all a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. let s do at home joining us this hour. it s great to have you here. do you remember the name brandon van grack? it s a very memorable name, so you might remember the sound of it. if not, the circumstance in which you first heard it. but if you are like me, in all likelihood, the first time you heard the name brandon van grack, it was the first time you heard the word, espionage, formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, as it not just spy movie stuff but as in u.s. law. but we are only about four months in to the u.s. trump administration in the new york times first reported that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice.
seemed the political fit for this state, the reddest in the nation. where she won by nearly 50 points. but everything changed when she turned on trump. every american must consider this. can a president who is willing to make the choices donald trump made during the violence of january 6th ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again. as cheney awaits word on her political future, trump and his allies are facing new threats to their legal future. three investigations moving ahead on multiple fronts in just the past 24 hours. federal prosecutors now say the search at mar-a-lago is part of an ongoing criminal investigation involving national security after warning a judge that unsealing the affidavit could compromise witnesses and undermine their case. in new york the former cfo for trump s business empire is now expected to plead guilty to criminal charges in a case linked to tax fraud. and in georgia where investigators are looking into attempt
country. i believe in the very soul of this nation, and most of all, i believe in you, the american people. i believe in my core there isn t a single thing this country cannot do when we put our mind to it. we have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there s nothing beyond our capacity. that s why so many foreign companies decide to invest their make chips in america, billions of dollars. we re the best. we have to believe in ourselves again, and now i m going to take action that i ve been looking forward to doing for 18 months. [ applause ] i m going to sign the inflation reduction act. [ applause ] hey, everyone, it s john heilemann here, i forgot to say aloha, namaste, and gutentag. i m here for nicolle wallace yet again, and we are here interrupting our regularly scheduled programming which you re all too familiar with, to bring you a special bulletin regarding what president joe biden would in an earlier incarnation surely have referred to as
could alter the investigation s trajectory, and as they re describing more about that, they re digging in and saying we want to protect witnesses. we want to protect grand jury sec secrecy, and they also say the fact that this investigation implicated highly classified materials further underscores the need to protect the integrity of the investigation. that s an acknowledgment by the justice department this investigation implicated highly classified materials. that s their words in the papers. what happens next? that s a great question. so the media, 12 different news outlets including cnn, are trying to get this affidavit made public. but there are lots of calls for transparency right now. it s not just the media that s asking for this. there are some republicans on capitol hill that have wanted more transparency around this investigation. we will see if the court agrees with that. and of course, there is still on the table these requests from both democrats and republi
things are going to happen if the political climate does not change. the statement coming in his first interview since the raid on his florida compound last week. the former president telling fox news digital he will do whatever can he to help. also tonight the justice department wants to prevent the unsealing of the affidavit used to justify the search warrant request. it says the fact that this investigation, quote, implicates highly classified materials further underscores the need to protect the integrity of the investigation. and exacerbates the potential for harm. if information is disclosed to the public prematurely or improperly. there is also a reference in the doj filing to federal rule 6 e. that signifies a grand jury. experts look at this say it may be a part of a concern trying to protect the identity of a witness or witnesses who are assisting in this. and perhaps other investigations. all of this comes as congressional republicans are pressing hard for addition