trump cornered his desperate attempt to control the narrative ahead of potential indictment his niece, mary trump, is here along with professor - plus, zero accountability. 20 years to the day afte george w. bush launched hi illegal iraq war also tonight, march for ou lives cofounder david on th gun reform movement, and o president biden s new executiv order. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and cinman, the cul leader rails against the government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david koresh, the infamous leader wh was killed along with 75 of hi cult members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mcc
of the new york times is reporting tonight that former white house counsel warned donald trump last year when he was no longer president that mr. trump could face legal wired billet if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office. the lawyer sought to impress upon mr. trump pull the seriousness of the issue potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not retain the documents. in january, not long after the discussion with mr. herschmann, mr. trump turned over to the national archive 15 boxes of material. this is and so now, we know the name of one witness, possibly the most important witness. federal prosecutors were called to testify in their grand jury investigation of donald trump. eric herschmann. i will obviously comply with a subpoena and that case. i ll tell whatever you told donald trump about those documents. here is eric the thing the duty le pen the day after eastman, i don t member why he called me but he s
was no longer president that mr. trump could face legal liability if he did not return government materials he had taken with him when he left office. the lawyer, eric herschmann, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue and the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. and generally, not long after the discussion with mr. bush and. mr. trump turned over, to the national archives, 15 boxes of material. he had taken with him from the white house. those boxes turned out to contain 184 classified documents the justice department has said until now. we know the name of one witness, possibly the most important witness. federal prosecutors will call to testify in their grand jury investigation of donald trump s possession of those documents. eric herschmann. eric herschmann will obviously comply with a grand jury subpoenaed to testify in that case. and tell the grand jury, whatever
even though it is donald trump, who has not provided a single shred of evidence proving that they re not, proving that he declassified any of the records that he kept at mar-a-lago for up to 18 months. now to the other front, the special master process itself. just a couple hours ago, lawyers for the justice department squared off with donald trump s legal team for their first public hearing before judge raymond dearie. he was appointed special master to review the documents seized in the search of donald trump s residence last month. during this hearing, dearie, who was donald trump s pick, his hand-selected suggestion to be the special master, told donald trump s lawyers to put up or shut up on claims that trump declassified the records. here s how politico describes the hearing. quote, judge raymond dearie pushed trump s lawyers repeatedly for refusing to back up the former president s claim that he declassified the highly sensitive national security-related records discov
against florida governor, ron desantis. he tried to stop him from making matters worse. it is not the only lawsuit that the florida governor is facing. how much legal trouble is he in? later, another trump rally, another not to qanon. we will show you what happened when trump took the stage last night in north carolina. it is what appears to be the ramping up of his support for the far-right conspiracy theory. all of that and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. the january six committee just scored a legal victory in its investigation of the so-called, alternate electors. we re just a few days away from the committees next and potentially final public hearing. we begin our morning with msnbc capitol hill correspondent allie raffa, with the latest live for us in washington d.c.. good morning allie. good morning katie. yeah, the general six committee says that it s next. and the numbers are containing, probably last year, our convening on w