government pardon which he may not receive in part in georgia or new york. with the federal charges and holding trump accountable if in fact he is convicted. i want to get your thoughts on integral legal headache. a seven defamation trial against trump but e. jean carroll the case will begin on january 15th. the new york writer has already won a 5 million dollar jury against trump for sexual abuse and defamation. i want to ask you about this because you worked on many sex abuse cases, including the prosecution of bill cosby one of the implications of the carroll case not only for trump but for other women who have accused him of sexual misconduct, i can tell you from
actually went counter to what hunter biden s business interests might be. did this investigation, anderson, it needs to end and it needs to and now because what we are doing is badgering a private citizen and there is no legitimate legislative purpose at all. there also has been top by grassley and others about a 5 million dollar payment. is there anything that archer said about that today? yes, he said that is false. he said that there is no 5 million dollar payment to hunter or joe that he knew about, he said that all of hunter s payments from burisma went through their joint account during the time that devin archer was on the board, and he said that joe biden received no money ever from burisma. as we mentioned, house republicans today announced a probe into the plea deal that hunter biden got from his federal prosecutors on tax and gun charges. the plea deals up in the air now after a federal judge blocked out. do you think the gop investigation on that is going to go anywhe
reportedly given four days to testify before the grand jury, nbc news has learned that he has no plans to do so. but tomorrow, former white house aide william russell, who now works for trump s 2024 presidential campaign is set to testify again before the grand jury. russell has already appeared on multiple times. according to former u.s. attorney barb mcquade. the target letter and invitation to testify does not necessarily signal the end of the investigative process. what is often the case is that the investigation will continue to go on and the grand jury may continue to investigate other crimes or people. especially once people get charged. the defendants decide they want to cooperate and so additional charges could get added into the indictment. the bad legal news just keeps coming for the former president. today, a federal judge in manhattan upheld the 5 million dollar jury verdict against trump in the e. jean carroll sexual abuse and defamation case.
especially once people get charged. the defendants decide they want to cooperate and so additional charges could get added into the indictment. the bad legal news just keeps coming for the former president. today, a federal judge in manhattan upheld the 5 million dollar jury verdict against trump in the e. jean carroll sexual abuse and defamation case. and denied trump s request for a new trial. meantime, another district court judge has denied trump s bid to have his hush money case moved from new york state court to federal venue. that trial is expected to begin in march. with that, let us bring in our lead off panel luke broadwater, pulitzer prize-winning congressional reporter for the new york times. former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. and professor melissa murray of nyu law school. she was a law clerk for sonia sotomayor on the federal bench before her nomination to the supreme court. okay joyce let us start with the target letter.
platform. remember how trump go into this and the first place. just one day after carroll won a 5 million dollar judgment against trump, he made more disparaging comments about her during a cnn town hall, which paved the way for the second lawsuit. so trump s worst enemy isn t e. jean carroll, and it isn t the justice department. it is his own big mouth. alicia and shermichael are back with me, also joining us is david henderson, a civil rights attorney and former prosecutor and cnbc contributor. david, i want to start with you. this week, laura for the doj wrote, quote, although the statements themselves were made in a work context, the allegations that prompted the statements related to a purely personal incident, and alleged sexual assault that occurred