noticeably been trying to find a defense in the latter case, in the times they ve offered contradictory excuses to explain why it was the trump illegally retained government records, and seemingly obstructed federal authorities from retrieving this record for many months. if convicted in that case alone, it could produce a years-long prison sentence, and that is just one example of the legal peril the former president faces right now. and the classified documents investigation is in its early days. according to an abc news report this week, the special counsel s team recently informed a trump organization employee but they are a target in their investigation, which means that more indictments could be camille and the documents case. while trump cannot simply wish that away, there is one thing he can do to possibly evade accountability and even shut down the cases against him. all he has to do is become president again. and a new legal filing from trump s team this week signal
he was, of course, appointed by donald trump. and during his testimony today, he faced hostile questioning from fellow republicans. republicans, you see, in the defense of donald trump, have adopted the line that the fbi is a bunch of out of control woke deep state maniacs looking to purge conservatives and politically target republicans. it s an idea that is pernicious and also comical if you know anything about the history of the fbi, who with his tended to target over the decades, or the fact that it s nearly hundred year history, all of it senate confirmed fbi directors, nigh none has ever been a registered democrat. i digress. there was one moment during hearing the convoy intention. here it is. around the questioning about the fbi and january 6th from republican congressman darrell issa of california. how many individuals were either fbi employees or people that the fbi had made contact with were in the january 6th entry of the capital and surrounding area? i really
that white nationalists are racist, i m totally against that, as well. but that s not a democratic definition. and as unbelievable scenes play out here and across the globe, the catastrophic reality for homeowners in florida, where the governor is waging a culture war on climate change. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today on capitol hill christopher wray, director of the fbi came before the judiciary committee. ray is a lifelong republican. he was, of course, appointed by donald trump. inhis testimony today, he faced hostile questioning from fellow republicans. republicans, you see, in the defense of donald trump, have adopted the line that the fbi is a bunch of out of control woke deep state maniacs looking to purge conservatives and politically target republicans. it s an idea that is pernicious and also comical if you know anything about the history of the fbi, who with his tended to target over the decades, or the fact tha
tonight, former attorney general eric holder on a number of issues, including the looming crisis at the border. the end of title 42 that is expected to bring a surge of migrants to the u.s. we will also discuss a massive man hunt for a fugitive. an undocumented immigrant accused of murdering five neighbors. he gunned down four adults and a 9-year-old boy after he does asked to stop shooting in his yard, and also a new wanted poster. in the last 24 hours, the feds say they have absolutely zero leads after that rampage 40 miles north of houston. the boy s grieving father speaking how about the loss of his son and also his wife. translator: that was my 9-year-old son and my wife too. and two people who died protecting my 2 1/2-year-old daughter. my 1 1/2-month-old son was protected with a lot of clothes so the killer wouldn t kill him too. we are also learning tonight from an i.c.e. source that this suspect, a mexican national, had been deported four times, most recently in
government reported a second straight quarter of negative economic growth. so this complicated picture is why president biden is pushing back against talk of a recession. with both senator schumer and manchin. that s consistent with the transition to a stable steady growth and lower inflation, but if you look at our job market consumer spending, business investment, we see signs of economic progress in the second quarter as well. joining us now to take a closer look at this, cnbc senior economics reporter steve liesman and ben white, politico chief economic correspondent and host of the politico money podcast. steve, when you take all of this data into account, all these indexes, what does it tell you about the state of the economy right now? it tells us that for sure the economy has slowed. remember, we did like 6% growth in the fourth quarter and now we ve come off two quarters in a row. the first quarter we came off because of what was happening with inventories. thi