they re so blatantly corrupt, you remember where they were the first too many you heard about them. the top of the list, an audio recording of trump bragging about and waving around a secret military document at his club in bedminster. we re not the only ones whose jaws hit the floor when we learned about that recording. so reportedly, the special counsel jack smith and his team of federal prosecutors. the wall street journal headline trump prosecutors struggled over motive, then they heard the tape. from that wall street journal report, justice department and fbi officials disagreed back in august about whether their investigation into the handling of sensitive documents justified the search of trump s mar-a-lago resort. what turned the tide was an audiotape and other evidence investigators confirmed around february from meetings trump held almost two years earlier. that crucial evidence, along with notes from a trump lawyer describing his response to the
affecting tens of millions of americans or the hurricanes or the drought, this is the new normal. this is a climate emergency. reporter: in st. louis the floodwaters are receding, but scientists say the chances of this happening again are only going up. omar jimenez, cnn. thanks for joining us. ac ac360 start now. we begin with breaking news. the attorney general called the highest reaching appropriation. there s new reporting in the washington post this evening citing four familiar with the investigation. the headline, justice department investigating trump s actions in january 6 criminal probe. the prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december
we begin with new details about the justice department s probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. nbc news has confirmed the washington post reporting which cites four people familiar with the matter that federal prosecutors have turned their attention to donald trump himself. the post reported two top aides to former vice president mike pence were asked before the grand jury about their conversations with trump, his lawyers and others in his circle, joining the scheme to replace certified biden electors with the former president s allies. according to the post, prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december of 2020 and january of 2021 about his pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and about the instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisors about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. two sources tell the post the department of justice has phone records of key officials and
and i didn t hear anything about hope in his speech yesterday. disappointing. it would be expected. reminiscent of his inauguration speech in 2017, american carnage. you do have a number of republicans at least dipping their toe in the water here. i mean, it is former vice president mike pence seems to be preparing for a run himself. he had nikki haley tweeting about the possibilities. ron desantis certainly hasn t taken his name out of the running, as well as others, mike pompeo. do you see a wide-open gop presidential primary at some point, and does a fractured gop give trump something of an advantage because that s would be a similar phenomenon to 2016 whereas the anti-trump vote was split in effect. look, jim, i want to go back to what i said earlier. i hate to be repetitious here. if you want to run for president you ve got to have the people that can give you the financial resources to build a team to put in place a structure across the country to win.
directly at the actions of trump position. now according to the washington post, prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december 2020 and january 2021. his pressure campaign to overturn the election and what instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisers will fake electors and sending them back to the states. and in addition justice department investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration including his former chief of staff mark meadows. meantime the new york new york s reporting on previously undisclosed emails among trump advisers. they were discussing their scheme of fake electors and they actually used the word fake. so there is a lot to digest here. let s break it down. and joining us now is counsel to the house democrats during donald trump s first impeachment trial. he was also the obama white house ethics czar. and also elie honig, former