president is about to address the joints meeting of congress. and in texas nbc news has obtained documents revealing what the homeland security department is calling inhumane treatment of migrants by texas troopers. one email includes how officers were told to push small children and babies back into the river. overseas we re learning more about the u.s. soldier detained in north korea. u.s. officials say that he willingly bolted across the border. and we begin with new developments in the investigations surrounding former president trump. two attorneys with direct knowledge of the target letter sent to trump on sunday tell nbc news that three federal statutes were mentioned in that document. deprivation of rights under color of law, conspiracy to tee fraud the u.s., and tampering with a witness. this comes as the former president continues to lash out after receiving that letter. only way that he can get elected is to weaponize the justice department which he s got a
who as a trump administration official, anonymously revealed the danger of trump s abuses of power is back with a new book and a new warning about the next trump. he joins me tonight. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with the walls of justice closing in on a twice-impeached, twice-indicted, liable for sexual abuse former president. ours. two and a half years after spearheading a month s long effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, one that ended in a violent insurrection at the united states capitol, donald trump is now almost certain to face criminal repercussions for his actions on and leading up to the january 6th, 2021. and new details suggest that this potential third indictment could be the most damning case against trump yet. nbc news has learned that the target letter trump received sunday night from special counsel jack smith, mentions three federal statutes. three. conspiracy to defraud the united states. tampering with a witness. and
terms of the 2020 january 6th investigation. we ll bring you the latest on that matter. meanwhile, the big lie has real life consequences for trump supporters in michigan. with those part of the fake elector scheme now facing charges. and we ll bring you the very latest from north korea where an american soldier is being detained after crossing over the line into that remote nation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. despite already facing charges in new york and florida, donald trump s legal problems could soon get much, much worse. two sources confirm to nbc news that the former president received a letter from special counsel jack smith this week informing him that he is the target of a federal investigation into efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election. this story breaking during morning joe yesterday. those efforts, the government charges, inclu
legal battle. today, trump said he received a letter from smith informing him that he is the target of another grand jury investigation, the one on interference in the aftermath of the 2020 election. two sources confirmed to nbc news that trump did get that letter from smith. trump says that the letter gives him until thursday to report to the grand jury. spokesperson for the special counsel s office declined to comment. people who received target letters, this is important to note, often are indicted, and it is not always the case. this news comes on the very same day as a major hearing in the classified documents case. today, jack smith s team squared off aggressively with trump s attorneys over timing and logistics. we will have more on that in a moment. but earlier tonight, trump talked about the target letter at a fox news town hall. i got the letter on sunday night, think of it. i don t think they ve ever sent a letter on sunday night. and they are in a rush because t
now charged in a fake electors scheme in that state. what that means for them and the wider probe. and later, what we re learning about the american soldier detained in north korea including an account that he ran over the border at, quote, full gas. thanks for joining us. i m anna cabrera reporting from new york. and we begin with a deluge of news about the special counsel election interference investigation as donald trump is told that he is a target of that probe. this morning we re learning that trump has reached out to leading congressional republicans to strategize. here with us now, vaughn hillyard and lisa rubin and also jane trimm and also a committee spokesperson. and also barbara mcquaid. and so vaughn first talk to us about what trump is saying. what do we know about these conversations that he is having with republicans on capitol hill as well as these events he s had since the announcement of the target letter? he made multiple stops in iowa yesterday incl