douglas how hard it was to get classified documents away from trump when he was in office. plus, the gen z whisper joins us he says the key to pulling off a blue wave, not a red one, is young voters. and speaking of gen z, 25-year-old maxwell alejandro could make history this fall. i ll ask him what his plans are if he is elected to congress from a safe blue seed in florida. good evening, i m mehdi has on. it has become increasingly clear if it wasn t before, that one of the 45 men in american history who have said in the oval office, who descended to the highest office in the land, donald j trump, posed a threat or national security while in office and continues to pose one now, even after office. just think about the enormity of that statement. think about the fact that trump is a former republican president. because in this country, for decades now, democratic presidents and presidential candidates have been often successfully portrayed by the gop as threats to natio
set of 16 public airings this week. his niece, mary trump is here with me to discuss it all. and boxes stuck rawlston gave a rare interview this week. but he wasn t really challenged on some of his most offensive and extreme views. later tonight, i will break down what i would have asked him. and we will preview joe biden s politically whiskey trip for the middle east this week. you know, israel and saudi arabia. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. it is easy to forget the decline of u.s. democracy isn t just happening in washington, d.c., or via the federal judiciary. it s also taking place at the state level, where gerrymandered state legislatures and gop state courts are also steadily undermining the rights of american voters. take what just happened in the great state of wisconsin. on friday, the state supreme court there, not only banned most drop boxes, and also called president biden s victory in the 2020 election, polluted, and illegitimate, simply because it make
we ll get the details from carole lending one of the reporters who broke that story an expert legal guidance on what it all means. but first, let s remember how we got here. today washington for only the second time a federal judge sentence a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see. why in screenshots take it from officers body cams in january six, the sky is seen swinging a pull out of police officers so hard it snaps into on the officers riot shield. so the new guy finds another pull and start swinging that one at officers. the officer he hit with the first poll, the one he hit so hard that it stepped into, that was capitol police sergeant alkaline o connell. he gave emotional testimony about the horror that day before the january six investigation. today he sent his at that rioters hearing, saying he suffered mental and physical inju
and then the story breaks. it s a big day in the doj press office i think. we all saw with the attorney general said to lester holt today, that he will absolutely investigate everybody, that was his term. leicester went back and forth at once, and the attorney general said more than once in more than one way, in an hours later there s the washington post that donald trump is under investigation by the justice department. andrew weizmann former prosecutor says based on what the washington post is reporting, says donald trump is a subject of the investigation at this point, not no doubt about that. forwards about for you lawrence, better late than never. yes it s happening right now. thank you mehdi. i. thanks thank. you well it is happening, donald trump is being investigated by the justice department. the washington post reports tonight that the justice department is investigating president donald trump s actions it s part of its criminal probe in two efforts to o
ll see you at the end of tomorrow we have got breaking news to get to tonight. the washington post just out with his brand-new reporting. justice department investigating trump s actions in january six criminal probe. we ll get the details from carole lettig one of the reporters who broke that story an expert legal guidance on what it all means. but first, let s remember how we got here. today washington for only the second time a federal judge sentence a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see. why in screenshots take it from officers body cams in january six, the sky is seen swinging a pull out of police officers so hard it snaps into on the officers riot shield. so the new guy finds another pull and start swinging that one at officers. the officer he hit with the first poll, the one he hit so hard that it stepped into, that was capito