Up here. As you know, there is so much to cover in tonights Defendant Trump News from new york to florida. Andrew will join us for that. I wanted to keep him on for the whole hour so im glad he is yours. I know the feeling. I know it very well. Have a good show. Breaking news tonight, federal judge gannon who was appointed by donald trump, denied a motion to dismiss the criminal case filed by jack smith alleging donald trump violated the Espionage Act by releasing documents after leaving the presidency. Jack smith and donald trump were both in the front room of the courtroom while the judge heard arguments from both sides on the motion to dismiss. Donald trump did not have to be there. He was there. In the front row. He was dangling the Supreme Court nomination in front of his trial judge. Judge cannon knows that her future as a Trump Appointee to the United States Supreme Court depends on how she handles this case and what voters do on election day. So far she has been handling this c
Candidate appears before the judge he appointed. The fact she is eve holding this hearing is facilitating the delay we have seen. What this hearing means for the trump trials. The only thing thats Donald Trumps arguments today merit are an eye roll and a swift denial. Then, how a Maga Delusion is officially taking hold of the rnc. People say well lets be like the democrats and vote early and ballot harvest, no, you lose your country. As republicans threaten reproductive rights across the country, a historic show of support for women in the form of a planned parenthood visit. When we talk about a clinic such as this, it is absolutely about health care and Reproductive Health care. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. Donald trump spent the afternoon where he spends many afternoons these days in court. He attended a procedural hearing in florida. The case where prosecutors accused him of stealing highly classified Government Secrets and then willfully
Opinion and my lawyers opinion. Donald trump who still wants us to believe he can legally stash americas most sensitive secrets in a maralago bathroom was back in court today, requesting that the whole Criminal Case be dismissed. Also tonight, Vice President Kamala Harris makes an historic visit to an Abortion Clinic as republicans continue to push for a national ban. And i call this one. The big push to force a Chinese Company to divest tiktok would allow the far right maga crowd to swoop in and gobble it up, which now seems very possible. But we begin tonight with the lone exception to Donald Trumps petulant attacks against the judges and prosecutors in the numerous criminal and civil trials against him. That would be one judge aileen cannon, a trump appointee, where remind you, who is overseeing the federal Criminal Case involving trumps mishandling of classified documents. Todays hearing in a florida courtroom on two of trumps motions to try to throw out the case is the latest exam
Trump in the four years. Thanks for taking that up to the end of the show. Appreciate it. Thank you. That does it for me today. Deadline white house, thankfully, starts right now. Hi, there, everyone. 4 00 in new york. Kicking, claim p xleeming, crying, whining, donald trump and his legal team back dwhoog they do today. Seeking to delay, delay, delay, delay justice. Todays effort at that in the federal criminal case brought by special counsel jack smith for illegally hoarding classified documents at his private club in maralago. The disgraced president watching on with no obligation to do so set to convince district judge cannon to dismiss some or all charges against trump. Did so through various after neuers. First a Motion Wiping away the first 32 counts on the theory the main statute used against trump is unconstitutionally vague. The second even more audacious, a Motion Dismissing the indictment entirely on the grounds of the president s records act completely bars prosecution. The
russia has made a swift denial. the line coming from moscow is, show us the evidence. but what s really the end game for russia f. we saw them popping champagne the day trump won. why? let s start with the denial. this is not really a denial. what it is is a challenge to the united states to show its cards. prove it. tell us how you got that information. and right there, that is a challenge that the united states really would find it very hard to answer. because if they do say how they got that information, they reveal sources and methods. in other words, the very secret ways that they collect this information. so the russians know that. they collect information, the united states collect information, they know that the united states can t meet that challenge, unless it spills the beans about what they are doing. so that s number one. now, why would they want donald trump to win? you know, maybe you reverse it.