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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

reporter for nbc news, barbara mcquade, veteran federal crown prosecutor, and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan, she went with a department of justice during the biden transition and teaches law at the university of michigan, and msnbc contributor matthew dowd, and founder of country over party. barb, you know i'm gonna go to you first. does this special counsel need to start from scratch? this has been going on for months and months and months. >> not at all. this is very different from the situation that robert mueller inherited. when robert mueller showed up he had to create a team. he was brand-new to the case. no work had been done. so the first thing he had to do was hire a staff. this is the group don trump famously referred to as 18 angry democrats. instead what jack smith is being hired to do is to oversee the teams that have already been conducting this work. as you say, for many months. i imagine he needs to get briefed, but in the meantime those agents and those prosecutors can continue their work. so if they have meetings

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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

democratic leadership team. with that, let's get smart with the help of our lead off panel tonight. my dear friends john allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc news, robert mcquade, veteran federal crown prosecutor, and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan, she went with a department of justice during the biden transition and teaches law at the university of michigan, an msnbc contributor matthew dowd, and founder of country over party. barb, you know i'm gonna go to you first. does this special counsel need to start from scratch? this has been going on for months and months and months. >> not at all. this is very different from the situation that robert mueller inherited. when robert mueller showed up he had to create a team. he was brand-new to the case. no work had been done. so the first thing he had to do is hire a staff. this is the group don trump famously referred to as 18 angry democrats. instead what jack smith is being hired to do is to oversee

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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

during the biden transition and teaches law at the university of michigan, an msnbc contributor matthew dowd, and founder of country over party. barb, you know i'm gonna go to you first. does this special counsel need to start from scratch? this has been going on for months and months and months. >> not at all. this is very different from the situation that robert mueller inherited. when robert mueller showed up he had to create a team. he was brand-new to the case. no work had been done. so the first thing he had to do is hire a staff. this is the group donald trump famously referred to as 18 angry democrats. instead what jack smith is being hired to do is to oversee the teams that have already been conducting this work. as you say, for many months. i imagine he needs to get briefed, but in the meantime those agents and those prosecutors can continue their work. so if they have meetings

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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

this country the likes of which, perhaps, we have never seen before. i don't think the people of the united states would stand for it. >> what kind of problems, mister president? >> i think they would have big problems. big problems. also, the january 6th congressional committee now saying justice officials will have to wait to get a look at their findings. the panel chairman says it will not handle any information until after the final report is complete. we have a lot to cover. i told you so. so, let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel tonight -- jonathan allen senior national politics reporter for nbc news, professor melissa murray of nyu law school. she was a law clerk for sonia sotomayor on the federal bench before her nomination to the supreme court. and barb mcquade is here, a veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. she worked with the doj during the biden transition and he's a professor at the university of michigan school of law. barb mcquade, what is your take away from the judge's ruling?

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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

cover, quote, 18 separate categories of information, including any communications the recipients had with scores of people in six different states, where supporters of then president trump sought to promote what are known as alternate electors. today, trump in an interview, was asked about the possibility he could get charged. here is some of what he had to say. >> do you feel like the department of justice is trying to indict you, mister president? >> there is no reason that they can. i did absolutely -- you have seen the legal preface -- i did absolutely nothing wrong. i think, if it happened, i think he would have problems in this country the likes of which, perhaps, we have never seen before. i don't think the people of the united states would stand for it. >> what kind of problems, mister president? >> i think they would have big problems. big problems. also, the january 6th congressional committee now saying justice officials will have to wait to get a look at their findings. the panel chairman says it will not handle any information until after the final report is complete. we have a lot to cover. i told you so. so, let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel tonight -- jonathan allen senior national politics reporter for nbc news, professor melissa murray of nyu law school. she was a law clerk for sonia sotomayor on the federal bench before her nomination to the supreme court. and barb mcquade is here, a veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. she worked with the doj during the biden transition and he's a professor at the university of michigan school of law. barb mcquade, what is your take away from the judge's ruling? >> i suppose it is not a

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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

even if classified even if subject to executive privilege they still belong to the governments and go to the archives. >> barr also said that he couldn't think of a legitimate reason why the documents would have been taken away from the government if they are classified. this was taken place today as to other former trump white house officials testified in another doj investigation. today,, ex white house counsel pat cipollone and pat philbin both appeared before a federal grand jury looking into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. with that, let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. barbara mcquade a veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. she worked with the doj during the biden transition and is a professor at the university of michigan's law school. and msnbc political contributor

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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

even if classified even if subject to executive privilege they still belong to the governments and go to the archives. >> barr also said that he couldn't think of a legitimate reason why the documents would have been taken away from the government if they are classified. this was taken place today as to other former trump white house officials testified in another doj investigation. today,, ex white house counsel pat cipollone and pat philbin both appeared before a federal grand jury looking into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. with that, let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. barbara mcquade a veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. she worked with the doj during the biden transition and is a professor at the university of michigan's law school. and msnbc political contributor

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The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle

because their government records, even if they're classified even if they're subject to executive privilege, they still block to the government and go to the archives. >> barr also said he couldn't think of a legitimate reason why the documents should've been taken away from the government if they are classified. this was taking place today asked to other former trump white house officials testified in another doj investigation. today ex white house counsel pat cipollone and pat phil burn both appeared before federal grand jury looking into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. with that let's get smarter with the help of our lead off panel, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times, barbara mcquade up veteran federal prosecutor and former u.s. attorney for the district of michigan, she worked with the doj during the biden transition and is a professor at the university of michigan's law school. and msnbc political contributor

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The Final Days of the Trump White House: Chaos and Scattered Papers

Government documents that President Donald J. Trump had accumulated were with him in roughly two dozen boxes in the White House residence. They were to go to the National Archives, but at least some ended up in Florida.

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Even on Biden's Big Day, He's Still in Trump's Long Shadow

For the sitting president, even a triumphant ceremony to sign major domestic legislation can hardly break through the nonstop attention on his predecessor.

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