investigators saying this left unchecked, the doj will impugn, leak and publicize selective aspects of their investigation. one of trump s attorneys on fox news last night. they don t understand. something could be marked top secret, could be marked classified. the presidential records act, he would have said this is declassified. it doesn t get a new marking all the time. he s left the office. it is a complete public spectacle. we should note nowhere does it mention the idea of him declassifying any of these documents. in fact, the former president s team agrees in a special master should have top-secret security clearance, but here s the thing. according to dozens of pages of court documents essentially all of the new information that we learned in the last two days, about the former president and his lawyers possibly lying about these documents moving them to keep them hidden s even think pes cher of apparently classified documents found in trump s office, all of tha
views as the biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges, or even put him and his people in prison. according to the justice department s office of legal counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. now, the same is not true for a prosecution at a state level. however, that would possibly go to the supreme court. let s bring in the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former staff for hillary clinton. good to have you both on board this morning. not a surprise. a lot of people have been talking for some time that donald trump may seek re-election to avoid prosecution. it seems of course, you have a new book coming out that goes through everything donald trump has done, certainly everything he did around january 6th, that now seems to be landing him in hot water. not just politically, as we heard from mike allen on your show, but it is impacting him politically and legally at the jus
stands for! plus president biden following through on a core campaign pledge wiping away thousands of dollars in student loan debt. and russia s war on ukraine turns six months old today, still locked in a bloody stalemate. translator: we re holding on for six months. it s difficult for us. we clenched our fists, fighting for our fate. up first, is it momentum or just a moment? democratic lawmakers and strategists hope a win in new york s special election stops a midterm drift 11 weeks before november. the verdict out of hudson valley is that democrat pat ryan will now represent new york s 19th district, that s where president biden won in 2020 by just 1.5 percentage points. democrats see major national political implications in ryan s surprise win because the candidate made abortion the centerpiece of his campaign. the sad truth, mark molinaro and the republicans oppose a woman s right to choose. republicans will allow women and their doctors to be prosecuted for g
of the constitution all over this current supreme court. all three were nominated by president trump who promised that he would bring in conservative jurists. but at that point, the president could never have known that in one term he would have the opportunity to change the face of that court so dramatically. marc thiessen wrote this today. whatever else history says about trump, he secured his place as the most consequential president when it comes to the supreme court. today in reaction to this enormous seat change decision, nancy pelosi slamming the justices as right wing politicians a label that jonathan turley took deep offense too. a woman s fundamental health decisions are her own to make with consultation with her doctor, her faith, her family. not some right-wing politicians that donald trump and mitch mcconnell packed the court with. with that, we bring in ari fleischer, civil rights attorney and leo terrell and democratic strategist, jessica tarlov. let s st
we re going to make america great again. i love you. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump! and i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free and i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today yes, that actually did happen last night in tampa, florida. but unlike the lyrics to that lee greenwood song, trump did not gladly stand up to defend the country on january 6. he sat as the testimony was laid out watching television for 187 minutes while the insurrection unfolded and even last night he wasn t letting go of his big election lies. if i stayed home, if i announced i was not going to run for office, the persecution of donald trump would immediately stop. we know that. everybody knows that. but that s what they want me to do. and you know what, there s no chance i do that. there s just no chan