chinatown and dc, and even more boxes at the universitys f pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floo rkr where he parks his corvette and which is secured by only a garageor door that. is paper thin and open. most of the timeump also. trump also said he has been summoned to appear at the federal courthouse iurthousn miami, florida, next tuesday. another quot ie i never thought it was possible that such a thing could happen to a former unite president of the ud states. i am an innocent mann innoce, hd this is indeed a dark da sy forf the united states of america. matthew whitaker is the former acting attorney generaorney gelr former president trump. he joins me now with reaction. first first of all, just your in reaction to what the formet jur president just said. this is a dark day for this nation. yeahs, harris, good to be with you. it s a really sad day for our countrd da y. i mean, if you believe ine the rule of law and if you believe in equal justice
to release a portion to the public potentially providing the documents underlying that search warrant. let s go to mark meredith now live on the scene in palm beach, florida. hey, mark. gillian, good afternoon to you. we re kind of in a holding pattern right now. as you mentioned the justice department still has a few days before they have to submit their proposed redactions to the affidavit and separately we re watching as lawyers for the former president say they re going to file a separate motion, claiming the search here at mar-a-lago a little more and a week ago would be a vie lags of the violation of the fourth amendment rates, that would be filed monday at the latest and see what it may actually say. it s pro viewed at this point. we ve been listening as the former president continues to criticize the fbi and saying the search went too far even though it was a federal judge who signed off earlier this month. and we heard from one of trump s lawyers late last night.
Search his maralago estate if trump continued to refuse to hand over classified documents. We begin tonight with the first televised hearing in fani willis criminal case against former President Trump in georgia. Im Jason Johnson in tonight for joy reid. The trial will be televised and is coming very soon. Today, we have a taste of whats to come. Fulton county Superior Court judge scott mcafee said he would allow Kenneth Chesebro to sever his case from Sidney Powell. Chesebro and powell are among the 19 defendants in the georgia racketeering case. They have both asked for speedy trials. Chesebro is accused of being the, quote, architect of the Trump Elector scheme while Sidney Powell is facing a slew of charges that include an effort to improperly access Voting Machines in rural coffee county, georgia. The defendant said their cases were different and they wanted to be tried separately. Prosecutors response, that aint the way this works. So weve heard a lot from both defendants about t
And one that once again will work with the president to get things done for you and your family, then join with us in rejecting this baseless impeachment. Thats whats wonderful about this system of ours. We are a government of, by and for the people. Always remember we work for you, not the other way around. Now i will say this stronger and with more conviction than i have ever said it before. In this time of great trial and tribulation, may god bless america. I yield back. [ applause ] gentleman from california is recognized. House will be in order. Gentleman from california. Madam speaker, i recognize myself for the remainder of our time. Gentleman is recognized. Madam speaker, my colleagues, after eight hours, let us return to where we began with the articles themselves. Article one charges the president of the United States with abusing the power of his office by coerce an ally into cheating in a u. S. Election on his behalf. It charges the president of the United States it charge
field for the nomination ofhous the republican party for the white house against donaldsa trump. senator, it s an awkwardt s ane position to be in.a but the bottom line is you re a republican. this was a republican president. and look at what has happened. your reactio. n? y i where s more importantly, i m an american and let s justan look at what s happening to an american. more than republicans are democrats red or blue, black or white? is this notion that our nation la the greatest nation on eartrh ? because lady justice has a blindfold on thady justit meat republicans are not hunted and democrats are not protected . it means that we look at every single case based on the evidence. and in america, every single y singperson is presumed innoce, not guilty. and what we ve seewhat we n over wee last several years is the weaponization of the department of justice against the former president. you don to bet have to be