were tossed in with non-classified items like newspaper clippings, even items of clothing. some of these documents are so tightly restricted they are only to be viewed in secured facilities. joining us now with more, cnn correspondent cara skin nel, and former prosecutor, michael moore. just the gross sloppiness of these boxes is obviously telling of last days of this chaotic administration, and hearing there were empty envelopes and top secret documents, items of clothing, a lot of them. i don t know why so many clothes were strewn around the white house, so what does this tell us about what the judge is doing, and what we need to know. right, so this is the inventory that the federal prosecutors put together and the judge unsealed it today. no one objected to it. it does give a sense of the final days of the chaos of how the records were kept. as you said, many top secret, they need to be held and maintained in a very secure way which is the issue with the whole investiga
Most basic of legislative tasks. Because thats what he did, he turned to an Impeachment Inquiry to change and narrative. And, it has happened again, fox, sued, this time by its own shareholders. New york city controller brad lander, who is leading the lawsuit, hes gonna join me live this hour. Im ayman , lets get started. A very large portion of the Republican Party, really doesnt believe in the constitution. And before you say anything, those are not my words, those arent the words of joe biden, or nancy pelosi, or some democratic pendant. No, those are the words of a former gop standard bearer, in fact, a former president ial nominee, mitt romney. The Junior Senator from utah announced this week that he wont seek reelection, meaning the senate gop is losing its most highprofile moderate, and yes, trump critic, a move that could end up shifting the caucus even further to the extreme right. Look, my wing of the party talks about policy, and about issues that will make a difference in t
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welcome to our continued coverage. the new york criminal trial of former president donald trump. i m rachel maddow joined by my colleagues. also, lawrence o donnell is with us pick we are going to be joined by the star witness for the prosecution in this trial, michael cohen. he will speak to us exclusively. his first reaction to this verdict tonight. michael cohen will be joining us in one moment live. 4:20 p.m. p.m. and it is we, the jury have reached a verdict. 45 minutes later at 5:05 p.m. the jury was back in the courtroom and is seated. the defendant donald trump was seated as well. the judge addressed the four people. and the judge. without telling me the verdict, how s the jury? and yes, they have reached a verdict. take the verdict, please. with the foreperson please rise to the members of the jury agreed upon a verdict? yes. and how say you to the first count of the indictment, charging donald j trump with the crime of falsifying business records in the first degre
let s have echo alternate universe in which the civil penalty didn t happen. and these criminal convictions did not happen. from your sense of how he movese through the world and how he deals with humiliation and failure, what do you think he has left to do that he can do in response to this that we should be prepared for? he is going to blame everybody other than himself. judge merchan is corrupt. judge engoron is corrupt. michael cohen is a liar, a felon. a rat and everything else he has been calling me for over six years. he will blame everybody else other than himself. he does not understand the concept of accountability. somewhere along the line, i guess, his parents didn t teach him that there are consequences for actions. on the consequences question. it struck me, i was in the courtroom one of the days you were testifying. there was this line of people who had come to support donald trump orientation and to be vice president or something. they want to be what you