indictment, attorney general merrick garland is voicing support for special counsel jack smith. we ll show you his new remarks. plus new polling shows that trump s support among republicans is standing strong despite his mounting legal troubles. we ll break down those new numbers. and the judge handling trump s classified documents case, aileen canon, is coming under new scrutiny for having very little trial experience. that new reporting and so much more is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment, we re now hearing from attorney general merrick garland. speaking to reporters yesterday, garland declined to answer questions about the case, but he defended special counsel jack smith, the man that he appointed to lead the investigation into the former president. so as you know i can t talk about particulars o
criminally indicted more times than he was ever elected. he has pled not guilty. it was a weighty mood in that courtroom. you could feel that this was a historic day just walking in. mr. trump sat stonefaced, arms tightly folded across his chest. everything we witnessed today was self-inflicted by donald trump. that was just some of msnbc s coverage of the historic federal indictment of former president donald trump. we ll take you through yesterday s arraignment and what comes next in the case. and hours after his court appearance trump was back at his golf club in new jersey taking his typical approach to any accusations against him, portraying himself as the pure victim. and on capitol hill some republicans dodged questions about trump while others continue to support him. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a stonefaced former president donald trump pleaded not gui
day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally, hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris hayes, ari melber. we are gonna be joining you with special coverage by lawrence or diana o donnell, stephanie ruhle, alex wagner, jen psaki, plus all the legal experts and reporters we ve come to depend on so much for our coverage of this still unfolding fairly epic story. by now we all know the basics of what is going on. what s an indictment? well, that s the prosecution laying out its charges against a defendant. that happened last week. when the public got our first view of the unsealed federal indictment of former president trump on friday. 37 federal felony counts. 31 of them under the espionage act. what s an arraignment? that s what happened today. the defendant is brought to court and essentially introduced into the legal system as a defendant. for most, that means the
When the Justice Department first announced and historic indictment of a wellknown American Billionaire and political figure. Former billionaire Sam Bankman Fried Under Arrest and facing charges. Was once hailed as the king of crypto. Today, Sam Bankman Fried, founder and former ceo of exchange ftx is facing criminal indictments and a wave of civil complaints. The Sam Bankman Fried indictment, a huge, complex case involving billions of dollars in fraud complicated financial instruments, International Currency exchanges and a whole lot more. It was a first of its kind case for the Justice Department. And, for the judicial system that would hear that case. And, it took 10 months for that case, with all of its myriad complexities, to go to trial. Sam bankmanfried was indicted in the month of december by the following october, he was sitting in a courtroom. As it turns out, that is a fairly standard amount of time for major cases. In october of 2017, former Trump Campaign manager Paul Mana
All of the events and tickets online. A few tickets left in kingston, new york for saturday may 4th. That will do it for me for now. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Finally something to watch ly on tv on a saturday night before snl. Finally. Rachel, of course, the breakingh news of this minute is the celtics 102, miami one 88. They are up 31. I have arranged with adam silver, the nba commissioner, to make sure the celtics are not playing after 10 00 p. M. On any night of the playoffs so that i can watch. People ask is what we do with our political capitol we accrue by having television shows. I think that is a very noble use of it. Rachel, being the multitasker that i am, i was i watching you and the celtics and i loved that you went into detail. I just cant get tired of reviewing the detail of who has not shown up for donald trump and hes begging them to show ng up at this trial in manhattan and hes pretending there is some problem. I have been doing my credit