game-changer announcement on student loan forgiveness a [inaudible] for millions of americans. plus, the big lie turned a big rift. how some are profiting off of disproven election fraud claims. goes beyond the former president. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m alicia menendez, in four stephanie ruhle. as if the current day controversies of the former president were not enough, we begin with new insight tonight into how donald trump may have avoided accountability in the investigation that consumed must of his presidency. late today, after a lengthy court fight, the justice department released a document related to the russia investigation. the memo was top secret and now we know why. former presidents attorney bill barr wanted to keep it a secret. in march 2019, bill barr told us before the mueller report was released, that the report had all but exonerated the former president. and therefore, there was no reason to charg
barr s defense of that decision. the memo contends, mueller s report did not establish a case to charge trump with obstruction, who failed to establish any underlying crime related to russian election interference. but, as nbc has reported, mueller s report actually did identify ten episodes that could be considered potential obstruction of justice. as one former mueller prosecutor points out, that is just one a couple of high-level justice department officials were worried about. two senior staff say to bill barr that the reason he should make the decision is because, if the memo comes out, it might be read to imply that the president committed obstruction. this memo makes it clear that the reason that bill barr did not ask robert mueller to simply come to a conclusion is because, as it says here, that report can be read to find that, indeed, he did commit obstruction. as for the ongoing investigations into the former president, tonight the justice department is facing a
president donald trump. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, august 25th. i m willie geist. with us, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. the president of the national action network and host of politics nation, reverend al sharpton. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. let s dive into the story that has everybody talking right now. 43 million people in line to have at least a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million people could clear all of their student debt. those are the figures from the white house following an executive action yesterday by president biden. the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. by resuming student loan payments at the same time as we provide targeted relief, we re taking an economically responsible course. as a consequence, about $50 billion a year will start coming
Make progress, for the hardships of previous generations don t have to be the hardships of future generations. so i think we should respect the sacrifice, and say that we can do better. and that no person should have to go into that kind of debt ever again. i think that is part of the fairness argument that you re gonna hear. you re also gonna hear a lot about people who chose not to go to college, and didn t have the opportunity to go to college. who will benefit. so feel free to speak to that piece of things. there are also critics warning about the impact on inflation. what is the pushback there? occasional education, or people who don t go to college. of course their loan should be forgiven as well. so let s make sure that this is clear. it provides for a trade school, vocational school. and let s not bog down on investing the people who don t go to college. the answer isn t going to punish those who don t go to college. it s to invest more in vocational, education, and trade s
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