Man that went into the cocoon as a cheesy star, the nearly want to be dictator. The New York Times is out with new reporting on the effects on the efforts by donald trump and advisors to use the authority of the federal government to seize Voting Machines after the 2020 election. And it reveals that trump was far more involved than previously known. The times reports six weeks after election day with the hold on power slipping, donald trump directed his lawyer Rudolph Giuliani if it could legally take control of Voting Machines in key states. They said giuliani called the acting Department Secretary that said he lacked the authority to audit or impound the machines. Its a reminder trumps attempted coup only failed because of hand full of Government Officials who were willing to put their foot down. And this was not some idea. It was actually put in writing. The plan to seize the machines was the subject of several draft executive orders. One of which politico obtained and while the ord
Trump indictments. Im melissa murray. Im andrew weissman. We are both nyu law professors, nbc legal analysts, now the coauthors of the New York Times best selling book, the Trump Indictments. The hist forurge Charging Documents with commentary. Donald trump is charged with 88 Felony Counts in four different jurisdictions. In this hour, we will cover the latest developments in Donald Trumps criminal cases starting with Fulton County, georgia today. And we will also zoom out and reflect on whether the american Justice System has so far proven whether to meet the challenges as we write in our book. The former president s attempt to politicize are corrupt, not only our elections, but the rule of law. January 6 Committee Member will join us. And later in the hour, we had flip the script. And ask an anchor the important questions. Chris hayes will join us to weigh in on the medias role in the event that voters ultimately get to render a verdict on donald trump before a jury does. But the bre
Good evening and welcome to a special episode of the trump indictments, donald trump is charged with 88 Felony Counts in four different jurisdictions. In this hour, we will cover the latest developments in Donald Trumps criminal cases starting with Fulton County, georgia today. We will also zoom out and reflect on whether the american Justice System has so far proven whether it can meet the challenges of, as we write in our book, the former president s attempt to politicize our corrupt not only elections, but american governance and the rule of law. Jamie raskin will join us. Later in the hour, we will flip the script and ask and msnbc anchor the important questions. Chris hayes will join us to weigh in on the medias role in the event that voters ultimately get to render a verdict on donald trump before a jury does. Our Breaking News tonight comes out of Fulton County, georgia for District Attorney fani willis has learned that she will not be disqualified from her election prosecution
Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The