It's been a rough 24 hours for Team Trump

Neither his lawsuit calling for a "special master" nor apparently leaking a National Archives letter does much good for him. [View in browser]( [Image]( August 24, 2022 THE LATEST [Alternate text] It's been a rough 24 hours for Team Trump]( by Hayes Brown Former President Donald Trump has reportedly been having a hard time finding attorneys to represent him since the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago. As [Hayes Brown writes](, "the lack of experience of the attorneys he does have was clear this week" after they filed a motion on Trump's behalf that was "mostly Trumpian gibberish doing an unconvincing impression of legalese." It's been such a poor display of lawyering, Brown notes, that a Trump-appointed federal judge responded to the beleaguered former president's confusing filing by asking, "What exactly do you want me to do here?" Read Hayes Brown'sfull analysis](//link.msnbc.com/click/28829425.94411/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi90cnVtcC1zLWZiaS1sYXdzdWl0LWFmdGVyLW1hci1sYWdvLXNlYXJjaC1hbHJlYWR5LWJhY2tmaXJpbmctbjEyOTgxNjI_Y2lkPWVtbF9tZGFfMjAyMjA4MjQmdXNlcl9lbWFpbD1kN2RjNzQ1MTcyOTdiMzk3MWFhMTRkNmYzMzExMzVhMDg3OGY4ZjY0MGZhMWExMDE5ZjE1N2I2NWMxYjVkZDFk/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914F9626e444//link.msnbc.com/click/28829425.94411/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi90cnVtcC1zLWZiaS1sYXdzdWl0LWFmdGVyLW1hci1sYWdvLXNlYXJjaC1hbHJlYWR5LWJhY2tmaXJpbmctbjEyOTgxNjI_Y2lkPWVtbF9tZGFfMjAyMjA4MjQmdXNlcl9lbWFpbD1kN2RjNzQ1MTcyOTdiMzk3MWFhMTRkNmYzMzExMzVhMDg3OGY4ZjY0MGZhMWExMDE5ZjE1N2I2NWMxYjVkZDFk/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914H9626e444//link.msnbc.com/click/28829425.94411/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi90cnVtcC1zLWZiaS1sYXdzdWl0LWFmdGVyLW1hci1sYWdvLXNlYXJjaC1hbHJlYWR5LWJhY2tmaXJpbmctbjEyOTgxNjI_Y2lkPWVtbF9tZGFfMjAyMjA4MjQmdXNlcl9lbWFpbD1kN2RjNzQ1MTcyOTdiMzk3MWFhMTRkNmYzMzExMzVhMDg3OGY4ZjY0MGZhMWExMDE5ZjE1N2I2NWMxYjVkZDFk/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914J9626e444 in your Wednesday [MSNBC Daily](. Stay informed with curated match-ups, race updates and key midterms analysis from experts like Steve Kornacki in our new pop-up elections newsletter: Countdown to Midterms. [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP](     TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [Ja'han Jones]( [Matt Gaetz poised to make history in November — but it's nothing to brag about]( The Trump-loving congressman from Florida could make history for a very bleak reason. [Read More.]( [Steve Benen]( [Why lawyers are 'giggling' at Trump's new Fourth Amendment case]( Team Trump's court filing is a mess. [Read More.]( [Julio Ricardo Varela]( [Latino voters are shifting on abortion rights. Just in time for the midterms.](//link.msnbc.com/click/28829425.94411/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL3RoZS1yZWlkb3V0L3JlaWRvdXQtYmxvZy9qdWRnZS1jaXRlcy1zdHJhbmdlci10aGluZ3MtZmxvcmlkYS1zdG9wLXdva2UtYWN0LWRlY2lzaW9uLXJjbmE0MzkxMT9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIyMDgyNCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B292a4088 Polls historically showed that Latinos in the United States were generally opposed to abortion. [Read More.](//link.msnbc.com/click/28829425.94411/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi93aHktcmVwdWJsaWNhbnMtY2hyaXN0aWFuLW5hdGlvbmFsaXNtLXNvLWRhbmdlcm91cy1uMTI5NzUyNz9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIyMDgyNCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914B6892aec8 [Ja'han Jones]( [Rep. Mike Turner gets squashed – repeatedly – trying to defend Trump after FBI search]( The Ohio Republican is stumbling all over the place trying to justify Trump's behavior — and it's painful to watch. [Read More.](//link.msnbc.com/click/28829425.94411/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXNuYmMuY29tL29waW5pb24vbXNuYmMtb3Bpbmlvbi93aHktcmVwdWJsaWNhbnMtY2hyaXN0aWFuLW5hdGlvbmFsaXNtLXNvLWRhbmdlcm91cy1uMTI5NzUyNz9jaWQ9ZW1sX21kYV8yMDIyMDgyNCZ1c2VyX2VtYWlsPWQ3ZGM3NDUxNzI5N2IzOTcxYWExNGQ2ZjMzMTEzNWEwODc4ZjhmNjQwZmExYTEwMTlmMTU3YjY1YzFiNWRkMWQ/58292da26e4adc7b0b8b4914C6892aec8   TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [All In]( New reporting outlines Trump's 'willful' retention of classified docs]( [Alex Wagner Tonight]( [Convictions in Whitmer kidnap plot a big win for rule of law against right-wing threats]( [The ReidOut]( Why Beto O'Rourke says Gov. Abbott is 'more beholden' to NRA, gun manufacturers than Texans]( [The Last Word]( ['This is a damning letter': Attorney baffled by Trump team’s decision to release National Archives letter](   MORE FROM MSNBC [Alternate text] This week on 'Into America,' writer Damon Young joins Trymaine to talk about his new advice column in The Washington Post, some of the best and worst advice he's received and what his conversations around race look like now. [Listen now](, wherever you get your podcasts.     [Image] [Image]   [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)