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Minority leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled the House Republican midterm agenda. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion spoke with McCarthy about why he wants to be speaker.

Former U.S. president Donald Trump snapped at New York’s attorney general Letitia James on Friday (September 22) during his rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, as he and his family face a civil fraud suit in New York.

Paola Ramos, host of Field Report with Paola Ramos, talks with Alex Wagner about why a growing number of Latino voters are voting for Republican candidates, and why cultural conservatism sometimes takes precedence over Republican attitudes towards immigrants.

Jim Walden, former assistant U.S. attorney, talks with Alex Wagner about how charging a RICO conspiracy works and how DOJ prosecutors might approach a case against Donald Trump and his inner circle with that charge.

The Justice Department resumes its review of documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. And Trump’s lawyers were reportedly at a DC federal court this week, battling with the DOJ over potential witness testimony to a grand jury about Trump’s actions ahead of 1/6. Plus, several Trump allies launch a new Super PAC expected to spend millions on the midterms. 

Marc Short, an aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, spoke to CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge on Friday about the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago and Pence's potential presidential ambitions.

As Trump faces a flurry of legal questions, his former campaign aide, Sam Nunberg, speaks out on the probes, adding: “It was very strange to me that she [James] didn’t seek injunctive relief” and that allegations of Trump’s pattern of overvaluing assets didn’t surprise him. “I’ve been with Donald when he’s told me that he’s worth $4bn. He’s told me he’s worth $10bn… Did he inflate assets? I have no firsthand knowledge but I’m not surprised.” Nunberg also tells MSNBC’s Ari Melber that in the next presidential election, “DeSantis is going to be the favorite... Donald Trump, if he declares… His campaign will stall and DeSantis could probably come in next summer.”

Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for former President Trump, discusses with Nicolle Wallace the lawsuit filed by New York AG Letitia James accusing the Trump Organization of fraud and what he thinks will happen to the former president amid several investigations.

In Monongahela, Washington County, Republican leaders rallied to promote their common themes to challenge Democrats for control of the U.S. House.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden's rebuke of Russia and Putin at the U.N. and the state of Republican politics.

Former President Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail stumping for Republican candidates who will be on the ballot this November. Amna Nawaz and Lisa Desjardins discuss his latest rally in Wilmington, North Carolina where Trump is supporting Senate candidate Ted Budd.

Former President Trump appears to be embracing the unfounded theories of the extremely far-right QAnon community and it's raising concerns about future political violence. Mike Rothschild, author of "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything," joined Amna Nawaz to discuss.

'The Five' panelists react to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's 'Commitment to America' governing agenda if Republicans gain majority and Hillary Clinton comparing Trump's 'ranting and raving' to Hitler.

Mick Mulvaney, former Acting White House Chief of Staff for the Trump administration, explains what the special master has communicated to Trump's legal team amid the investigation into classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.

Former President Trump's attorneys have been asked to detail any documents the Justice Department may have falsely claimed to have retrieved from Mar-A-Lago.

ABC News investigative reporter Katherine Faulders and legal contributor Kimberly Wehle discuss the latest in the investigation into documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate.

House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers discusses what the GOP is doing to rein in the president's spending and get inflation under control on 'Cavuto: Coast to Coast.' #foxbusiness #cavuto

An air charter company Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration used to transport migrants across the country, Vertol Systems, has contributed money to some of the governor's allies and was once represented by Rep. Matt Gaetz and the state's official in charge of immigration policy. NBC'S Marc Caputo reports.

Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys are fighting a secret court battle to block a federal grand jury from gathering information from an expanding circle of close Trump aides about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, people briefed on the matter told CNN. #CNN #News

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., spoke about the "Commitment to America" agenda Republicans would prioritize if they regain control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections.

Former President Donald Trump is facing an ever-growing list of legal challenges. In today’s episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains why the civil lawsuit filed by New York's attorney general against him and his three eldest children is different from the rest.

As legal battles mount for Donald Trump, the special master reviewing documents seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago has given the former president one week to back up his claims that evidence was planted during the search. NBC News’ Jonathan Allen explains how the deadline could impact Trump’s argument and whether the multiple legal battles could help or hurt his candidacy should he run for president in 2024. 

