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
did you hear that? seacrest is on speed dial. he sure wise. congrats to pat sajak and such an impressive run. and way to go ryan, on your new gig. on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. of tomorrow we have some breaking news tonight from the new york times this evening, some reporting that makes a recently unearthed trump recording even more incredible. if you ve not yet heard it, nbc news has independently obtained the audio of former president trump and his bedminster unit new jersey golf club, essentially admitting to a crime. here is trump in july of 2021 telling a group of people that he still has classified information after leaving the white house, and then proceeding to destroy his own defense. he explicitly says on audiotape that he could have declassified this when he was president, but he did not. take a listen. isn t that amazin
this evening. alex wagner tonight starts right tonight with my good, friend alex wagner. ts righ thank you, chris, and thk you as always for joining us this hour. we have some breaking news tonight from the new york times this evening, some reporting that makes a recently unearthed trump recording even more incredible. if you ve not yet heard it, nbc news has independently obtained the audio of former president trump and his bedminster unit new jersey golf club, essentially admitting to a crime. here is trump in july of 2021 telling a group of people that he still has classified information after leaving the white house, and then proceeding to destroy his own defense. he explicitly says on audiotape that he could have declassified this when he was president, but he did not. take a listen. isn t that amazing? this totally wins my case. except it is highly confidential this was done by the military and given to me. i think that we can probably do that, yes? we ll have to