what the voters want? at the same time, it s a legal challenge, not a political one, that may pose the biggest danger to the only other declared candidate, donald trump. what s the special counsel s latest request from a judge say about the possibility that trump faces criminal charges? and we re watching the white house where the president could face questions from reporters just a few minutes from now. under pressure to talk publicly about the shootdowns in the sky. new nbc reporting about the internal debate over whether he should answer those questions. so a lot going on on this wednesday, but we start with republicans facing critical questions about the future of their party as newly announced presidential candidate nikki haley hits the campaign trail for the first time, officially giving the gop something they haven t had in nearly seven years. an alternative to donald trump. we re ready, ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past, and we are m
we re learning about an aggressive new legal strategy being used by the special counsel investigating donald trump s handling of classified documents. nbc news has learned that jack smith is asking a judge to compel former trump lawyer ere evan corcoran to answer more questions before a grand jury. he s invoking what s called the crime fraud exception. that allows prosecutors to get around attorney/client privilege when they believe legal advice has been used to further a crime. i m joined now by nbc ease julia ainsley and by former deputy assistant attorney harry litman, professor of constitutional law at ucla. so julia, talk to us about what we re learning in this sealed filing and what you re hearing from our sources. well, chris, it s aggressive but it s not a surprising tactic are from jack smith, someone who has tried war criminals in the hague. we now know from sources and my colleague ken dilanian that zack smith is going to try to compel the testimony of evan corcoran. that
of the bulwark and an msnbc contributor. charlie, immaterial to read part of an article in the bulwark, here s what it says. quote, on paper nikki haley should be a top tier contender in the 2024 republican primary. she s a successful former governor from an important early primary state. she has an impressive personal back story, solid foreign policy chops and great candidate skills too. this used to be an extremely attractive package for gop primary voters. used to be. but not anymore. why not, charlie? well, that s my colleague sarah longlaw, she s absolutely right. if you go back to 2013 when the republican party was trying to figure out how it was going to change its image, she would have been the answer. the problem is that the republican party has changed. the base has changed. you can t just erase seven years of the trump legacy and the way in which this party has been