i am simone sanders thompson, and i have something to say. we finally have new details about documents the fbi seized at mar-a-lago earlier last month. as part of an investigation into donald trump s potential violations of the espionage act and the presidential records act. okay, here is a refresher. trump railed against the fbi s execution of the legally issued search warrant, and filed for the appointment of what is called a special master which would examine the documents for attorney-client privilege information. but here is the thing, the justice department already did that! so judge arlene cannon who is considering the request for a special master, well, on thursday she demanded in a hearing that the fbi s property would seek the unsealed. we now know the fbi found 18 documents marked top secret, 54 documents marked secret, 31 documents marked confidential, 48 empty folders with classified banners, and more than 10,000 unclassified artifacts. i am t
right now on this labor day weekend, it appears president biden and democrats may be riding a guy surprisingly high ahead of midterms. while the opposition is sinking to new lows, both to blunt the joe-mentum and to defend the former president at the center of what some call an espionage investigation. and as this busy summer turns to election autumn, democrats have seized on possibly the largest political opening presented by republicans. the ripple effects of mar-a-lago investigation, and steal january 6th on the midterms. the president has both commander, in chief ahead of november calling the maga stranglehold on the gop nothing less than an existential crisis for our nation. that is why civil rights leaders, including myself as the head of the national action network, traveled to washington yesterday to warn the president about the dangers white supremacy poses to the united states. so yes, i was happy that we had the meeting the day after the president made such a passi
investigation. prosecutors may interviewed more witnesses and even convene a grand jury. as for trump world, the former legal team says this amounts did nothing more than a, quote, overdue library book scenario. they continue to claim executive privilege against federal prosecutors, who represent the current executive branch. they want a special master appointed to review the case independently which is garnering a literal lol from one of trump s former attorney generals, bill barr telling the new york times they request for a special master is, quote, a crock expletive. people say this was unprecedented. well, it s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put it in a country club, okay? how long is the government going to try to get that back. they jawbone for a year. they were deceived on the voluntary actions taken, they then went angle a subpoena. they were deceived on that, they feel. the facts are starting to show that they were b
he spoke with the committee for six and a half hours with details that we will learn in the couple of days. his testimony comes after a subpoena issued by the committee wednesday after extensive negotiations between he and the panel went nowhere. cipollone, who witnessed trump s worst moments after the election and beyond, reportedly pushing back on the former presidents plan to replace the attorney general, pushing back when trump floated the idea of seizing voting machines. but testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, cipollone was put in the crosshairs after she identified him of having firsthand all edge of having potential activity in the trump white house. that she made clear, pat cipollone knew about the legal liabilities of january 6th, warning the white house against letting trump join the riot. mr. cipollone some said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me, we are going to get
things they care about. we don t have to make things up when the republicans do their big tax bill in 2017, they said it will reduce your taxes to the average middle class person. it was aimed at the rich. we are talking about exactly what this bill does. we don t have to make it up because we are aiming directly at the american people and what they want. so, let me say this. say no to something is easy. it gets mistaken that no, say no, that is tough. there is no strategy or counting to saying no. it s simple, it is easy. legislating is about getting to yes. i ve always been a yes person. not a no person. always wanted to get something done. if you ask me, what helped you get the stun? some people have asked me that. i put it in one word, persistence. i just tell you a brief story for those of you who haven t heard about my dad. my dad passed away in november, he would have been 99 on flight day, june 14th. he was i won t go into the whole story, but he was a brilliant par