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
they were trying to do that even before you were sworn in. well, with milley, let me see that. i ll show you an example. he said that i wanted to attack iran. isn t it amazing? i have a big pile of papers. this thing just came up, look, this was him. they presented me this. this is off the record. but they presented me this. this was him. this was a defense department and him. we look at some. this was him. this wasn t done by me. this was him. all sorts of stuff pages long, look wait a minute, let s see here. oh, my gosh. yeah [laughter] isn t that amazing. this totally wins my case, you know? except it is like highly confidential, secret secret information. look at this, you attack hillary would print that out all the time, you know. no, she would send it to anthony weiner [laughter] the pervert. by the way, isn t that incredible? i was just thinking because we were talking about it. and you know, he said he wanted to attack iran and what these a
and what it means for the war in ukraine. then, despite the mounting legal troubles, the twice and i did former president is still the republican front runner. why some democrats are sounding the alarm. as that 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, for the first time, we are hearing donald trump on day in 2021, discussing a secret document about attacking iran that he did not declassify. as we reported, the conversation is a key part of special counsel jack smith s case against donald trump, and it is referenced in the indictment against him. cnn obtained and played the recording earlier this evening. these are bad, sick people. that was your coup, you know, against you well, it started right at the when hillary, miller is talking about, you are trying to do a coup. they were trying to do that even before you were sworn in. well, with milley, let me see that. i ll show you an example. he sai
hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicole wallace. special counsel jack smith is a prosecutor that stays out of the spotlight. he prefers to speak through his fiings. that s why his laltest brief in the federal election case merits our attention. over the weekend, the justice department responded to trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. what he did was within the scope of his duties as president of the united states. it s an argument that trump was taking to the courts in order to get the whole election case dismissed. the special counsel is speaking to the court. let s be honest. he s also speaking to any of us who care about the health of our democracy. prosecutors acknowledge the fact we re dealing with an unprecedented situation. for the first time in our nation s history, a grand jury charged a former president of committing crimes while in office to overturn an election he lost. in response the defendant claims to protect the institution of th
an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the army s rules of engagement. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths broke his heart but that military pressure is still necessary. mr netanyahu has said his country is in a war for its existence which it would continue, despite what he called the heavy price paid by israel. our correspondent hugo bachega reports on the fallout in israel to the hostage deaths and growing pressure to rescue the others still held in gaza. for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza, it s an agonising wait made worse by a tragic mistake. the israeli military has given new details of how three israeli captives were shot dead by its own soldiers. yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka emerged shirtless from a building, carrying a makeshift white flag. one of the soldiers misidentified them as a threat and opened fire. two were killed instantly. a third, injured, returned to the building and was la