of the committees bigger fish, mark meadows, a former congressman himself and of course trump s former chief of staff has decided to skip out on his deposition tomorrow. that reverses a deal he made with the committee today meadows explained why he just can t cooperate. the committee was fully intending to continue to press forward asking about executive privilege items, things that are protected by that. in addition we found that in spite of our cooperation and sharing documents with them, they had issued unbeknownst to us and without even a courtesy call, issued a subpoena to third-party carrier trying to get information. so at this point we feel like it s best that we discontinue to honor the executive privilege. it looks like the courts will have to weigh in on this. indeed, the committee tells nbc news that has requested phone records as part of its inquiry, and that they only saw information on the dates and times of communications. nevertheless committee chairman b
donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 inspires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m simone in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, this brand-new reporting that special counsel, jack smith, is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes just hours after the justice department scored a critical win in its prosecution of the january 6th attack. today, for members of the proud boys, including the group s leader enrique tarrio were convicted of seditious
financial payments made out not to clarence, but to ginni thomas, the wife of the supreme court justice, who is already under fire today. we are going to get to all of it tonight. but first, before all that, there is this. do you remember, during the peak of the pandemic, when people would banged pots and pans outside their windows and clap and cheer for essential workers every night at 7 pm? well, this is kind of like that, but only for mogadore hards. since august, almost nightly, trump supporters have met outside the d. c. jail, and at about 9 pm, the january six defendants, inside the jail they flicker their lights on and off. and that s because they are signaling it s time for everyone, inside and outside, to seeing the star-spangled banner. the washington post reports that they do that on most nights. former president trump even recorded and released a rendition of the national anthem using these guys as, like, a backup choir. he then proceeded to play
Independent creation without worrying that every step but, it appears nothing standing in the way of sheeran s new music with an album drop, tonight. emily quetta, nbc news, new york. and on that note, i wish you a good night, i m symone sanders townsend, in for stephanie roles, who will be back here tomorrow. and, remember, you could catch my show every weekend at 4 pm eastern, right here on msnbc. and new original episodes on monday on peacock. and, from all of our colleagues across the network of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. goodnight. goodnight. there has been a flood of news, this evening, of major new developments related to the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, and there is brand-new reporting regarding
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