criminal activity involved here. new details on the wrong desantis migrant scandal. and what the republican senate candidate in georgia when it comes to charity. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. donald trump just had one of the worst legal days of his entire life, which is saying something. and it comes amidst a set of ex alerting threats from local, state, and federal law enforcement. so, last, night the 11th circuit court of appeals, as we have reported, issued a pretoria reeling against the ex president, overruling a previous decision, widely criticized by a trump appointed district judge, saying the department of justice can resume using the 100 classified documents seized from trump s home in florida, in their investigation into his handling of the sensitive materials. doj has said this is linked to possible traction of justice and espionage act violations. also yesterday, new york attorney general announced a quarter
i m chris hayes. donald trump just had one of the worst legal days of his entire life, which is saying something. and it comes amidst a set of ex alerting threats from local, state, and federal law enforcement. so, last, night the 11th circuit court of appeals, as we have reported, issued a pretoria reeling against the ex president, overruling a previous decision, widely criticized by a trump appointed district judge, saying the department of justice can resume using the 100 classified documents seized from trump s home in florida, in their investigation into his handling of the sensitive materials. doj has said this is linked to possible traction of justice and espionage act violations. also yesterday, new york attorney general announced a quarter of a billion dollar civil lawsuit against donald trump. his company, members of his family, including three of his adult children, accusing them of committing, and her, words a staggering amount of fraud. if that s two to successfu
It is a mistake to attribute the construction of authoritarianism in modern Russia to Putin alone. Serhiy Gromenko, an expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, explains the evolution for how Russia wound up an authoritarian state, and why Putin isn't the only one to blame.
where the existing army, securing victory and toppling the ukraine government, and never asking for massive sacrifice for the modest majority of russian citizens. that has clearly not panned out. in the wake of a stunningly effective ukrainian counter offensive that has taken back a lot of territory in the last month, putin has basically been forced into a nation wide mobilization if he wants to continue the war. and he s trying to hedge not calling it a universal draft, but it basically is, as far as we can start from recording on the ground, because they re scenes across russia of men being taken in for training ahead of expected deployment. prompting rheumatoid protest by russian people. the question is what does this mean for the prospects of a war, as well as the political situation inside of russia. joining me now to talk about, that new yorker staff writer masha gessen, who s written several books on russian authoritarianism, including surviving the top is. it s a pleasure to
the ground, because they re scenes across russia of men being taken in for training ahead of expected deployment. prompting rheumatoid protest by russian people. the question is what does this mean for the prospects of a war, as well as the political situation inside of russia. joining me now to talk about, that new yorker staff writer masha gessen, who s written several books on russian authoritarianism, including surviving the top is. it s a pleasure to have you at the table. it s good to be here in person. how would you characterize the reaction, it s 134 million people in russia, big country, but in russian society, to this latest announcement? i think and everyone understands on some level, some people explicitly, some people in their gut, that this is the moment when the president use people as cannon father. and it s clear, it s to put a human shield in the way of the ukrainian counteroffensive in order to be able to hold ground