The special master appointed to review documents seized at Mar-a-Lago has ordered former President Trump’s team to officially back up their claims that the FBI planted evidence in their search of his home. NBC’s Kristen Welker reports for TODAY.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman says former President Trump admitted taking boxes of documents to Mar-a-Lago in an interview with Sean Hannity. #CNN #News

Fox News contributor Lara Trump calls out VP Harris and President Biden for their failure to address the border crisis

As former President #Trump appears to more openly embrace the #conspiracytheory, videos are evading hashtag bans. #Politics

CNN's Don Lemon says the special master is telling lawyers for former President Donald Trump to 'put up or shut up' and provide evidence to back claims the FBI planted documents at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Lemon discusses with senior legal analyst Laura Coates and national security attorney Bradley Moss. #donlemontonight #donlemontonight #CNN

The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump's lawyers to back up out-of-court assertions that the FBI may have planted evidence at the property during their search last month.

David Rohde, executive editor for news at NewYorker.com, talks with Alex Wagner about how the Justice Department will proceed with the investigation of the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago now that they've cleared a major court hurdle, sharing reporting from a law enforcement official that "they're going to investigate the hell out of this." 

New York’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit accusing Trump, three of his kids and his company of fraud. Now, the former President is blaming the banks for not catching the error. David Enrich weighs in on if that argument will hold and breaks down Trump’s finances.

Special Master Dearie orders Trump lawyers to prove claims that the FBI “planted” evidence at Mar-a-Lago. Meantime, some GOP Senators reject Trump’s claim that a president can declassify documents just by “thinking about it.” Plus, the January 6th committee prepares to interview Ginni Thomas.

New York's attorney general has exposed Trump's most sensitive insecurity--that he is not nearly as rich as he claims to be. This is something that our guest, Tim O'Brien, forced Trump to admit in court a decade ago. Joy Reid and Tim O’Brien discuss Trump’s nonsensical statements regarding his level of wealth.

Former President Donald Trump shares how he tried to reduce crime domestically as well as keep foreign powers in check in an exclusive interview on 'Hannity.' #foxnews #hannity

Chris Hayes: “Even if Walker has made charitable contributions in the past, that does not change the fact that—like Trump before him—Walker, through his company apparently tried to earn some good will by pledging charitable donations that simply never materialized.”

Former President Donald Trump joined 'Hannity' for an exclusive interview on a potential 2024 White House bid and the successes of his previous administration.

Chris Hayes: “Donald Trump went on national television where he sounded like a raving lunatic, totally disassociated from reality. But crucially, he fundamentally admitted to the main facts of the crime that the DOJ alleges he may have committed.”

Former counsel to House Democrats in the first Trump impeachment trial and former Trump campaign strategist David Urban react to former President Donald Trump's inaccurate claim that he could declassify documents by thinking about them. #ac360 #CNN #News

New York State is suing Donald Trump, his children and the Trump Organization for an alleged fraud spanning a decade. A federal appeals court gave the former president a huge setback in his fight in the Mar-a-Lago document probe. And that’s not all of Trump’s legal troubles. Former FBI special agent Asha Rangappa joins the show to help make sense of it all.

Former President Donald Trump joined 'Hannity' to explain what being a MAGA Republican means and how President Biden's green energy policies are hurting the country.

Donald Trump, in a Wednesday interview with his friend Sean Hannity, seemed to make a losing argument about why he took classified documents to Mar-a-Lago even worse. Trump made an outrageous claim about his supposedly magical powers to declassify documents. "Unfortunately for Trump," Joy Reid observes, "we are not all living in an episode of 'Bewitched.' He cannot just wiggle his nose and expect classified material to miraculously become unclassified." Joy Reid and her panel discuss.

As New York Attorney General Letitia James announces a sprawling fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump and the Trump Org., Michael Cohen is name checked after he “testified before Congress to shed light on this misconduct.” Cohen joins MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber, adding: “Understanding how the Trump Organization works, the methodology that’s used in the inner workings of the company… that’s what I provided.” Cohen also speaks on documentary evidence listed in the lawsuit including financial statements, adding: “I provided them the roadmap into what they were used for.”

