of the special counsel jack smith ongoing investigation into trump s mishandling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin, who served on the january 6th committee. but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you probably have seen a picture of trump s florida resort, once the winter getaway of areas mar-a-lago it is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land, it has more than 50 bedrooms, and it has all the hallmarks of luxury. all the fancy stuff. italian stone, spanish tiles, a lot of marble, gold plated fixtures, expensive rugs, it also has a golf course and ballroom. a boutique, and not one, but two swimming pools. here they are. one is by the beach, in front, the other sits right in the middle of basically everything. now, i point these pulls out to you not just because pool envy is a real thing, especially in the summer month
this all sounds, i know for people watching other parts of the country might be a little like, you guys are really obsessed with this. fair, but it really feels bad out there today. it also gives some context what california and the pacific northwest of a living through. so, at least they have, like, i don t know, it s nicer there generally? maybe once the smoke clears anyway. what a day. thank you, my friend. thanks to at-home for joining us this evening. tonight, we have new reporting which confirms something that, up to this point, we had only suspected. former president, donald trump, is officially a target of the criminal investigation into the alleged mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. that news was first reported today by the guardian, citing two people who were briefed on the matter. multiple outlets are now reporting that federal prosecutors notified trump in the letter that he is the target. nbc news has not independently verified those reports
has the answer to a horrible question, which is what do you do if you are a member of the u.s. senate in washington, and your kids are suddenly in lockdown at their schools in atlanta? that actually happened to him. he s going to tell that story during this hour. it is a horrifying scenario to be a part of, and we are glad that no harm came to those children. i can t wait to hear him recanted for you, lawrence. thanks, alex. have a good show. how many white house chief of staff have to go to prison to convince future white house chief of staff that they are not above the law? you would think that the answer is one, and that happens to be exactly the number of white house chief of staff to have come to prison for committing crimes in the white house. and no white house chief of staff sits them has ever been the focus of a criminal investigation again, until now. until donald trump s last white house chief of staff mark meadows, who has already done more damaged to dona
lockdown at their schools in atlanta? that actually happened to him. he s going to tell that story during this hour. it is a horrifying scenario to be a part of, and we are glad that no harm came to those children. i can t wait to hear him recanted for you, lawrence. thanks, alex. have a good show. how many white house chief of staff have to go to prison to convince future white house chief of staff that they are not above the law? you would think that the answer is one, and that happens to be exactly the number of white house chief of staff to have come to prison for committing crimes in the white house. and no white house chief of staff sits them has ever been the focus of a criminal investigation again, until now. until donald trump s last white house chief of staff mark meadows, who has already done more damaged to donald trump than anyone who worked for him in the white house by handing over his text messages and other electronic communications to the january six
possibility. right? somehow, by hook or by crook. good talker. thanks, chris. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. we start tonight with significant breaking news, the new york times is confirming that mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel s jack smith ongoing investigations into trump s mishandling of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin, who served on the january 6th committee. but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you probably have seen a picture of trump s florida resort, once the winter getaway of areas mar-a-lago it is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land, it has more than 50 bedrooms, and it has all the hallmarks of luxury. all the fancy stuff. italian stone, spanish tiles, a lot of marble, gold plated fixtures, exp