stormy daniels that s believed to be a precursor to an indictment. they re required by law to be notified and invited to appear before a grand jury. if charged, trump would be the first former president to be indicted, but would it slow his current presidential quest? i say not a chance, at least not based on this case alone. any charges here would stem from the $130,000 in payments made to daniels during the 2016 campaign. apparently she had been ready to share her story of an affair with trump, but the publisher was a trump friend, who instead helped broker a deal with michael cohen, in which she was paid for silence. i ve thought it was the weakest of the trump investigations which generally fall into four buckets. first, the events of january 6th. second, the mishandling of government documents. third, the fulton county da investigation, including the phone call to brad raffensperger. fourth, this, the stormy daniels hush money. merrick garland appointed jack smith to loo
information, when the justice department clearly thinks he should. and also following the latest on a stabbing attack on famed author salman rusty that has been fighting for his life. and the latest on the texas governor s besting of migrants to the northeast. why some say he s easing them as political pawns, a live report on that, coming up. but we re going to give you details on that search at mar-a-lago. it s been less than 24 hours since a federal judge and see the details on that warrant. federal agents removed 27 boxes with 11 sets of classified documents some of which were marked top secret from trump s former home. we also learned about the legal basis for executing that weren t. obstruction of justice, and criminal handling of government records. it s important to note that the warrant doesn t tell us with certainty that trump is being investigated on espionage charges. joining us now is msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade and gary first will go to, you have we lea