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen slams Donald Trump over a new interview appearance in which he claimed to Fox’s Sean Hannity that he could declassify documents “by thinking” it, telling MSNBC’s Ari Melber that Trump “truly doesn’t want to be the President, he wants to be the king.”

Just how impactful will Trump's legal issues be for the GOP with the midterms less than seven weeks away? CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns and CBS News political director Fin Gomez joined "Red and Blue" to discuss this and much more.

In an exclusive interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, French President Emmanuel Macron addresses reports that he's linked to some of the classified material found at Mar-a-Lago.

A new book by two veteran journalists takes a look behind the scenes of Donald Trump's presidency. Husband and wife reporting team Peter Baker of The New York Times and Susan Glasser of The New Yorker say that to understand what happened on January 6, it is necessary to understand what happened the day Trump took office and all the days in between. That is the focus of their book, "The Divider."

Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston and former U.S. attorney Harry Litman discuss how New York Attorney General Tish James’ lawsuit could be the Trump Organization’s ultimate downfall

Former President Donald Trump is firing back at New York's Attorney General Letitia James. It comes after she filed a lawsuit against the former president, Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. over fraud. Trump says "This was just a continuation of the witch hunt that began when I came down the escalator of Trump Tower." Also, he claimed that he had the power to declassify the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago, just by thinking about it.

Former Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security Miles Taylor, former FBI counterintelligence agent Pete Strzok, former U.S. attorney Harry Litman, and Wall Street Journal Justice Department reporter Sadie Gurman react to Trump’s claim that he declassified documents just by “thinking” about it

Former President Trump’s sustained influence over the Republican party was on full display as the House passed an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act. Brendan Buck, Doug Thornell, Lisa Desjardins discuss the GOP’s desire to focus on the economy while on the campaign trail – and keep Trump out of the headlines.

CNN's Jim Sciutto and Poppy Harlow discuss the New York attorney general's lawsuit against Trump accusing him of business fraud with New York real estate attorney Adam Leitman Bailey. Bailey has sued Trump in the past over his real estate properties. #CNN #News

Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell is expected to testify in a Georgia grand jury investigation into possible election interference in the 2020 presidential race. NBC's Blayne Alexander reports.

CNN's Chris Cillizza takes a look at how much former President Donald Trump claimed his properties were worth and compares the numbers to their appraisal value. #CNN #News

An appeals court ruled the DOJ can continue its use of classified documents seized at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Plus, the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 is resuming hearings next week and more Capitol riot defendants face a judge. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane breaks it all down.

The New York attorney general has announced a civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children and the Trump Organization for alleged fraudulent business practices. Attorney General Letitia James said she's referring her findings to other legal offices for possible criminal investigations. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson discussed the civil case and the potential fallout from it.

Representative Jason Crow (D-CO) joins Andrea Mitchell with his reaction to former President Donald Trump’s remarks on Fox News that U.S. presidents can declassify documents just by thinking about it. “Nobody gets to just think in their mind that the deepest secrets, our national security secrets, secrets that might mean life or death for our CIA officers, for our informants, for the people that are developing intelligence networks overseas, for our policymakers, for our troops that are serving right now as we're having this discussion. Information intelligence that is life and death for them. People don't just get to wish it away and declassify it,” says Crow. “In the United States of America, we have no kings, we have no queens, we have elected representatives. And he needs to be held accountable.” 

Plus, the latest on the battle over abortion rights, and Russian President Vladimir Putin calls for more troops to be mobilized in the war with Ukraine.

The civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges the former president "grossly" inflated his net worth by billions of dollars in order to cheat lenders.

In a Fox News interview, Former President Donald Trump claimed the declassification of documents can happen “by thinking about it.” National security attorney Bradley Moss discusses why this is inaccurate. #CNN #News

New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses former President Donald Trump of allegedly valuing his net worth much higher than it is and cheating lenders with misleading financial statements.

A federal appeals court ruled the Justice Department can resume using documents marked as classified that were seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. Meanwhile, New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit against Trump and three of his children alleging more than a decade of fraud in the Trump Organization. The former president denied the allegations, calling it a "witch hunt." CBS News Homeland Security and Justice reporter Nicole Sganga joined Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to talk more about the ongoing investigations.

