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
they refer to them as an extremely very, i think the exact words were very prolonged enforcement official organization, and pro trump almost as if they are walking hand in hand like like-minded friends of each other. and also, the naivete comes through with the seaming acceptance of exactly the line you quoted, alex, which is, they are not here, emphasize not here, to express a political opinion or to protest, just to protect supporters of mr. trump. well, that certainly was not their role in washington d.c. on january 6th. and it does not seem to have been their role in previous rallies in washington to, quote unquote, stop the steal. other pro trump efforts to sort of cling to power after he had lost the election yeah. i was stunned by the idea that a secret service agent would
they are not here, emphasize not here, to express a political opinion or to protest, just to protect supporters of mr. trump. well, that certainly was not their role in washington d. c. on january 6th. and it does not seem to have been their role in previous rallies in washington to, quote unquote, stop the steal. other pro trump efforts to sort of cling to power after he had lost the election yeah. i was stunned by the idea that a secret service agent would call himself on unofficial inching toward official liaison with the oath keepers. the secret service has waved away the correspondence between the oath keepers and its own agents and just kind of routine contact. but on the outside, it s hard to imagine that having this same relationship, the same unofficial liaison relationship with, i don t know, antifa that the sort of coziness between these organizations, i
we have seen that before in pass cases. that is a very clear area of concern for intelligence officials and has been for a long time. i think way so complex but also simple about this case is that involves a former president which is not something we have seen before. all right, devlin barrett, phenomenal reporting, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. thank you. still ahead, it turns out republicans warned of elections get unison george overrate, sore of. new surveillance video shows like between various pro trump efforts to overturn the 2020 election next. election next. tor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it s not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that s when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research shows people who take h-i-v treatment every day