the government that he wants donald trump arrested again. advised of his right, again. and booked, this time, on 37 federal felony counts. mr. trump was fingerprinted through a digital figure consistent, but for his mugshot, they used an existing photo. special counsel watches from the front row as the ex president pleads not guilty. for donald trump, america had never before had a president twice impeached. america had never before had an ex president indicted, let alone twice indicted. today, on the day of his federal harassed, america starts yet another new chapter. joy reid, nicolle wallace, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ali melber, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki, plus our legal experts and reporters, all here for msnbc s special coverage of the first federal criminal indictment of a former u.s. president. good evening, and thank you for being with us for our special primetime coverage, of a day that will go down in american history as unimaginable,
out. joe biden is running and with donald trump leading the gop field, it seems ever more likely that the country will get exactly what it doesn t want, 2022 deja vu both men have dicey approval numbers. but when it comes to who americans would rather see in office, a majority of voters have repeatedly shown a distaste for trump-style drama, which makes the news today that was not about joe biden perhaps even more beneficial for democrats than anything the president could have announced earlier in new york, the civil lawsuit brought by writer e. jean carroll against donald trump has officially begun we have new details on who was picked for the jury today and what lawyers for both sides will argue in their openings, which should start in just a moment. and in georgia, we finally got an idea of what imminent means from the fulton county d.a. fani willis says a decision on whether to charge donald trump will be announced as soon as july remember, he s already been indicted fo
integrity or the tenacity of the state level prosecutors. but i think that jack smith would probably be loathe to say, i m going to wait until fani willis what happens if they both to january 6th? well, they are going to, but the question is this question is the sequencing. yes. rather than talking about andrew weissmann let s ask andrew weissmann. and stephanie ruhle, i want to hear from you on this as well. but, andrew so, when i heard the letitia james clip, i was thinking, if i were prosecutor in alvin bragg s office, i would have had my jaw dropped to the ground. just think about the different ways of cutting this. the normal way, you would think, is who has the case that his first in time? and the first person who had the case that was first in time would go, whether it is civil or criminal, whether it is state or federal. another way of dicing this is a civil case versus a criminal case. and a third way is state versus federal. and we have to start with the
secretary of state but since then, it has certainly widened into a number of different things, including the breach of voting machines down in rural county, to georgia s fake electors and a number of other things i will say this, though. it s certainly notable having covered this and watched it for the better part of a year, more than a year, the fact that she is asking about security the fact that she is already raising the flag about security a full two plus months before she expects to announce those charmingin charging decisions is notable and is the clearest indication we ve got about what we could possibly expect when it comes to her charging decisions and the level of people that she may be preparing charges against, katy. blayne, ron, thank you very much by the way, the jury was just sworn in in the carroll case so opening arguments will begin any moment now also joining me is former senior member of the mueller probe, nbc legal analyst andrew weissmann