A new lawsuit alleges Donald Trump committed fraud by falsely inflating his net worth, and the Trump legal team has reversed its request for a special master to review documents taken from Mar-a-Lago.

The January 6th committee will conclude its work by releasing a congressional report with new evidence, findings and policy recommendations -- a hotly anticipated publication since the committee's work has already impacted criminal probes into the insurrection. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber is working on a Harper Collins edition of the forthcoming Jan. 6 Report, with a foreword about the coup conspiracy, and that Report edition hit #1 on Amazon's book charts after Melber announced it. MSNBC's Willie Geist talks to Melber about the report in this excerpt from Morning Joe.

Former President Donald Trump’s business practices included being paid with gold bars, according to a new book by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond reports and CNN's John Berman discusses with author Gwenda Blair. #CNN #News

Donald Trump and three of his children have been hit with a fraud lawsuit after a New York investigation into their family company - the Trump Organization.

The former president, along with three of his children, are named in a $250 million lawsuit for allegedly lying about his net worth and cheating lenders.

A panel of three appeal judges overturned a temporary order blocking the Department of Justice from using the Mar-a-Lago documents in their criminal investigation of the former president.

The FBI raid at Trump's Mar-a-Lago was allegedly watched in real time inside Trump Tower. The inventory of items removed lists a number of classified, secret and top documents, including one stamped Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information. The Washington Post reports that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought during the search of Mar-a-Lago. However, Trump called the Washington Post report a hoax.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, his three oldest children and the Trump Organization, accusing them of fraud. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa joined "CBS News Mornings" to explain the claims being made against the Trumps and how the former president is responding.

Fox News contributor Lara Trump calls out New York Attorney General for targeting the Trump family in a $250 million lawsuit

Fox News contributor Joe Concha responds to liberals' praise for New York Attorney Gen. Letitia James after she filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming release of two fiction crime books. #FoxNews

Former President Trump insisted in a new interview with Sean Hannity that the documents in the Mar-a-Lago probe were all declassified and that he could declassify documents just by thinking about it. Former DOJ prosecutor Andrew Weissman and Danny Cevallos discuss Trump's argument.

A federal appeals court ruled unanimously that the Justice Department can resume reviewing classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago as part of its criminal probe. Meanwhile, New York Attorney General Leticia James announced she is suing former President Donald Trump for a scheme to falsely inflate his assets. NBC’s Kristen Welker reports for TODAY.

Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen joins CNN’s Don Lemon to discuss the civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia against the former president. #CNN #News

An appeals court allowed the Justice Department to continue looking at classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. Meanwhile, Trump and his company are being sued for an alleged “staggering” fraud.

Susanne Craig, New York Times investigative reporter, talks with Alex Wagner about the remarkable specificity and quantity of details in the New York Attorney General's lawsuit against Donald Trump and his company, including his sons and daughter who help run the company. 

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a massive lawsuit against Donald Trump, his progeny with Ivana, and the Trump Organization itself, alleging fraud and pursuing remediation that could wipe out Trump's company. Barb McQuade, former U.S. attorney says the evidence listed in the court filing suggests James has a good chance of winning.

Former Federal prosecutor and Fox News contributor Andy McCarthy reacts to breaking news that the New York Attorney General is bringing charges against former President Donald Trump on 'The Story.' #FoxNews #TheStory

New York A.G. Letitia James is suing former President Trump, three of his kids and his company for fraud and seeking $250 million in penalties. Meantime, an appeals panel - with two Trump-appointed judges - ruled the Department of Justice can regain access to classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago. Plus, Ginni Thomas agrees to meet with the January 6th committee.

Donald Trump has been allegedly exposed as a grifter through the New York attorney general’s investigation into his business practices, leading to a civil lawsuit for tax cheating and fraud. David Cay Johnston, an expert on Trump, contextualizes these developments by illuminating patterns throughout Trump’s career.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes the latest loss Donald Trump has faced in the Justice Department’s classified documents investigation and explains why the worst two days in Donald Trump’s life are the day he lost the 2020 election and today in light of that court decision and the lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman tells CNN's Anderson Cooper that New York Attorney General Letitia James' civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump could convince him to run for president in 2024 because of the legal protections the office provides. #CNN #News

Former President Donald Trump sits down with Sean Hannity to discuss President Biden's energy policies and why America should be energy-independent on 'Hannity.' #foxnews #hannity

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Justice Department, putting a partial stay on the order from Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon that would have prevented the government from using the Mar-a-Lago classified materials in their ongoing criminal investigation.

