never thought i would, i m running out of things to say. having known you for 1000, years that seems hard to believe, dude. or that we will get to the bottom of that jar of peanut butter. there you go. there s nothing left. we will never tire of the things that you have to say. keep saying them. so many takes. i ll be following. thanks, chris. and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. we start this evening with this. get caught in a hot mess? call the dawn bomb of law. that is an ad for the legal services of the new florida lawyer representing former president trump s alleged coconspirator, walt nauta in the mar-a-lago documents case. just from the layman s perspective here, yes, it sure seems like he is caught in a hot mess. today in miami, mr. nauta finally pleaded not guilty to the charges that he screamed with trump to hide color documents of trump s florida beach club, and then attempted to cover it up. for weeks now, if mr. nauta it has been delay
garland. controlled by the democratic party in a radical left. as somebody who served there for many years, first it is associate deputy attorney general and then it is special assistant to the attorney general and then finally chief of staff to the attorney general and in my view the greatest attorney general ever. this department, this department is destroying america. it is destroying the 2024 election. it is violating every norm, every tradition, everything it inherited to ensure that that department would be trustworthy and could be reliable. it has criminalized politics and i want to say this, if we do not break the back of the department of justice, and i will explain what i mean in a moment, it will destroy this country and we will not be able to claw our way back. this is not hyperbole. i don t need to be. let s start. cnn. exclusive special counsel prosecutors question witnesses about chaotic oval office meeting after trump lost the 2020 election. multiple sources t
is strong. for some. it s lonely and odds are you won t win. any group with less than 50 members. it s hard to join. most of us don t have the desire to run for president. and even if we did have the desire we still wouldn t i offer those caveats because there s a difference between critiquing and criticizing. mhm part of evaluating how someone would perform as president is evaluating how that son performs as a candidate. that is a fair critique. but we should be mindful of how difficult running for the highest offices especially in a challenging time for our country. and then a very toxic political environment. governor ron de santis started his co paint campaign with momentum with energy with excitement. and its fundraising numbers have been impressive. and yet he has not taken off like some believed he would will he regain his footing? will someone else supplant him as the closest challenger? or as former president trump on a glide path to renomination. here with the lates
this is from his interview with fbi agents two days after the attack on the capitol, quote, i went in there, i wanted, you know, i wanted to stop this depends on all that. pence was supposed to be the hero to save the day, and he didn t. and when this writer was asked what got him there in the first place, he said quite clearly, trump s posts. trump posted make sure your their, january 6th. douglas austin johnson cited donald trump specifically has a reason that he went to the capitol that day, and he is not alone in that. more than 1000 people, 1000 people have been arrested for their roles in the january 6th riot so far. the nonprofit group, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, also known as crew, that group comb through all of the public google filings related to january 6th defendants. they found at least 174 of those defendants said that, in one way or another, that they were answering donald trump s calls when they travel to washington and joined the
stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. here in new york city, and it is independence day. happy independence day to all of you who are tuned in right now. what a great national anthem and all your great photos coming in. happy independence day to my friends will and of course joey who is in for pete this morning. i am, i had a chance to get up early, i was on with the girls with fox & friends first, and i could not imagine a better opportunity to get up and work all day long than on the 4th of july, to spread the message of patriotism and freedom and how much we love this country. so you ll see me again late tonight, eight to 10 p.m., here all day, happy all day,