right now the texas legislature in texas is in session. the republican-led house and the republican-led senate in texas, they re trying to pass legislation that would make it t significantly harder to vote in texas in a state where it is e already not that easy to vote. the ways they are trying to change the voting laws in texass would disproportionately affect voters of color and poor voters and with disabilities in particular, and so texas democrats have bolted from the state. they left texas entirely tonight in a last-ditch effort to try to stop this bill from becoming law. now, those two planes i mentioned carrying texas democrats, those two planes have just landed at dulles airport just outside washington, d.c. they ve landed just in the last hour.si it is 51 democrats from the texas state house onboard the two planes. we are told at least seven other texas democrats are making their way to d.c. as well separately.e if this sounds at all familiar to do, texas democrats p
special counsel jack smith s team has now charged both with multiple crimes. including conspiracy to obstruct justice. if convicted, they could ve face years-long prison sentences. in the district courthouse in washington, d.c., we will be awaiting for another possible indictment in the investigation into trump s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. and two new developments today. first, according to the washington post, trump s pack to save america spent about $40 million in the first six months of 2023 covering his legal fees in some others in his orbit. also, an internet for one of the mar-a-lago employees named in a superseding indictments alongside former president trump said he had not secured a florida-based lawyer ahead of the first court appearance and miami on monday. later on the show, two stories i need you to stick around to hear. one, a major milestone celebrated by one of the biggest black sororities in the country while a black fraternity is moving its annua
from going to elementary school. we are going to get into it. thank, you as, always the fabulous simone. a great show tonight. and, good evening. welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, trump tangled web. right, now the front runner for the republican presidential nomination in 2024 finds himself ensnared in a picket of legal liabilities. this week special counsel jack smith hit former president donald trump with new federal criminal charges in the classified documents case. alleging trump was part of a scheme to delete security video showing boxes of sensitive government materials being moved around in the mar-a-lago resort. trump, is as expected denying the new charges. meanwhile another federal indictments related to trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 vote could drop at anytime. and there are the state level cases. charges related to falsifying business documents have already been handed down in new york. and an election interference investigation in georgia is ongo
president must appear in court on may the 20th, 2024, in fort pierce, florida, for the start of his first federal criminal trial in the classified documents case. donald trump will be tried on 37 counts with charges ranging from conspiracy to obstruct justice to willful retention of government documents and making false statements. that ruling came from the trump appointed judge aileen cannon, the first has she has faced as to whether or not she will be impartial to the ex president. there were valid concerns that she would be lenient with him, given a past ruling related to this very case. while the special counsel s team wanted a speedy trial to start in december, trump wanted to postpone the entire trial until after the election, postponed indefinitely. imagine his willingness to be tried if he were to become president of the united states again. because trump argued there is no way he could receive a fair trial while running for president. that argument was just part of t
aide move boxes of documents at trump s request this happened for the fbi search, he the t is hot, i want to focus on january 6th. something that became abundantly clear during the committees file a public hearing is that the la-z-boy was to capital get sacked on tv, probably in an actual la-z-boy, he completely advocated his duties as president. listen, we saw we had a commander-in-chief and that. they heard a name was nancy pelosi. i have something to say, mister secretary i am going to call the mayor of washington d.c. right now and see what other departments have said. and also, that we can deliver the good news that you are now going to, instead of blocking the national guard it is still not safe enough for us to go back and they are still trying to penetrate the building. it is not a safe thing because we are trying to figure out how we can get this job done. i worry about you being at the capitol. i am not capital building, i am literally standing in the capitol