noticeably been trying to find a defense in the latter case, in the times they ve offered contradictory excuses to explain why it was the trump illegally retained government records, and seemingly obstructed federal authorities from retrieving this record for many months. if convicted in that case alone, it could produce a years-long prison sentence, and that is just one example of the legal peril the former president faces right now. and the classified documents investigation is in its early days. according to an abc news report this week, the special counsel s team recently informed a trump organization employee but they are a target in their investigation, which means that more indictments could be camille and the documents case. while trump cannot simply wish that away, there is one thing he can do to possibly evade accountability and even shut down the cases against him. all he has to do is become president again. and a new legal filing from trump s team this week signal
the legislation is a culture war battle plan, including limits to abortion access and strange under care and eliminating old diversity, equity and inclusion offices at the pentagon. and when it comes to the culture wars, some folks just cannot help saying the quiet part out loud. and it has nothing to do with whether not colored people or black people or anybody can serve, okay? it has nothing to do with mister speaker. any of that stuff. what in the bowl, connor? arizona congressman eli crane s descriptor was stricken from the congressional record and he did ask for his remark to be amended to people of color, climbing in a later statement that he quote misspoke. but his comments came at the tail end of an impassioned speech detailing how diversity efforts weekend the military. the house and the eight will be dead on arrival and aligns in the senate, where democrats hold the majority. that means whatever comes out of the senate will have to be hashed out in a confe
Guessed it, james comey. Plus the Debt Ceiling Hostage Situation was not a lesson brought about a partnership as many have suggested. Ill tell you what my takeaway was. Also today, the supposedly Pro Business Anti Cancel Culture Right Wing is acting pretty anti business and pro cancel culture lately. Ill explain that in just a few minutes. And later a trip to pennsylvania for an afternoon with one of the countrys most. High profile political spaces, Gisele Fetterman. We talk about her childhood as an undocumented immigrant, her husbands battle with depression, in the spaces who created help families in her community. Watch donald trump at the campaign trail this week was to watch somebody doing his best to make it all seem like he was just a typical front runner for the nomination. Nothing to see here traveling through iowa and shaking hands and giving speeches. On the one hand he is still leading the field by a very wide margin but on the other hand he is already a criminal defendant
he s also asking the georgia supreme court to shut down district tierney fani willis s investigation into whether trump and its allies tried to overturn the 2020 election. in a filing yesterday in that case trump s legal team writes that allowing the georgia investigation to continue with cause, quote, reputational harm to the petitioner as he seeks his party s nomination for the presidency of the united states via a flagrant disregard for in violation of, his fundamental constitutional rights. and i spoke last night with congressman, jamie raskin, and about these increasingly desperate looking moose on the part of the trump team. listen to what he told me. you can t prosecute him when he is president, because he s president. you can t prosecute him after he sees president, because he is running for president. you can t impeach and convict him, they argued. you can t use the impeachment process because, really, he should be tried, they say. use the criminal statutes. but you
the. i am ari melber. i will be joining you now for the next two hours of a special holiday edition of the bee tonight on this friday december 29th. donald trump s criminal trial several looming in 24. that s where we begin tonight, and we ll do it a little different tonight here for the holidays. i have former federal prosecutor joyce vance, already with me to start the show. we are looking at this legal heat coming up. i want to get into this with the, joyce, but first show you and every something we put together to consider the historic indictments on the road that donald trump has already been on. donald trump has been indicted under seal of the new york grand jury. 34 felony counts of falsified business records. we have one set of laws in the country that we apply to everyone. this will now be months if not the next year of our lives. the former president was placed under arrest on charges brought by the government he once led. the guy running for president