Fox News host Sean Hannity sits down with former President Trump in an exclusive interview to discuss the Mar-a-Lago raid and the two-tiered system of justice.

“We have seen this before, carried out by Letitia James' predecessors, by the very same office,” says Chris Hayes on the Trump Foundation scheme. “And while criminal charges did not materialize then, they could now.”

QAnon supporters on former President Donald Trump's social media platform have celebrated what they see as his renewed embrace of the conspiracy theory after he shared a meme that was viewed as one of his most brazen nods to QAnon yet. CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports. #CNN #News

Former President Donald Trump joined 'Hannity' to respond to New York Attorney General Letitia James filing a lawsuit against him and several of his family members over allegations of 'fraud and misrepresentation' regarding financial statements. #foxnews #hannity

Michael Cohen says the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against Trump is “going to ultimately terminate the Trump Organization, Donald, Don Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Weisselberg, McConney, and the rest of them. This is going to put an end to the entire con.”

Chairwoman of the Republican National Lawyers Association Harmeet Dhillon analyzes New York Attorney General Letitia James' announcement of a broad legal inquiry into the business dealings of former President Trump's family on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.' #FoxNews #TuckerCarlsonTonight

New York’s Attorney General Letitia James escalated the legal pressure on Trump Org with the new September 2022 lawsuit that seeks to end Trump Org. as many know it, stripping the Trump family of control and hitting them with up to $250 million in penalties, based on an exhaustive 220 page filing. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent, Ari Melber, explains the long road to this lawsuit, why this pressure could be different, and analyzes some of the evidence James uncovered. James also referred Trump for possible criminal prosecution by the IRS and the DOJ. 

New York State Attorney General Leticia James announced her office is suing former President Donald Trump, his family and the Trump organization over a "staggering" alleged fraud scheme.

New York Attorney General Leticia James filed a lawsuit Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, his company and three of his children. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reported on the lawsuit. Then, David Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor, joined John Dickerson to discuss the case.

New York’s Attorney General Letitia James files a $250 million lawsuit against Trump, his children, and others in an alleged massive fraud case. In the 220 page filing, James reveals more than 200 alleged acts of fraud at Trump Org. and alleges Trump “personally” ran the fraud. James also referred Trump for possible criminal prosecution by the IRS and the DOJ. MSNBC’s chief legal correspondent, Ari Melber, reports on the lawsuit upending Trump Org. and the new developments in this exhaustive investigation.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a civil lawsuit after a three-year investigation against former President Trump and his three children Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric. Trump slammed the suit by James, a Democrat, as politically motivated. NBC News’ Peter Alexander reports on the fraud allegations.

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday announced that her office is suing former President Donald Trump, The Trump Organization, and three of Trump's children, for fraud. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane, and CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa dive into the lawsuit on "Red and Blue."

New York state sued former President Trump, his three eldest children and his company alleging business fraud. The civil lawsuit claims they inflated Trump's net worth by billions of dollars by exaggerating the value of his key real estate properties. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the lawsuit in Manhattan. John Yang reports on the latest development in Trump’s legal battles.

The New York state attorney general filed a sweeping lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, alleging he and three of his adult children were involved in expansive fraud lasting over a decade. In a statement to CNN, Trump's attorney said, "Today's filing is neither focused on the facts nor the law -- rather, it is solely focused on advancing the Attorney General's political agenda." CNN speaks to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen about the lawsuit. #CNN #News #michaelcohen #trump

NY Attorney General Letitia James announces a lawsuit against former President Trump and some members of his family and inner circle for business fraud and includes a criminal referral.

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday announced a $250 million civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children and his family business.

The lawsuit is the culmination of the New York attorney general's three-year civil investigation of former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.

Author Dahlia Lithwick joins Morning Joe to discuss her book 'Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America'.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the Trump Organization for $250 million over its business practices. James claims the company manipulated its property valuations for years in an effort to game the system. CBS News investigative reporter Graham Kates and CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson discussed the significance of the suit, and CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane explained the impact it could have on the company moving forward.

