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today wyoming voters decide if that will cost liz cheney her seat in congress. we begin with important developments in several different investigations involving donald trump. first, a new court filing details the fbi search of mar-a-lago. the justice department asserting the affidavit it filed must be kept secret for now because it implicates highly classified material and because doj says its publication right now would damage the investigation. separately, a dramatic turn in the g...

here on msnbc. now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. good evening, lawrence. >> but evening, rachel. and im sure you know what my absolute favorite part of your show was tonight. show was tonight >> no, what was a? >> i went into the control room to watch the isolated cameron rachel, so that i wouldnt miss a single fraction of a second of rachael blushing while alex wagner was -- was raising her and thanking her for what she has created here at msnbc. and you think a l...

shot at home was on alex, so a lot of people couldnt see -- your blushing, as much as they deserved to see it. >> all i could do in that moment, while you are staring at me because you know me well enough to do that, is like, could i have done this in such a way that i precluded this from happening? could i have spoken the beginning of this interview and this discussion in such a manner, that theres no way that alex could maneuver this into talking about me? and i just was sitting ther...

About why the secrecy is so needed to continue here. they said there is an ongoing grand jury probe, they said there are witnesses both past and potentially in the future that they want to protect, they also said that this investigation implicates highly classified materials, so really strong arguments from the justice department. the judge overseeing this case who will weigh whether to release this affidavit today has already looked at this -- has looked ed at it under seal, kept under seal so ...

In a court filing, if disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a roadmap to the governments ongoing investigation. providing specific details about its direction and likely course, in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps. adding, this investigation implicates highly classified materials. george conway is a prominent conservative lawyer, former republican, he joins me now. nice to see you in person. >> nice to be here. >> so what do you make of the significance a...

A manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps. in addition, information about witnesses is particularly sensitive given the high nature of this matter and the risk that the revelation of witness identities would impact their willingness to cooperate with the investigation. disclosure of the governments affidavit at this stage would also likely chill future cooperation by witnesses whose assistance may be sought as this investigation progresses, as well as, in other high...

Documents out of the hands of investigators and the obstruction charge. so that is an affirmative application that falls and prosecutors, and you have to do more than just say, just offense to make no sense. you have to make your case. >> thats, right professor who knows all about this, they work for the person ministration on declassifying documents. exactly how you do it, and we are gonna get a one-on-one primer on, oh yeah, whats actually means and if there are lies being told, including abou...