And the man investigating hunter biden, the u. S. Attorney out of delaware had been saying up until now that he never asked for and didnt need the powers that came with that appointment. So why was david weiss made Special Counsel today . We have reaction from the white house. Hunter bidens team, and republicans on capitol hill. Joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter, nbc News White House correspondent monica alba, and ms p msnbc political contributor and cofounder of punch bowl news, jake sherman. Tom, i want to get some details from you. Sure. The question that is nagging me is why all of a sudden does this investigation, this case need a Special Counsel . Yeah, i really dont understand. And its a question i think we need some more clarity on. So to be specific, what happened here is there was clearly an ongoing plea negotiation, after the judge said, look, im not going to accept this, im not going to reject this Plea Agreement. You all have to get back tog
Someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. Because you would be in jail. After all those years of lock her up, trump and his rapidly shrinking inner circle dont see the hypocrisy of whining about the possibility of trump going to prison. As his lawyers test out long shot defenses for the serious charges he faces. And vindication is complete in tennessee. The two expelled state reps win special elections to keep their seats. One of them, justin j. Pearson, joins me tonight. We begin tonight with one of the most striking aspects of Donald Trumps third arraignment yesterday. Besides the fact that a former president of the United States has been arraigned for crimes three times. And it is that all of his frenzied truth social posts and for all of his republican speechifying and about political prosecution, the man who showed up in a washington courtroom on thursday was basically alone. None of his family came to support him, no melania, no ivan
right now. hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. this month could be a pivotal one for the mountain of legal troubles for the disgraced, twice impeached liable for sexual ex-president. because he happens to be the front runner for the republican nomination for an historically unprecedented third time, it could be a pivotal month for the 2024 election with our democracy as well. any day now, we are expect odd to hear from the d.c. court of appeals on trump s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 election. because his efforts took place when he was president of the united states. the so-called immunity claim. no matter what happens there, either trump or jack smith is expected to appeal. we are also waiting on a verdict from a new york judge in the blockbuster $370 million civil fraud case brought by the new york attorney general against donald trump, two of his sons and the trump organization. and then there s the case that could kick trump o
good enough for rupert murdoch s local fox channel. that is tonight s last word, the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the georgia grand jury report on the trump investigation. what it says about witnesses possibly lying under oath. what it could mean for the former presidents allies. then, president biden addresses those unidentified objects shot down over north america, the questions remain about dealing with this in the future. kevin mccarthy heads to the u.s. mexico border. democrats call it theater, while the real need for real solutions remain. the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. we begin with new revelations from a special grand jury s investigation into election interference by donald trump and his allies in georgia. fulton county district attorney, fani willis, launched this criminal inquiry two years ago. the grand jury heard from 75 witnesses through mountains of data for
what it says about witnesses possibly lying under oath. what it could mean for the former presidents allies. then, president biden addresses those unidentified objects shot down over north america, the questions remain about dealing with this in the future. kevin mccarthy heads to the u. s. mexico border. democrats call it theater, while the real need for real solutions remain. the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. we begin with new revelations from a special grand jury s investigation into election interference by donald trump and his allies in georgia. fulton county district attorney, fani willis, launched this criminal inquiry two years ago. the grand jury heard from 75 witnesses through mountains of data for eight months. today, three sections of the panels final report remained public. one of the keys findings was that perjury may have been committed by one or more of the witnesses. the report recomme