menendez. as we begin this hour, action in the face of distraction. the bluster and bombast of donald trump s new reporting shows jack smith is relying on the facts, not the fury. also this hour, departed to pardon trump or not. a new witness tests in the republican quest for the nomination. we ve pardoned a president before, but doing so again presents a further danger to democracy. we are going to ask historian, michael beschloss. and my sit down with actress eva longoria, making her flamin hot directorial debut. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump and his allies, trying to deflect attention away from his decision to keep government secrets after his presidency. we ve heard these excuses before. trump is relying on the same old script, distract with baseless claims of a witch hunt, to stopped stop his political witch hunt. on his knockoff version of twitter, calling special counsel jack smith, quote deranged, saying the indictment is fake.
enough is enough. trump s former national security adviser, john bolton is among those speaking out, and he is coming up first. plus, if trump hasn t enemies list, congressman adam schiff is probably on it. so what does he think about trump s promises this week to weaponize the doj against his opponents if he is reelected? i will ask him when he joins me in just a few minutes. also today, we hearing a lot of complaints for the former president s defenders about a two tiered justice system, and they are right, just not in the way they think. and later, a trip to maryland for a conversation with one of the governor democratic party sees rising, sars governor westmore. i get assaulted republican candidates running for president, his work to fight crime in gun violence, and his own political future. well, donald trump once again made history this week for all the wrong reasons. on tuesday, he became the first former president to ever be arraigned on federal charges. in a truly su
anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. debunking donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. they have reached some insane levels. we re gonna help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new reporting on clarence thomas s problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonight, we begin with a new move from the justice department and it s classified documents case against donald trump. in a motion filed late yesterday, special counsel jack smith requested a protective order that would bore trump and his legal team from publicly discussing sensitive material obtained during the trial s discovery pr
donald trump. barbara mcquade interpret reuben are going to join me to explore the reasons for this trump addiction and how it is warming our democratic institutions. then buckle up, new indications that the probe into trump s efforts to overturn the georgia election result is expanding. and a smear campaign falls apart in realtime. the republican party s efforts to paint president biden as corrupt are facing new skepticism, guess from who, republicans. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started et s donald trump s second indictment has reinforced republican devotion to the twice impeached and now twice indicted ex president. because that s what always happens when trump find himself in trouble. the opposite of what would happen for a normal politician little britain or mull person. just like the access hollywood tape, the first impeachment, the january 6th insurrection. the second impeachment and the earlier indictment trump s second indictment all were bound to bring the gop e
his own special prosecutor to, quote, go after the president. he s got a scorched earth political strategy. do his lawyers have a legal strategy equal to special prosecutor jack smith s case. shoved out of the headlines by trump s indictment and impending trial, so how do they regain the political spotlight? the commuting nightmare for those in and around philadelphia, forced to find a new way to work after part of a major interstate collapses. the effort to fix it as officials say it could be out of commission for months. we begin with those new details about how former president donald trump plans to fight 37 first-of-their-kind criminal charges both in court and in public. he s flying to south florida at this hour for tomorrow s arraignment. where we ll see the case begin to play out in realtime. first, with that arraignment in miami, followed just a few hours later by trump s first major fund-raiser of the 2024 campaign. the public response has been typical trump, s