Involvement seems particularly notable. According to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a Pressure Campaign from trump and his co defendant, Valet Walt Nauta and maralago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete Security Footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. And now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i. T. Worker for maralago named yuscil taveras. According to one new report, taveras himself received a Target Letter from the department of justice after trump was first indicted in florida. But taveras himself has not yet been indicted, and to be clear, as of now, we do not know if taveras is formally cooperating with jack smiths office. That said, as the Washington Post reports, quote, taveras offered information implicating all three defendants in an alleged conspiracy to cover up evidence. And we also know that following trumps indictment, taveras switched lawyers. He was previously represented
Good evening from washington. I am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. Donald trump could end up behind bars next year for conspiracy to obstruct justice. And if he does, it may very well be because of a new testimony by someone identified by the justice department, only as Trump Employee 4. Now that we have had all weekend to digest the new Superseding Indictment for donald trump from doj special counsel jack smith and the classified documents case, employee number fours involvement seems particularly notable. According to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a Pressure Campaign from trump and his co defendant, Valet Walt Nauta and maralago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete Security Footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. And now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i. T. Worker for maralago named yuscil taveras. According to one new report, taveras himself received a Target Letter from the departm
6-3, the new numbers reshaping american life. the lead starts right now. 40 million americans will not get the student loan forgiveness president biden promised them after the supreme court rejects his plan. and the president says it is unforgivable. then a key ruling on lgbtq rights and freedom of speech involving a wedding website designer and the state of colorado. what it means for anti-discrimination laws across the country. plus as millions of americans plan to take to the roads and skies this holiday weekend, a look at what cities are experiencing turmoil after days of delays. and welcome to the lead. i m abby philip in for jake tapper. today we begin with our law and justice lead. at moment now president joe biden will address the nation after the supreme court today issued two major rulings. one that blocks president biden s student loan forgiveness program rejecting a program that would have delivered debt relief to millions of americans. and the other ruling th
the only advantage to all of this is that instead of reversing what we did on the ira to save the planet or reversing what we did to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, you re wasting time. you look miserable. former house speaker nancy pelosi calls out republicans for their grievance politics and using the house floor to appease donald trump by censuring democrat adam schiff, who led the first impeachment against the former president. it comes as there s a growing riff between two of the most outspoken, far-right members of the house over how and when to impeach president biden. also ahead, we re learning more about the case special counsel jack smith is building against donald trump in the classified documents case. not looking good. plus, a man convicted of attacking a washington, d.c., police officer during the capitol riot shows a complete lack of remorse for his actions. we ll show you the officer s reaction to what happened in court yesterday. and we ll have
hello, i m abby phillip in washington. president biden is taking the fight to republicans in florida and that s a state that s been tilting more and more toward the gop. it s also home to two of biden s potential 2024 rivals, donald trump and ron desantis. not to mention, biden s latest foil, republican senator rick scott. it is scott s recent proposal to sunset federal programs that biden has been hammering all week and in a few minutes he ll try to keep the pressure on with remarks focused on bolstering social security and medicare. cnn s priscilla alvarez is there in tampa ahead of the speech. so, priscilla, i don t think many people expected that joe biden and rick scott would be the first big political matchup of the year but the white house is very much leaning into it. reporter: it is front and center, abby. not only that, this is the second stop that biden is making after the state of the union this week. as he mentioned, biden is driving his message home that he is