again. i m stephanie ruhle, and we start this evening with breaking news that says donald trump was warned late last year he could face serious legal trouble if he did not return white house records taken to mar-a-lago. the new york times reports that warning came from one time white house lawyer eric herschmann. you probably remember herschmann s very colorful testimony to the january 6th committee. he talked about his efforts to try to stop attempts to keep trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. the times reports herschmann, quote, sought to impress upon mr. trump the seriousness of the issue under the potential for investigations and legal exposure if he did not return the documents, particularly any classified material. we are learning all of this just as the former guy s lawyers are heading into a new round of high stakes court battles. they have until noon, tomorrow, to file their response to the doj s appeal of the judges decision to temporarily block investig
that s why the world works with servicenow. former president trump was interviewed by sean hannity on fox news and when hannity brought up trump s claim he declassified the documents at mar-a-lago, he gave an interesting explanation. is there a process? what was your process to there doesn t have to be a process, as i understand it. different people say different things, but if you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s declassified, even by thinking about it. [ laughter ] hannity was like, i get it, you re going to plead insanity. now it s making sense. welcome back to morning joe. it is 6:00 in the morning tong west coast as you look at los angeles, 9:00 in the east on this friday, september 23rd. a busy hour ahead, including the new pressure on donald trump s legal team to prove in a court of law the allegation trump has been making in public that the fbi planted evidence at mar-a-lago. there is also new reporting showing
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are showing up at regular, everyday american activities. you have them at abortion clinics, at, you know, children s hospitals, you have them at public libraries. they are fighting tucker carlson and donald trump s culture war out in the street at more rapid clip than ever. one has to hope that, you know, through this next election, we can look at, you know, the extremist candidates who are aligned with these forces and, you know, hopefully voters will ask themselves whether they want those people running the country. that s the thing. candidates in really important races, statewide races, have done a lot more than given a wink to the proud boys. they ve supported them. we are proud boys: how a right-wing street gang ushered in a new era of american extremism. andy campbell, thank you. thanks for having me. up next, the boston celtics suspend their head coach for the