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Psychiatrys colic projection. Many people do it in small ways, but the farther gone you are the more likely you are to always be accusing other people of bad things that you do or throwing negative labels at people that actually apply to you. Perfectly. And so in psychiatric terms, talking about himself through projection today donald trump called himself, and these are all Donald Trumps exact words, a man with the mind ideas and iq of a first grader, a mental catastrophe, a stark raving lunatic who cant string two sentences together, and is not only dumb and incompetent, i believe he has gone mad. That is what donald trump thinks, deep down, in the darkness of whats left of his mind, about himself. And psychiatrists have told us thats why he hurls that Self Loathing language and other people. Projection is one of his defense mechanisms. Dozens of distinguished psychiatrist or Mental Health professionals who coauthored the book the dangerous case of donald trump, 37 psychiatry and Mental Health experts assess a president , have diagnosed Donald Trumps projection reflex, including in discussions on this program, one of those psychiatry and have joined us, and on trumps projection is so flawless, it is impossible to come up with a better description of donald trump than the one donald trump offers us through projection. A man with the mind, ideas, and iq of a first grader, a mental catastrophe, as stark raving lunatic who can stream two sentences together, and is not only dumb and incompetent, i believe he has gone mad. No one self diagnosis more accurately than donald trump. No one. What it takes to be a financial supporter of a stark raving lunatic like donald trump is something that social psychologists will be working on, no doubt, for the next several decades, at least. I dont need anybodys money. Its nice. I dont need anybodys money. Im using my own money. Im not using the lobbyists, im not using donors, i dont care. Im really rich. Ill tell you that. That was dont trump on the first day of his political career. And early in the campaign republican primary voters said one of the things that they absolutely loved about on trump was that he didnt need any money to run for office so he was incorruptible, obviously incorruptible, because hes so rich. No individual in the history of American Politics has taken more money from donors than donald trump. The truth always was, donald trump was never rich enough to pay for president ial campaign. And now donald trump does not think he is rich enough to pay for Criminal Defense Lawyers. And so the people who he promised he would never ask for money, he now begs for money every day, via email, to pay for Criminal Defense Lawyers for donald trump and his accused coconspirators and others who have not yet been accused of any crimes. Donald trump doesnt pay for anyones lawyers, including his own. The most gullible political contributors in the History Of The World pay for the trump criminal defense team. But donald trump decides what that criminal defense team does and does not do. And today in a florida court, don trumps criminal defense team tried to get away with the most absurd delay ever proposed to the Magistrate Judge who heard the proposal. Today donald trump and his codefendants, walt nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, were supposed to be arraigned on the attempts to delete Security Camera footage, the indictment quotes defendant Carlos De Oliveira telling trump employee number four twice, the boss wanted the server deleted. Trump employee for is obviously a corroborating witness with the prosecution who will testify under oath that de oliveira said that and that de oliveira asked him to commit that crime of obstruction of justice because the Security Camera footage was already under the subpoena by the Justice Department when donald trump wanted the footage deleted. That was a crime. Carlos de olivieras in as deep trouble as you can possibly be in this indictment. He went into Federal Court today in florida and bought a Washington Post lawyer paid for by Donald Trumps gullible contributors to tell the Magistrate Judge that he couldnt enter a plea today because he has not been able to find a Florida Attorney to represent Carlos De Oliveira, as florida rules require. There are 77,223 lawyers in florida. Southern florida, where the Federal Court is, in this case, has the highest concentration of those lawyers. None of them are available, according to the trump criminal defense team. And they told the judge that they couldnt possibly find one until august 25th at the earliest. They suggested delaying the arraignment of Carlos De Oliveira until august 25th. The Magistrate Judge, no doubt feeling insulted by the blatant and lazy attempt to create unnecessary delay, told the defendant to be back in court on tuesday, with a florida lawyer, and be ready to enter a plea. The other two defendants, donald trump and walt t nauta, entered the plea of not guilty today to the carriages and superseding indictment. Donald trump was not required to attend today session today. In washington d. C. Special Prosecutor Jack Smith filed a proposed Trial Schedule for the case of states of America Versus donald trump in which donald trump is charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, i conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. Jack smith suggested a Trial Schedule that would accommodate pretrial motions in september, october, november, then begin Jury Selection on december 11th, with the first day of trial set for january 2nd. In jack smiths filing with court today, he used Donald