good evening from washington. I am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. Donald trump could end up behind bars next year for conspiracy to obstruct justice. And if he does, it may very well be because of a new testimony by someone identified by the justice department, only as Trump Employee 4. Now that we have had all weekend to digest the new Superseding Indictment for donald trump from doj special counsel jack smith and the classified documents case, employee number fours involvement seems particularly notable. According to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a Pressure Campaign from trump and his co defendant, Valet Walt Nauta and maralago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete Security Footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. And now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i. T. Worker for maralago named yuscil taveras. According to one new report, taveras himself received a Target Letter from the departm
Off the cuff, President Biden sticking to a script. But in terms of the level of factual accuracy, i mean, it was scripted in an accurate way this week to hear from the president. The former president said what he wanted to, and much of it was not true. So i dont have any factchecks of President Biden here. But i think thats for an obvious reason remarkable. Daniel dale, glad to have you on standby. Thank you for that. And as we start the top of the new hour here on the lead, you just saw President Biden and donald trump wrapping up those competing very different appearances on the southern border, how their messaging on immigration is playing 1,700 miles away in washington. And speaking of congress, is the job of another House Speaker potentially on the line . Today . Mike johnson helped get a new shortterm Spending Bill passed. But thats really his problem. His conservative rightwing flank wants a longterm solution. Last, i checked the republicans actually have a majority in the hous
Building. Likely some of the same Law Enforcement officers who were out today providing protection for trumps appearance were also called upon on january 6th to defend the peaceful transfer of power from a Violent Mob Of Trump supporters. Brought there by the man who today was called on by a Magistrate Judge to answer to the four charges against him. Sitting just feet away from trump, as he entered his not guilty plea, was special counsel jack smith. The last time the two were in the same room was trumps previous arraignment in miami. According to the pool reporter, trump glanced briefly in smiths direction when he walked in but did not appear to make eye contact with him, nor did he appear to look at him again for the rest of the hearing. Trump in the courtroom today was stripped of the trappings of former office that he typically airigates to himself. Magistrate judge referred to him as mr. Trump, not president trump, as his fans including fox anchors refer to him. The judge advised
Voters who loyally and traditionally voted for them generation after generation. I have heard some of the narrative being spun around this election result this evening. Yes, its true that every muslim is bitterly angry at keir starmer and his misnamed labor party. But you would be very foolish if you didnt realise that millions of other citizens of our country are, too. Keir starmer and rishi sunak are two chicks of the same backside. And they got well and truly spanked tonight here in rochdale. Cheeks. Finally i congratulate david tellis on his remarkable achievement. Applause his on his remarkable achievement. Applaus ,. , applause his remarkable achievement in cominu applause his remarkable achievement in coming second applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in this applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in this byelection. In coming second in this by election and trust that even the most biased journ
Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. This is a busy afternoon on the story. We are about to hear from President Trump at the border. Were also waiting for an update on President Bidens travel to brownsville, texas. So weve got a lot of activity, a lot of things popping. These two individuals obviously very serious about this issue with regard to the campaign. They both want to win the 2024 president ial election. Former President Donald Trump would like to be president again. President joe biden wants to keep his job. Theyll have to find their way through this issue in order to do it. Its a big issue on voters minds in this country. Its a crisis as we heard from the former Homeland Security secretary this morning on Fox And Friends. Obviously all of this has a huge impact on cities across the country and small towns as well as migrants have flooded in to all of these areas. For example, athens. Athens, georgia. The tragic death of laken riley at the alleged hands of this man who was he