Donald Trump’s legal team and the DOJ meet in court for the first time before the newly appointed special master, Judge Raymond Dearie. Dearie slamming Trump’s team for avoiding answering questions and reportedly expressed skepticism on claims of declassifying Mar-A-Lago documents. Former Federal Prosecutor John Flannery joins MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on the latest in the document scandal, shredding Trump’s claims, adding: “If you want this property back, it really had to be yours… Trump has no possessory interest.”  

Co-Author of “The Divider” Peter Baker joins Andrea Mitchell to share insights into former President Trump’s long history of spinning the truth after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against former President Trump, his children, and the Trump Organization, alleging that they inflated property values when seeking bank loans. “What you see these allegations is a person whose association with the truth is tenuous at best,” says Baker. “He's never been held accountable in the way that Letitia James now seeks to have him held accountable for his private actions or what he did in public.” #AMRstaff 

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman gives her analysis after the New York state attorney general filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children and the Trump Organization, alleging involvement in expansive fraud. Hear the conversation on CNN's Inside Politics. #CNN #News

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing former President Donald Trump and three of his children over alleged fraudulent business practices. CBS News contributor Keir Dougall discussed the lawsuit and explained how it may impact other investigations, including the Justice Department probe into documents marked as classified that the FBI seized at Mar-a-Lago.

NBC's Kristen Welker reports on how the announcement of the New York attorney general's lawsuit against the Trump Organization over alleged business fraud could impact Republicans campaigning in the midterms and former President Trump's potential plans for a 2024 presidential bid.

New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit alleges that former President Donald Trump misrepresented his net worth, cheating lenders with false misleading financial statements.

Civil rights attorney Brian Claypool argues Trump's legal team has to take New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against the former president 'extremely serious.'

NBC News’ Tom Winter breaks down the details of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against Donald Trump and his organization, saying that the attorney general’s office appears to have “the documents they think they need” to prove the civil case against the former president. 

"The complaint demonstrates that Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars," Attorney General Letitia James said.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against former President Trump, his children and the Trump Organization, alleging that they inflated property values when seeking bank loans. MSNBC’s Ari Melber has the details. 

The New York state attorney general filed a sweeping lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, three of his adult children and the Trump Organization, alleging they were involved in an expansive fraud lasting over a decade that the former President used to enrich himself. #CNN #News

Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, is the culmination of the Democrat's three-year civil investigation of Trump and the Trump Organization. Trump's three eldest children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump, were also named as defendants, along with two longtime company executives, Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney. #attorneygeneral #letitiajames #donaldtrump #newsy

After a three-year investigation, New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, the Trump Organization and Trump's three eldest children. James alleges Trump inflated the value of his assets in an extensive scheme "to cheat the system."

Attorneys for former President Trump responded to the New York attorney general's lawsuit alleging business fraud in a statement and dismissed it as an "unchecked abuse of authority" while claiming it is "focused on advancing the attorney general's political agenda." NBC's Kristen Welker reports.

Attorneys for former President Trump responded to the New York attorney general's lawsuit alleging business fraud in a statement and dismissed it as an "unchecked abuse of authority" while claiming it is "focused on advancing the attorney general's political agenda."

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against former President Trump, his children and the Trump Organization after an investigation alleges they inflated the values of properties in seeking bank loans. Her office is seeking $250 million in penalties for over 200 instances of fraud over 10 years.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against former President Trump, his children and the Trump Organization after an investigation alleges they inflated the values of properties in seeking bank loans. Her office is seeking $250 million in penalties for over 200 instances of fraud over 10 years.

New York Attorney General Letitia James unveiled the details of the lawsuit on Wednesday. #FoxNews

Recent polls show that voters' views of Donald Trump are about as low as they were when he left office. In today’s episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains why the former President's standing is serving as an anchor for Republican candidates in the midterm elections. #CNN #Cillizza

The special master appointed to review documents seized at Mar-a-Lago appeared doubtful about Donald Trump’s claims that he had declassified top secret documents found there.

Reporters Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian discuss Mitch McConnell's decision not to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial. #CNN #News

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., discusses the ongoing legal battle over the FBI raid at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and Democrats failing to address the border crisis.

