use an aed. they save lives. the response to damar s injury was able to bring our nation together for a moment. let s remember that feeling of unity, and he was at to make sure that we can save the next life to. so genuine heroes taking us off the area tonight, and i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow! tomorr ow tonight on all in. does the president really think that he lost? a lot of times he will tell me that they lost, but he wants to keep fighting it. what did the president know and when did he acknowledge it? and he was looking at the tv and he said, can you believe that i lost to this guy? bombshell reporting from the new york times, prosecutors asking witnesses whether trump acknowledged his laws in order to gauge and what we know about jared kushner s grand jury appearance, and as prosecutors bear down on the republican front runner,
investigations into the current president s family. ted lieu, democrat of california, set to orient facts as they exist on earth one. watch. let me ask you a series of basic questions to get facts out to the american people about our system of justice. trump adviser roger stone was convicted in a federal court, correct? that s my recollection. trump donor elliott brady was convicted in a federal court. correct? also my recollection. the attorney general at the time for those two convictions was bill barr, which president nominated bill barr for attorney general? president trump. you were the fbi director for all of those cases at the time. which president nominated you? president trump. okay. what these facts show is we don t have a two-tiered system of justice. we have one department of justice that goes after criminals regardless of party idealogy. all of these folks were convicted under the administrations of three separate republican attorneys general. i
we re keeping them honest. also, senator tommy tuberville on cnn said white nationalist to me is an american. now he is doing damage control, while still blocking promotions of military officers in a battle over abortion. and live reporting tonight from new england, where some of the worst flooding there in decade series still far from over. good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight we know what has long been suspected. the former president is trying to run out the clock in the documents case, and it s not just us saying it. he and his legal team did. a court filing, which arrived before midnight last night spells it out. in it, attorneys for the former president and his co-defendant walt nauta ask judge aileen cannon to not only set aside her august trial date, but to also, and i quote, postpone any consideration of a new trial date. so delay the trial and delay deciding when to visit. special counsel jack smith wants a december trial, which our legal analysts agree i
the fbi director on defense. the lead starts right now. are you protecting the bidens? absolutely not. the fbi does not hold on. you won t answer the question. the fbi, christopher wray on the hill questioned by some of his harshest republican critic. calling for a culture shift at the fbi. and more promises for ukraine but president zelenskyy is not getting the thing he really wanted, entry into nato. why not? plus, taxpayer beware. it s not just uncle sam getting your data, the report out today on who else can see your most sensitive tax information. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with that explosive battle on capitol hill. republicans released a tsunami of accusations and attacks against the fbi and its trump-appointed director christopher wray accusing wray of weaponizing the bureau against conservatives, lambasting the bureau s participation in last year s search of trump s florida home. american speech is censored, parents are call t
another official who prosecutors in the special counsel s election probe have spoken to, details and what it could suggest. republican lawmakers grill the republican appointed registered republican fbi director, is there evidence for their allegations? i will ask the republican former us attorney who recommended them for the job, chris christie joins us. later, ray epis, january 6th protester in hiding after right wing media painted him as a plant. the lawsuit they just filed against fox news. good evening, the breaking news, new word another top state election official has spoken with prosecutors in connection with the former president s efforts to overturn the eleck. she is joselyn benson, michigan secretary of state, she joins her georgia counterpart, brad raffensperger, former arizona republican lawmakerer rusty bowers and two republican officials in talking to jack smith s team. what have you learned about secretary of state benson s interview with jack smith? well