Now. Good day, im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city, and we start with that Breaking News, a Major Political stunner. Mitch mcconnell choking up on the senate floor as he announces he is leaving the job that hes done for longer than any other senator in american history. That experience he has and his masterful gift as a political tactician gone from the gop when he steps down as Senate Leader in november. So what does that mean for the party and for congresss ability to get anything done . Also breaking, white powder found in an envelope sent to judge Arthur Engoron. Hes the one who hit donald trump with nearly a half A Billion Dollars judgment, and it comes on the same day were learning about the former president s newest attempt to get out of having to pay. And hes the witness that republicans had been trying to land for months in their Impeachment Inquiry, but hunter biden came to capitol hill armed with a blistering Opening Statement saying hes been hunted
and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so, special counsel jack smith has ten business days left if he wants to beat fulton county district attorney fani willis to an indictment. we have talked a little bit about that. dea willis has indicated that at some point between july 31st and august 15th she may bring charges against donald trump for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia. and mr. smith, whose federal indictment could over lap significantly with da willis s state indictment, well he likely wants his federal case to go first. at least one of the two grand juries and that da willis has empanel down in fulton county has already started its work as of this week. and either one of those grand juries could be asked to indict trump. but while we are waiting for a potential charging decisions here, it turns out that we should still be keeping our eyes on florida, and not just mar-a-lago. the new york times is reporting tonight that p
has already started its work as of this week. and either one of those grand juries could be asked to indict trump. but while we are waiting for a potential charging decisions here, it turns out that we should still be keeping our eyes on florida, and not just mar-a-lago. the new york times is reporting tonight that prosecutors have asked questions about boxes of documents being moved, not only at mar-a-lago, but also at other trump s own properties in florida, including the trump national doral golf club, which is near miami, and the trump national golf club in jupiter, also in florida. that is according to a person familiar with the matter. that would seem to be some real news here, as far as the special counsel s classified documents investigation is concerned. it means that it might not just be the storage rooms, and the bathrooms and a at mar-a-lago, with all the boxes of wrongfully retained government documents. there might be more stuff squirrels away at doral and you p
some pretty wild posts recently on social media. recentlysocial mone of them wast the cocaine found the white house was at belonged to eithern the president or his son. are you willing to sayt or that that s not the case, that they don t belong to them? i don t have a response to that because we have to be carefuolec about the hatch act and the hatch act. they still don he hatcht know what that is. the level of security and surveillance presente leve n the white house begs the question of why they haven t locateduestion. su. is biden stonewall stonewalling yet another investigation? m to the bidens never seem to get to the bottom of anythin g. . and with a growing number of serious corruption, corruption d growinallegations, maybe it se they don t want to get to the dettom of it the bot. despite a sweetheart plea deal from biden s department of justiced e, the congressional probes into hunter bidenngressis and his family s shady dealings are ramping up evidence, evidence of
widespread doubt and uncertainty, the united states government seems to have assumed a role similar to an orwellian ministry of truth. white house from press secretary karine jean-pierre responded on wednesday. we certainly disagree with this decision. we re going to continue to promote responsible actions to protect public health, safety and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic. our view remains that social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take action or to take account of the effects of their platforms are having to the american people. paul: let s bring in our panel, wall street journal columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and iowaly shah finley. alicia, tell us who sued the government and what they re alleging. louisiana and missouri joined by scientists and conservative activists sued the government for infringing on their free speech rights. they claim that they put pressure and coerced the platforms such as youtubing