Trumps newest Criminal Defense Lawyer, john lauros television comments against him. Quote, and the defendants initial appearance, and in several television interviews, Defense Counsel has suggested that the Speedy Trial Act is intended only to protect the defendants rights, not so. Under both the sixth amendments speedy trial clause and a Speedy Trial Act, the right to a timely trial is vested in the public, not just in the defendant. Defense counsel claimed both an immediate interview and an initial hearing that the government has been investigating this matter for three and a half years, while the defense is starting with a blank slate. Not only is this claim impossible, as january six 2021 was two and a half years ago. But it is disingenuous. The defendant and his counsel have long been aware of details of the governments investigation leading to this indictment, having had First Contact with Government Counsel in june of 2022. Jack smith said he is prepared to produce most of the Discovery Evidence in the case to the defense as soon as the court issues a protective order, with rules about how that evidence must be treated by the Defense Lawyers and most especially, importantly, by defendant trump. Leading off our discussion tonight is harry litman, former u. S. Attorney, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, hes a Senior Legal Affairs columnist for the los angeles times. Also bradley moss, National Security attorney. And harry litman, let me go to where we will be tomorrow with this question of how the case is going to proceed in washington, d. C. An ambitious Trial Schedule submitted today by jack smith, with a factual Trial Sessions scheduled to begin the First Business day of the new year, but they need the protective order. They need the rules of the road to be put in place before this case can get really started. What are you expecting to happen on that . I expect them to get it and the fact that they need it is underscored by todays filing. Smith said that he will, in this case, as he did in maralago, give trump much much more than trump is entitled to at this stage of the proceedings, in order to serve this speedy trial, and that is going to include a grand jury transcripts. So today, when we look at what trump wrote, you can also see the all almost see the veins bursting out of his neck, when he gets the grand jury transcript in says a letter inverse what mike pence had to say, mark meadows, he can be expected to go totally berserk. And its very important than that he not be able to try to vilify them in the public eye. And so it is part and parcel. You need the protective order in order to give him a lot of information early, in order to serve the speedy trial. One more quick thing on the speedy trial, besides saying that is a public right, smith did a very interesting thing. He said especially here, where trump has, and then he just recited the charges. So i was reading between the lines. Its very clear what he is saying. I think chutkan will see it too. Where here the former president is trying to run out the clock and to delay things. That we need the speedy trial all the more. Bradley moss, ive pointed out many things the Donald Trumps newest Criminal Defense Lawyer john laura should not have been saying on television. I didnt even get to the ones that jack smith used in his pleading today. Yeah, it beggars the imagination, why is this lawyer, and an entire legal, team, constantly on television . I understand for some of them who are legal spokespeople, theyre going to do a lot of cable tv hits. But if youre the lawyer whos going to be going before the judge for all of these motions, for the trial itself, you know the governments tracking what you are saying, and you are getting asked to comment on the specifics, the substance of your trial strategy, and you revealing details. I something i dont understand what theyre doing other than donald trump likes to see his lawyers counterpunching on cable news. But its gonna come back to bite them, just like Donald Trumps own comments publicly, and campaign events, on tv, have already come back to bite him, not only as these criminal prosecutions, but even in the civil trials with e. Jean carroll. This is not a wise legal strategy. It is possibly a good political one, which is ultimately their entire true defense. Bradley moss, jack smith also revealed today that theres a small amount of Classified Information in this case and they need a Classified Information procedures hearing to figure out exactly how this small amount should be handled in this case in washington d. C. , its nothing like the scale of what will be dealt with in florida but jack smith insists this will take very little time in should not slow anything down. Im intrigued to see what other Classified Information might be coming into play here. There was an element of military considerations, in terms of potential Foreign Policy moves that were being discussed in the context of these various schemes, the criminal conspiracy, but beyond that im interested to see what could possibly have come up that would be classified. But i dont foresee it having any real major or significant role in the case itself. Sounds like its a small amount of discovery. The crux of this is the grand jury testimony. The crux is them chesebro and eastman. That is what is going to be the foundation for the governments case. That stuff is not classified. Harry litman, could be classified staff be possibly pages of mark meadows notes where nationals notes, where contains something about the scheme donald trump, the criminals don trumps engaged in, and on the same page, there is Something Else