january six committee. and i just think it s a risk. because what if he loses? what is he supposed to say? the supreme court are bunch of traders? these are the people he appointed. of course, [laughs] , of course that s exactly what you do. john, listen, tara really just said how i feel. is it because it s such a small carve out here, right? is it our he and his attorneys pointing to this one little thing that they could win, so they at least can say that they have a win, even though it is it seems incremental, or, you know, it does not really matter that much? you get my point? i do, i do. and while it is not always clear what trump is doing, it s always clear he s looking for delay. this will certainly assure some delay in. how long, it s unpredictable. clarence thomas the circuit who it s his circuit, as a member the supreme court to take jurisdiction over. he took the case right and. he could ve sat on it, done nothing. but he apparently thinks it is not a big
more than 100 classified documents found in the search of mar-a-lago, which would also mean trump s legal team could see them. which sounds like a page right out of the trump playbook. and you know what that page is, it s delay, delay, delay. that s really all this is. you want to put things into perspective? it s just delay, push it further down the road. and then also, you know, sent a fund raising letters to help so that he could raise money off of all of this. that s just, that s what s happening. and he s hoping that the court will take beside. a conservative majority court courtesy of, of course, the former president himself. a fact is probably top of mind down in mar-a-lago. but you ve got to wonder whether the supreme court, which has ruled against him in earlier cases, actually want anything to do with this. they might not want to touch it with a ten foot pole, amidst the outrage over what a lot of americans see as the politicization of the highest court in the land,
supreme court has ruled against him so many times when it comes to disclosing his public information, including to january six committee. and i just think it s a risk. because what if he loses? what is he supposed to say? the supreme court are bunch of traders? these are the people he appointed. of course, [laughs] , of course that s exactly what you do. john, listen, tara really just said how i feel. is it because it s such a small carve out here, right? is it our he and his attorneys pointing to this one little thing that they could win, so they at least can say that they have a win, even though it is it seems incremental, or, you know, it does not really matter that much? you get my point? i do, i do. and while it is not always clear what trump is doing, it s always clear he s looking for delay. this will certainly assure some delay in. how long, it s unpredictable. clarence thomas the circuit who it s his circuit, as a member the supreme court to take jurisdicti
alleged nazi sympathizer who became an alleged marga murder for january six. plus, one of trump s fake electors caught on tape as she escorts data breaches into a county office in georgia. and how invalidating 2020 became a litmus test in wisconsin. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. it has been about 32 hours since a trump appointed federal district judge issued this astonishing ruling, essentially siding with donald trump s lawyers, giving the ex president knew the everything he wanted and more in the case of his clearly on lawful and possibly criminal retention of classified documents that are not his. now, we will get to the details of the ruling itself, but first, it is notable that this decision has come under unbelievable, overwhelming and near universal criticism. law professor of duke university telling new york times, quote, this ruling is laughably bat and the justification is even flimsier. paul rosen by a former george w. bush
and how invalidating 2020 became a rhino litmus test in wisconsin. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. it has been about 32 hours since a trump appointed federal district judge issued this astonishing ruling, essentially siding with donald trump s lawyers, giving the ex president nearly everything he wanted and more in the case of his clearly on lawful and possibly criminal retention of classified documents that are not his. now, we will get to the details of the ruling itself, but first, it is notable that this decision has come under unbelievable, overwhelming and near universal criticism. law professor of duke university telling new york times, quote, this ruling is laughably bat and the justification is even flimsier. paul rosen by a former george w. bush official cause the ruling, quote, a generally unprecedented decision by a judge. andrew weissmann, formerly prosecutor and law investigation, who i speak to at this table in a moment, w