subpoenas for and asked questions of some of the lawyers associated with donald trump s efforts to over turn the results of the 2020 election. among the names, some of them you probably recognize. sidney powell, for example. so central sp spending baseless accusations of voter fraud. and then emily knewmon who worked with her and mike roman and we told you last week about rudy giuliani s conversation with investigators. the result of a so-called proffer agreement. we now know that meeting actually spanned eight hours. and of particular interest, that infamous white house meeting back in december of 2020. and heated clash in which sidney powell put forward a plan to have our country s military seize voting machines all in order to rerun the election. and thanks to the committee, there is an abundance of public testimony related to that meeting. some of the participants in their own words. i was asked, are you claiming that the democrats are working with hugo chavez and whoev
supreme court being now felt across the country. this weekend, the conservative leaning high court, dealing a blow to lgbtq rights, while also striking down affirmative action at colleges, as well as killing president biden s student loan forgiveness plan. so, as a result, young americans telling msnbc, their faith in the court is shaken. i don t have a lot of confidence in the supreme court right now. i felt that for quite some time. it s just, all of it is infuriating in that the supreme court will just decide, well, yeah, this does not work and, you know, just no regard for the actual lived experience of people and what this is going to do to people. i am livid. meanwhile, a trump supporter who stormed the capitol on january 6th had two guns and 400 rounds of ammo in his van when he was arrested near former president barack obama s home. nbc news reports, taylor toronto showed up at obama s residence thursday, after former president trump posted screenshots on his tr
man. today after being called a gutless paid, bill barr went on cbs with a damning assessment of his former boss. saying trump s look at a fight nine-year-old. that trump is all but a victim. that the indictment against him is not government overreach. do you believe he lied to the justice department? and personally, do i believe. it yes. the legal theory by which he gets to have battle plans, and sensitive national security information as his personal papers is absurd. it s just as wacky as the legal doctrine that came up with for having the vice president unilaterally determine who won the election. obviously, these documents are really private. it s obvious. it s obvious. and yet, whatever obviously maybe it will put our court system to the test in the months to come. for numerous reasons. it s classified documents case highlights the danger of partisan judicial appointments. a judge, trump appointed, helped him delay the doj s investigation now oversees this trial.
justice department for pursuing charges in the first place. they have sunk back to school yard antics. whining, and what about-ing, and an echo of eight years, the phrase, but her emails has made it back into the gop s political rhetoric. which is a reference to hillary clinton s use of private email server when she was secretary of state. it was a controversial and flawed decision that the state department ultimately did say increased the risk of compromising classified information. but after multiple investigations, the episode concluded with officials finding no evidence of deliberate mishandling of classified information, and a republican appointed fbi director says no reasonable prosecutor would bring charges in the case. just like she was never found to have done anything wrong from the countless benghazi investigations. which the current speaker of the house kevin mccarthy once admitted on president were deliberately orchestrated by republicans as a political endeavor
experienced in the department of justice. they have investigated this case to the highest ethical standards and they will continue to do so as this case proceeds. the case jack smith is referring to could proceed in new jersey, according to legal experts, which could explain some of the things trump was not charged with in the indictment filed in the southern district of florida. also tonight, what to expect when president biden attends a major gun control summit tomorrow in connecticut. senator chris murphy joins me. plus, i have a big announcement about a blockbuster reidout special next week with a very special guest. they don t get much bigger. i will spill the beans a little later. but we begin tonight with the wild card in the mishandling of classified documents case against the twice impeached, twice indicted former president, donald trump. the wild card is the judge, who is set to oversee the case, u.s. district judge aileen cannon. you may remember her as the t