classified documents to people in private meetings? the short answer is yes. i watched him show documents to people at mar-a-lago on the dining room patio. he has no respect for classified information, never did. former staff like stephanie grisham say he did it. trump himself is heard on tape bragging about it. now the former cia director is speaking out about the danger trump posed to national security. also, we re learning more able rich billionaires that justice clarence thomas has been palling around with. what he received from them and what he reportedly gave in return. george santos is comparing himself to rosa parks. the republican in charge of oklahoma schools says the tulsa race massacre wasn t about race at all. i wish i were making that up. we begin with a twice indicted ex president who poses a national security risk unlike any this country has ever faced. don t just take it from me. here s a warning from michael hayden, the former director of the cia
getting out. donald j. trump coming out of ah, the car there , the suv going up the steps. and did you know that this was extremely historic. tomorrow remarkable moment in u. s history will unfold the first ever arraignment of a former president in federal court historic and unprecedented. we ve never seen a former president sit in federal court at the defendant s table. soon he will take off for florida and for history. and of course, a day like this would not be complete without disgraced former fbi officials passing judgment on their favorite target. our system is not based on you know, we don t play by organized crime rules. it s not you take out one of my guys. i take out one of your guys, that s all equal. i think what we know about donald trump is his approach to businesses approach to politics as a person person in a personal relations. it is a constant pursuit of advantage might guess and it s speculation is that he saw in this material information that might be usef
a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, that s what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever heard from the special counsel notably he praised the fbi and the prosecutors on his team. rachel pointed out they have already come under vicious attack by the indicted ex-president. he encouraged all of us to read the indictment itself, an endeavor we re taking seriously. it s known as a speaking indictment, meaning it is straight forward and, frankly, gripping and dramatic. it lays out the alleged crimes trump faces. 31 counts have to do with the espionage act. we re going to unpack all of them.
near. you believe there s enough evidence? they won t indict if there s enough evidence. former attorney general bill barr reiterating his belief that the former president is likely to be indicted for refusing to return classified materials. the latest developments connected to the mar-a-lago documents. this comes as a key witness in multiple investigations into donald trump, finally gives testimony to a grand jury. meanwhile, chris christie officially jumps into the 2024 race for the republican nomination, we ll on show you his pitch to voters and what he had to say about his past support for donald trump. also ahead, a republican revolt in the house, we ll explain why a group of far-right lawmakers intentionally tanked a couple of gop-led bills. and we have the latest on two major stories tied to the war in ukraine, the flooding caused by a destroyed dam and what we re learning about last week s drone attacks in moscow. plus, a merger that has stunned the sports w
Manager, jim messina and former rnc spokesperson tim miller. Plus, our friend Andrew Weissmann joins me to dig into what the former president could do with the Justice Department if he wins back the white house. Also today, a oneonone conversation with the u. S. Surgeon general. Doctor vivek murthy thieves here to discuss loneliness, social media, and Mental Health around the holidays. And later, the Exit Interview. Congresswoman anna eshoo as she was leaving congress after more than three decades. I will ask her what she learned and what concerns are most about what comes next. So it is the Holiday Season, the time for reflection, the chance to take stock of the year that is coming to a close, into really put this moment into perspective, and one of the things im thinking about right now, roughly ten months out from what might be the most consequential election of our lifetime is how every poll, and even every election, is really a reflection of a moment in time. Let me explain what i