Former impeachment counsel Norm Eisen and former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham discuss Judge Raymond Dearie's first hearing as the special master selected to review documents recovered at the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence. #erinburnettoutfront #stephaniegrisham #CNN

Alex Wagner reports on special master Judge Raymond Dearie's putting his foot down on the games Donald Trump's legal team has been playing with vague insinuations about whether the classified documents seized by the FBI are indeed classified or whether Trump overtly declassified them at some point.

Josh Gerstein, senior legal affairs reporter for Politico, talks with Alex Wagner about the scene in the courtroom as special master Judge Raymond Dearie forced Donald Trump's legal team to face plain questions about their position on the classified documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago.

In the first hearing with Trump-picked Special Master Dearie, he questioned Trump’s legal team about claims of declassifying documents and when they refused, he told them “you can’t have your cake and eat it.”

Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss why it’s “impossible to not indict Donald Trump” for withholding top secret government information.

The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home said Tuesday he intends to push briskly through the review process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team's reluctance to say whether it believed the records had been declassified.

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains why a judge told Donald Trump "you can't have your cake and eat it too."

The special master appointed to review documents federal agents seized at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate appeared doubtful Tuesday about Trump's contention that he had declassified the various top secret and other highly sensitive documents found there. Joy Reid and her panel discuss.

Judge Raymond Dearie, the special master overseeing the seizure of documents from Mar-a-Lago, signaled to lawyers for former President Donald Trump that if they don't make a case that any of the documents were declassified, he would determine that they're classified. CNN's Jessica Schneider reports. #cnn #jessicaschneider #thesituationroom

Chris Hayes: “Tom Fitton is not a lawyer—but he has been giving Donald Trump a lot of legal advice that the ex-president is actually listening to.”

The January 6th committee is in its final sprint with its ninth hearing just days away. The committee will issue a congressional report with new evidence and never-before-seen material as well as its full findings and recommendations. Will the committee recommend criminal charges for former President Trump? MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber, who has reported extensively on January 6th from that day in 2021 onward, including a special report on the crimes that may have been committed, announces the forthcoming Jan. 6 Report (available via Harper Collins with a special foreword by Ari Melber). Plus, a look back at past probes and lessons learned from the historic 9/11 report and the baseball steroid scandal.

Former President Donald Trump's legal team and Justice Department officials attended the first special master hearing in Brooklyn, New York, Tuesday regarding the documents seized by the FBI from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Scott MacFarlane, CBS News congressional correspondent, and Dan Meyer, a national security lawyer and former intelligence officer, joined John Dickerson to discuss the case.

The special master appointed to inspect documents seized by the FBI from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate held his first hearing in the case Tuesday. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa, and CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane, joined "Red and Blue" to discuss this story and more.

Former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, reacts to Judge Dearie, who was Trump’s pick for special master, telling Trump’s lawyers to put up or shut-up on claims that Trump declassified records

Co-authors of the new book “The Divider” Peter Baker and Susan Glasser discuss with Nicolle Wallace the multiple crises and conflicts that happened inside the Trump White House, including reporting about how Trump almost pulled out of NATO.

Greg Gutfeld and then panel on 'The Five' react to Democrats calling out and in some cases suing Florida's governor #foxnews #thefive

The special master appointed to review documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago held his first hearing Tuesday. During the meeting, Judge Raymond Dearie questioned former President Donald Trump's lawyers about their request to delay disclosing information regarding the declassification of documents. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge discussed the latest.

Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) weigh in on a new NBC poll that shows just 33 percent of Republicans consider themselves loyal to Donald Trump over the Republican party, the lowest level since the question first appeared in NBC polling. 'It actually indicates that Donald Trump is the one Republican leader today uniquely capable of dividing the party,' said Rep. Jolly, 'What that number tells us is if Donald Trump removed himself from the scene and particularly if he steps out of the ’24 cycle, Republicans will unite.'

The special master appointed to review documents seized from former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate heard arguments from lawyers and questioned whether certain documents had potentially been declassified. NBC's Tom Winter reports.

MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Mike Lindell must face a defamation lawsuit brought by a voting machine company that the Trump ally falsely accused of rigging the 2020 U.S. election, a Minnesota federal judge ruled on Monday.

