and why the republican leaders are raising red flags 82 days away from the midterm elections. candidate qualities has lots to do with the outcome. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. there s a bunch of legal news surrounding donald trump today as there is seemingly every day, these days. none of it particularly good for the ex president. first up today, a federal judge in west palm beach says he will consider releasing some of the affidavits central to last week search of trump s florida. property judge bruce reinhardt ordered the justice departments to submit a redacted version of the document that will not undermine its ongoing investigation. then he will decide one week whether to make that version of the document public. we will have more on that. while we are long way from potential criminal charges from the ex president, let alone conviction, we already have trump s former lawyer publicly speculating about him running for a second
pleads guilty admitting he conspired with the former trump company to not pay taxes and now he will testify against the trump organization. sue craig, the new york times reporter who has led the reporting on trump s finances is here in the studio tonight. and the biden cabinet, dispatched to take the president s case to republicans and fox news. transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins us live. but first, we start in september of 2015. donald trump was three months removed from his famed escalator ride announcing his presidential bid. he had already started the top of the republican field leading off the polls and found himself showing off his trump tower office to the wall street journal. this is the shoe right ther that is it? tom brady s super bowl helmet. this is mike tyson s belt. shaq s shoe. tom brady s super bowl helmet. mike tyson s belt. we have known for a while that donald trumpow likes to collect memorabilia. if you will. and so when trump
the way congratulations. and david plouffe. good to have you both. thank you both. that is all in for the tonight. alice wagner starts in this very room, just a few feet away from me. i love this. i just have to say when we re talking about candidatelking abu candidate t quality, i remember the christine, i m not a witch o donnell and clive akin. and mcconnell had two cracks at it, 2010, 2012 and you saw seats that should have been on the board go away twice before they got in 2014, so he has definitely been down this road. this is a triggering mome. thank you, chris. see ya, alex. and thank you for joining us this hour. we va lot to get to. tonight, a judge in florida says he will likely release a redacted version of the fbi affidavit behind the search of donald trump s florida country club home. new york times justice department reporter n katie benr joins us live. andnn in a new york courtro, trump s long-time top executive