about iran that has nothing to do is classified that has nothing to do with the case. My answer is yes, i think it illustrates what brad is saying. It was quite a teaser, that footnote, and definitely caught everybodys attention when smith put it there. Were thinking about in terms of delay, they will try to delay for all its worth. But intriguing, and we really just dont know. Its probably happenstance, something in that initial harvest from the Search Warrant there wind up using here. Its really a kind of Guessing Game right now, what it is. What you say seems possible. What brad says, i think, is an interesting possibility in those last few weeks. We really just dont know right now. So harry, in michigan today you had the arraignment of fake electors in michigan. Jack smiths Indictment Talks about the fake electors of michigan, and it talks about the fake electors in every state where there were fake electors. How does this prosecution in michigan interfere with, if it does, jack smiths prosecution . The tangible worry would be it goes to trial and certain people, witnesses, not even the defendants, make certain statements that differ a little bit from what they would say in trial before jack smith and the challenge lawyers with nothing to do would have a field day with these teeny discrepancies. I dont see it in michigan, though, i mean its very straightforward. Its just these actual electors themselves. Were gonna also see it in georgia and well see with a grand jury testimony actually revealed there, when there is a similar process going on. In some sense, it is reinforcing this date and federal actions, but the tangible worry, the prosecutors get a little nervous about, is statements that are slightly different by the same person and the opening for crossexamination. Harry litman and bradley moss, thank you both for starting off our discussion tonight. Coming up, our next guest, senator Sheldon Whitehouse has made us one consistent promise about Clarence Thomas. Its going to get worse. And today, it did. With more reporting on Clarence Thomas violating the requirements of Financial Disclosure. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins us, next. Its lying dormant, waiting. And could reactivate. Shingles strikes as a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. And it could wake at any time. Think youre not at risk for shingles . Its time to wake up. Because shingles could wake up in you. If youre over 50, talk to your doctor or pharmacist about shingles prevention. My most important kitchen tool . My brain. 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Those are the words of Clarence Thomas. The job is not worth doing for what they pay. They paid Clarence Thomas 285, 400, which is 111,000 more than United States senator. Clarence thomass income alone puts him close to the top 5 of income earners, but his wifes income added to Clarence Thomass income, puts him way into the top 1 of income earners. It makes them millionaires. We dont know exactly what Clarence Thomass wifes income actually is, because of the Shady Ways Thomas Treats Financial can quote disclosure, but in the past mr. And mrs. Thomas have admitted to her income being over 600,000 and there are indications she could bring home much more than that. There is no definition of Clarence Thomass income that does not fit the word rich. He and his wife are millionaires. But Clarence Thomass lifestyle is mega rich. A profile of Clarence Thomas, written in the 1980s, won a few hundred thousand dollars was considered very rich, reports Clarence Thomas is thinking about money then this way. He says he plans to be rich. He says that means more than just a few hundred thousand dollars a year. No matter how rich Clarence Thomass income and his wifes income have made Clarence Thomas, he has used his position at the Supreme Court to experience the life of billionaires. New reporting from propublica today shows that Clarence Thomas has taken much more from billionaires than propublica has already reported. Today propublica reported that Clarence Thomas has taken least 38 destination vacations, including a previously unreported voyage on the yacht around a bahamas, 36 private jet flights plus an additional eight by helicopter, a dozen vip passes to professional and College Sporting events, typically perched in the sky box, and luxury resorts in the may jamaica, and one standing invitation to an uberexclusive golf club overlooking the atlantic coast. Former federal judge jeremy fogel told propublica, i think its unprecedented. Don fox, a former general counsel of the u. S. Office of government ethics told propublica that, quote, he advised every new political appointee the same thing. Your wealthy friends are the ones you had before you were appointed. You dont get to acquire any new ones. One of Clarence Thomass new Billionaire Friends is david sokol, who accurately predicted that President Bidens Student Loan Forgiveness Plan would be overturned by Clarence Thomas in the Supreme Court. Its going to get overturned by the Supreme Court, sokol predicted. It turns out a billionaire who never went to law school but flies Clarence Thomas around and private jets, can be very good at predicting rulings Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court are going to make. Joining us now is democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse of rhode island. A member of the Senate Judiciary committee in a chair on the committee on Federal Court. Hes also host on the podcast making the case. Senator whitehouse, you promised us it would get worse. It has gotten worse. Does it feel good to be right about these predictions . No. I wish it did. And i wish i felt this was the bottom of it. I think its going to continue to get still worse. There is more to disclose about Clarence Thomas. This coming week Justice Thomas and Justice Alito run out the clock on the extensions for their disclosures. So they have to make those disclosures next week. There is a 30day window in which they become public. So well find out a lot more from them about their own disclosures. And people will be picking out what theyve disclosed and what the press has found out to make sure that they are telling the truth. We may find out new things from their own disclosures as they fear that those things will become exposed in later investigative efforts. And then we are only just beginning to understand how very improper our Justice Alito s interview in the Wall Street Journal was. That was deeply improper. And thats gonna come out more. So the other Supreme Court justices and judges on the Judicial Conference need to understand that this is not going away. Its going to continue to get worse because the behavior is inexcusable. We keep coming up against no guardrails here. And so just to go back to your point, where there is theoretically a deadline, that they have to meet for disclosure forms. What if Clarence Thomas just doesnt meet the deadline . I think he believes that nothing can happen to him. Yes. I think the problem that hes going to face there is that the Financial Disclosure committee of the Judicial Conference has those rules. And thats also the group thats going to advise the Judicial Conference On Whether or not his failure to file is willful. And if there is a question, a question whether his failure to file is willful, that question is referred to the Attorney General of the United States for a proper investigation. So if youre Clarence Thomas and you are refusing to meet a deadline, you are telling the people you have the Position Power to refer you to the Attorney General of United States for investigation, im blowing you off, pals. That is not a good place to be in because that power of referral to the Attorney General is a power conferred of the Judicial Conference by law. Okay, so that does feel like something that even Clarence Thomas would be concerned about, the idea that the Justice Department would then be conducting a potentially criminal investigation of him. I do suspect that he would still feel immune from the ultimate effects of such an investigation. But that seems to be the only possible pressure on him. Well, the Judicial Conference can investigate these matters, and they can amend the rules and tighten things up for the Supreme Court. I frankly hope that they will. And they can require more disclosure. But i think a lot of this is going to be on you and me, collectively, the press and the congress, to keep digging to the bottom of this. Because what the Supreme Court justices have told the rest of the world is, we have no rules, we do not care, we will not answer your questions, and you can basically go pound sand. And theres no other position in government where you get to do that. Not judges, not legislators, not members of the executive branch, not Town Council Members in small towns and counties around the country. You just dont get to behave that way as a government official. So the extent to which they are out of line is going to come to haunt them before too long, and were going to do to the bottom. This is not going to. And isnt your sense that there is any pressure at all on Clarence Thomas from inside the Supreme Court . Im not sure about that. I think that there likely is beginning to be pressure within the Supreme Court. I am confident that there is pressure from within the Judicial Conference. Those judges are the chief judges of all the different Circuit Courts Of Appeal and selected District Court chief judges, very powerful and august group, and they have to follow the rules. They know the rules in though the Supreme Court justices are cheating. They know that the excuses are being made and they make no sense, are not correct, and they also resent that by treating this behavior of Supreme Court justices as legitimate, they impute to the rest of the judiciary that they might be doing the same thing. So i think the pressure is building within the Judicial Conference to take the necessary steps against these relatively rogue Supreme Court justices. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, thank you for staying on the case and thank you for joining us again tonight. Coming up, Tuesday Night was a very big win for democrats and supporters of Reproductive Rights in ohio. Ohio Senior Senator joins us, next. When i was diagnosed with hiv, i didnt know who i would be. But here i am. Being me. Keep being you. And ask your Healthcare Provider about the number one prescribed Hiv Treatment, biktarvy. Biktarvy is a complete, onepill, onceaday treatment used for hiv in many people whether youre 18 or 80. 