hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. there s brand new reporting that drives home the fact that donald trump is his own worst enemy when it comes to his many, many, many legal problems and when it comes to the indictment and the classified documents investigation turning him from a disgraced twice impeached once indicted ex-president. in that case he has no one to blame but himself. the washington post reports late last year team trump hit a fork in a road, a point in which trump could have chosen an option that very well may have avoided an indictment in the documents case. from that new reporting, quote, one of trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. the attorney, chris kise, wanted to quietly approach justice to see if he could negotiate a settlement that could preclude charges hoping the department would want an exit ramp to avoid prosecuting a former pre
friday and chris christie is said to be on the verge. this is in addition to already declared challengers nikki haley, asa hutchinson, and viv ecoramaswami. he will decide before june. meanwhile, names being floated for a so-called unity ticket, the idea from the bipartisan group no labels, include democratic senator joe manchin, independent senator kyrsten sinema, and republican larry rolling hogan, the former maryland governor. trump s biggest obstacle still seems to be his own legal entanglements. among them his recent self-incriminating remarks on cnn regarding jack smith s case about the withheld mar-a-lago documents and the investigation into interference in the 2020 election by fulton county, georgia, d.a. fondy willis who signaled a decision from her could be coming in early august. so into this fray finally steps ron desantis. joining me to discuss is gary fineout. he writes for florida playbook for politico. previously worked in the associated press. nice to s
thanks for being with us today. nicole s back tomorrow. the beat ari melber starts right now. but not until i set eyes on him. ari, are you there? i m here. thanks for anchoring last night, and i think we all thank you for all the coverage from ukraine. we appreciate it, sir. my pleasure, sir. you have a great show. absolutely. stay safe. welcome to the beat. we have breaking news about recommended indictments in the georgia trump probe. breaking news tonight out of the criminal trump probe in georgia, and it sounds big. i m going to walk it through with you. the grand jury is recommending multiple indictments, and that news tonight is from an on-the-record source. we hear a lot about leaks and sources of anonymous people and the two-source rule. what is breaking news right now is on the record. the head of that georgia grand jury speaking out for the first time, which feeds questions and speculation tonight about who exactly is now being potentially recommended for