republicans? plus, the latest on the special master investigating trump s stash of secret documents. and cambers on why this moment is one of the most difficult in the history of america. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. over the weekend, donald trump held a czar rally in ohio. it was in support of the republican senate candidate there, j.d. vance. trump has given hundreds of rallies, but this one was a bit different. you might have already seen this footage already. take a listen. families, hardworking, patriot, like, you built this country. and it is hardworking patriots like you who are going to save our country. we will stand up to the radical left lunatic s and rhinos, and we will fight for america like no one has ever fought before. hybrid of a salute, ultra call, kind of. obviously, the video is creepy, we are, unnerving. it is worth taking some time to explain why, though. right before our eyes, the de facto leade
again. i m stephanie ruhle, and we start this evening with breaking news that says donald trump was warned late last year he could face serious legal trouble if he did not return white house records taken to mar-a-lago. the new york times reports that warning came from one time white house lawyer eric herschmann. you probably remember herschmann s very colorful testimony to the january 6th committee. he talked about his efforts to try to stop attempts to keep trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. the times reports herschmann, quote, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue under the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. we are learning all of this just as the former guy s lawyers are heading into a new round of high stakes court battles. they have until noon, tomorrow, to file their response to the doj s appeal of the judges decision to temporarily block investig
republicans? plus, the latest on the special master investigating trump s stash of secret documents. and cambers on why this moment is one of the most difficult in the history of america. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. over the weekend, donald trump held a czar rally in youngstown, ohio. it was in support of the republican senate candidate there, j. d. vance. trump has given hundreds of rallies, but this one was a bit different. you might have already seen this footage already. take a listen. families, hardworking, patriot, like, you built this country. and it is hardworking patriots like you who are going to save our country. we will stand up to the radical left lunatic s and rhinos, and we will fight for america like no one has ever fought before. hybrid of a salute, ultra call, kind of. obviously, the video is creepy, we are, unnerving. it is worth taking some time to explain why, though. right before our eyes, the d
dangerous cult as evidenced by his creepy rally for jd vance this weekend. as the new special master gets to work, why does trump seem so confident that his preposterous claims of executive privilege will hold up? plus, why ron desantis may have gravely miscalculated the politics of using migrant men, women, and children as political pawns. we begin tonight with qanon. the conspiracy driven cult born in 2016 on the idea that there is a kabul of pedophiles including prominent democrats and media elites running the world, drinking the blood of babies. and only donald trump can stop them. they also believe that jfk jr. is leading their resistance movement against the baby eating hordes. despite the fact he s been dead for more than 20 years. that bonker idea, which used to be relegated to the darkest corners of the internet, has now become mainstream in today s republican party. they even got some congress members in the faith. that was evidence this weekend at a rally in yo