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Senator, thank you very much for joining us tonight. Really appreciate it. Very eager to get your reading of Tuesday Nights vote in ohio. Yeah, it was a bonus and they rejected the power grab of politicians, and they said we want to preserve our vote and our voice. Its clear that politicians in columbus didnt want voters to have their say, so they can do whatever they want on abortion, on voting rights, on civil rights, on labor rights, and right to work and all those issues. So it was a big victory for ohio. And because it reverberated across the country, we will be the only state in the country to have abortion language, abortion rights, Reproductive Rights in the november ballot. It was a good victory for the country. It was fascinating to see republicans in ohio trying to impose, basically, the said 60 vote rule on the state of ohio but you can only win if you have 60 of the vote instead of 51 of the vote. Yeah, they have tried to rig the system. They made voting harder especially for young voters, black voters. They have done an extraordinarily effective i guess is the right word job on gerrymandering. Democrats typically lose by six or seven points in if you look at averages, the legislature is more than two to one both houses a republican, congress, the same way. Now they want to rig this so that we couldnt put abortion language or stop them doing right to work or stop them from weakening voter laws. All of those kinds of things. That is why this victory was so important. But the other thing it did, lawrence, it empowered activists in the state. I have never seen, i, well its a huge turnout for a special election. It was about four times with the Secretary Of State predicted. You dont see that in august special elections. Thats why they scheduled it then. But ive seen such a sea change among people in ohio who were feeling, progressives were feeling discouraged, activists were feeling discouraged, because columbus was a listening to anyone, apparently. Conservative or liberal. And this makes people realize yes, they have a voice, yes they have a say. And thats going to go forward into november with the Abortion Bill on the ballot and beyond. So there is that statewide election in november this year, but november of next year, you and President Biden will be running in ohio. Does Tuesday Night tell you anything about the dynamics the you and President Biden will find yourselves running in in ohio next year . Yeah. It tells me. This voters rejected a power grab. Voters rejected special interest government. Thats what my whole career has been about. Whether its fighting for the fentanyl bill, whether its fighting for the pact act to extend health care to veterans, whether its writing the bill and getting a bipartisan agreement on a bill through the banking housing committee, which i chair, on holding Wall Street Executives who run the banks, holding them accountable. So voters, they voted for me in the past because i do stand up for those interest groups. Thats what last tuesday is about. Thats why i asked people to come and join us for this race in the next year. I know every democrat running statewide in ohio, including President Biden, they always want to know what is the Sherrod Brown secret. Democrats struggle statewide in ohio. You make it through. How do you do it . I talk about the dignity of work. My focus, i wear this pin here on my lapel this is a depiction of a canary in a bird cage given to me at a workers memorial day rally, symbolizing coal miners safety. Most of my colleagues where this fancy jewelry pin that scream im a senator, i wear this, i focus on workers. My staff works really hard and serving the public directly and making sure were listening. I do 40 round tables with veterans groups about how to implement the pact act, the extension of health care to veterans. Its hard work, but its also listening to people, and its that focus on the dignity of work. I think that its standing up for interest groups. Thats why tuesdays vote was such good news, i think, for all of us. Do you see tuesdays vote in ohio, is that old saying is ohio go so goes the nation, which might not be as true as it used to be in president ial politics. But is there something in that, in tuesdays vote, for the rest of the country . I think voters around the country have really had it with special interest government. When they see the power that wall street has, or they see in east palestine, when that train derailed. Part of that was because Congress Railroads have had their way with congress on the regulators too long. When they see these banks fail, workers dont bailed out when people get laid off, but the banks do. I think people have had it up to here with Special Trust government. If that reverberates across the country, we see a very good year in 2024 for those politicians who stand up for these interest groups. Ohio Senior Senator Sherrod Brown, thank you very much for joining us tonight. Always appreciate it. And coming up, california congresswoman katie porter now a candidate for change state senate will join us next on the subject of bidenomics. Thats bidenomics. Whats always really best in this country, investing in america. Invest in america and americans. When we invest in our people, when we strengthen the middle class with Stronger Economic growth, that benefits everybody. While other Allergy Sprays take hours. 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The 11th hour, with stephanie ruhle, starts now. Tonight, donald trump and his legal team now just hours away from what could be a pivotal hearing in the Election Interference Case. As jack smith moves to set a date for trumps trial. Plus, brand new reporting on Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas and even more lavish gifts from his billionaire buddies. The reporter who broke that story joins me live. Then, she was the face of the antivaccine movement, but now she is speaking out against the dangerous conspiracy theories. As the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening, once again, im stephanie ruhle, live from Msnbc Headquarters here in new york. But we are beginning tonight in washington, where a crucial hearing in the 2020 Election Interference Case is set to get underway in a matter of hours. 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