Former President Donald Trump told a federal appeals court that it should not lift the hold a lower court judge put on the Justice Department using Mar-a-Lago documents identified as classified in its criminal probe -- and continued to try to cast doubt on whether the 100 or so documents that are at the center of the dispute are in fact classified. The latest filing from Trump emphasized the authority a president has to declassify records and leaned into the idea that the documents' classification status at this point should be viewed as ambiguous. #CNN #News

'The Divider' takes a look at the Oval Office during Trump's presidency and writers Susan Glasser and Peter Baker join Morning Joe to discuss many of the key moments from the book.

In a speech at the American Enterprise Institute conservative think tank, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., accused her fellow GOP colleagues for treating former President Trump like a 'king' and she recounted an anecdote involving a House GOP colleague who referred to Trump as 'the orange Jesus.'

Former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania will not be invited to Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. Only current heads of state and their spouses are invited to the funeral due to limited space. Also, rumors swirled around Trump's private plane landing in Washington, D.C. The former president was spotted dressed down in golf shoes, apparently there on undisclosed business and meetings and for golfing.

The special master appointed to review documents seized at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate holds the first hearing in the case Tuesday. Ahead of that hearing, Trump's legal team filed a motion opposing Judge Raymond Dearie's request that they provide information about any steps allegedly taken to declassify those records. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins Anne-Marie Green to discuss.

Former President Trump's legal team is upset that U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of New York, Raymond Dearie, is asking for evidence of what he claims to have declassified and is setting aggressive deadlines, according to new reporting from Politico's Kyle Cheney.

Video reveals for the first time a Republican county official in Georgia and operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump spent hours inside a restricted area of the local elections office on the day voting systems there were breached. CNN’s Drew Griffin has the latest. #CNN #News

On Tuesday, attorneys for the Justice Department and Donald Trump are set to appear in Brooklyn at a hearing before the court-appointed special master in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. The Morning Joe panel discusses why Trump attorneys don't want to disclose which Mar-a-Lago documents he claims to have declassified.

Peter Baker, co-author of "The Divider," a book about Donald Trump's time in the White House, talks with Alex Wagner about how Trump had no interest in uniting the country after he was elected, and deliberately sought to provoke discord in his treatment of issues like immigration.

Special master Raymond Dearie asked Trump’s legal team to show evidence that the former President declassified documents in the Mar-a-Lago case, but his lawyers refused. It comes as new reporting reveals Trump was warned he could face serious legal trouble if he didn’t return White House records taken to his Florida home. 

Former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann reacts to The New York Times report that former White House Counsel Eric Herschmann told Donald Trump in late 2021 about the legal liability he could face for taking classified documents.

Donald Trump appeared to embrace QAnon tropes at an Ohio rally for J.D. Vance over the weekend. As president Trump feigned ignorance of QAnon and its bizarre conspiracy theories, but as his troubles seemingly mount, are his tactics changing? Joy Reid and her panel discuss the GOP tradition of flirting with an absorbing extremist conservative wings.

Rep. Liz Cheney spoke out against former President Donald Trump and accused members of the Republican party of treating him like a "king" during a speech at the American Enterprise Institute.

Chris Hayes: “Right before our eyes, the de facto leader of one of two major political parties is embracing fully a violent, authoritarian cult mythology. It’s one that explicitly imagines its political foes being killed.”

Music that sounded like a QAnon song was played during Donald Trump's speech at a rally in Ohio. CNN's Sara Sidner reports the details and other instances that show potential links between Donald Trump and QAnon propaganda. #CNN #News

A bizarre Trump rally in Ohio for GOP Senate candidate, J.D. Vance is putting the GOP in a bind. The New York Times reports music Trump played resembled a QAnon song and the crowds reacted to it with a salute. It comes after Trump openly embraced QAnon conspiracy theories online and in recent actions. The Washington Post saying it amounted to Trump asking “QAnon to stand back and stand by.” MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on the rally and “the main-lining of weaponized lies and hate in the GOP and America.” 

The governors in states like Florida and Texas say it's an effort to provoke President Joe Biden to act. Democrat leaders are calling it a political stunt.