As this, the most secure election in the history of this country by chris krebs, lifelong republican charged with securing the vote. The Washington Post reporting over the weekend only 27 republicans have acknowledged the fact of the Election Result, indisputed fact. Post writes that the results of the survey demonstrate the fear most republicans have of the outgoing president and his grip on the party, despite his new status as just the third elected president to lose reelection in the past 80 years. More than 70 of republican lawmakers did not acknowledge the post questions as of friday evening. Thats about 220 republicans in all. The 220 elected officials will have blood on their hands if any harm comes to the local and statewide Office Holders now receiving Death Threats from Trump Supporters who believe Donald Trumps lies. Two of the gop officials under the most brutal assault by trump and his voters, georgia Secretary Of State, brad raffensperger, and Georgia Election official Ga
Its saturday august 12th, youre watching velshi. Im Charles Coleman Junior Filling in for my friend ali velshi. We begin this hour with the latest developments in the fastmoving case of the United States versus donald j trump. There are major developments in the Government Election interference case against the former president. Federal judge Tanya Chutkan granted the Special Counsel Team Request for protective order just yesterday. The protective order seek salute what trump can and cannot disclose about the case, and the trove of evidence that prosecutors are set to turn over to the defense during discovery. Now the government requested a protective order that covered all of the discovery materials. But the judges ruling did not go that far. It does stop trump from publicly sharing quote, material that the government doesnt, designates has sensitive. And quote. This would include things like personal information of possible witnesses, recordings, and transcripts of testimony. The def
with new details about donald trump s alleged mishandling of classified documents. this time, during his time as president. nbc news has no exclusively obtained a copy of ex homeland security aide miles taylor s upcoming book, in which he accounts 2018 meeting with the national security advisor john bolton. during that meeting, then white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders and heard bolton s office, told him that trump just shared classified information to reporters, while discussing the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. sanders told bolton that the president had picked up documents relating to intelligence on khashoggi s death, and displayed the. them, taylor writes, but the reporters were unlikely to have been able to read the text. according to the book, bolton yeah gasped at first, but breathe a sigh of relief when sanders told him that there have been no cameras in the room. but as taylor writes, quote, we were all disturbed by the laps lapse in protocol
scott are expected next week, and our panel is going to tell us what to look out for on the political horizon. and with the migrant crisis straining cities, we re going to tell you about a big story in the headlines this week that one of the men involved now calls a scam. the head of the veterans organization accused of rounding up homeless men and telling them to claim that they were veterans being displaced from their hotel lodgings to make room for migrants. she denies it. tonight we have the facts. and the new york mayor is calling for an investigation. and ai feels like a run away train headed our way. tonight we re going to talk to a former google executive who worked in ai and tech for decades. his warnings ahead. but first, a segment we call on the lookout. the storys that we see on the horizon. first, the 2024 gop primary is heating up. south carolina senator tim scott filing papers today with the ftc to run for president. he s expected to make a formal annou
do you still have any classified documents in your possession? no, i don t. i don t have anything. i have no classified documents. and by the way, they become automatically declassified when i took them. a source close to trump s legal team says the former president may go to court to prevent the presidential records from being handed over, . he whether only have about a week before the national archives says they re giving if records to the special counsel. paula reed joins us right now. what does this letter mean, this letter from the national archives mean for the criminal investigation into trump s handling of classified documents? we know the special counsel is looking at several potential crimes, including the pos mishandling of classified records. this will answer the question whether the former president knowingly removed classified documents without authorization. because according to this letter obtained by our colleague, the archives says that these 16 reco