As the public defense. John got eat never even had for indictments at once. Theyre worried they cant beat him in the ballot box. Tonight sweeping rico charges for the ex president and his foot soldiers. No laws were written for any organization that turns itself into a criminal ongoing organization. Involving legal strategies for the maga inner circle. Great a get a great criminal defense lead lawyer. Youre gonna. Get late filing for mark meadows to move the Fulton County charges to Federal Court and which of the four criminal trials of Donald Trumps most important. Which will go to trial first . I did everything right and they indicted me. When all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight we are processing the aftermath of the latest sweeping indictment of donald trump, delivered by a Georgia Grand Jury less than 24 hours ago, announced last evening. Fulton County District attorney fani willis accuses the ex president of being involved in a criminal en
kicked off the ballot, or at least kicked off the ball pending appeal. more proof that donald j trump is having a hard time shaking the i word, insurrection. and that the republican front runner is heading into the new year with section three of the 14th amendment nipping at his seals. first, there was colorado. now, its main saying that trump is disqualified from being on the ballot. let s not forget that more than a dozen other states, with the 14th amendment have cases pending. 14 amid cases. the new ruling by the secretary of state s as inspiring as it is somber. quote, i conclude, as did the colorado supreme court that the record establishes that mr. trump, over the course of several months and culminating on january 6th, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to blame his supporters and direct them to the capitol to prevent certification of the 2020 election, and the peaceful transfer of power. i likewise conclude that mr. trump was aware of the likelihood for v
Special Prosecuting Donald Trump on this pivotal and and the looming trials of the former president , current candidate, and defendant, donald trump. Im ari muller and tonight our aim is to go beyond even the many important day the headlines and takes a wider look at the stakes in Criminal Justice priorities for these unprecedented cases. To do that, i am joined by doj veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, to see him right there back at work, Andrew Weissmann. Burning off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord whos also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen, Prosecuting Donald Trump. Before we get in any further, i want to actually give a question to you that i think is on peoples minds in all fairness, which is can defendant trump get a fair trial with these primaries approach . Great question. I would broaden the question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . I would say the answer to
Night, the special counsel jack smith asked judge Tanya Chutkan to issue a gag order against donald trump prohibiting him from attacking prosecutors. Including the judge, herself, or potential witnesses who may testify on in a federal criminal trials, stemming from his effort to subvert the 2020 election. Now, prosecutors said, quote, the defendants past conduct, including conduct that has taken place after and as a direct result of the indictment in this case, actually demonstrates the need for this order. Adding that trumps past salvos had already resulted in harassment of potential witnesses. Of course, to no ones surprise, yeah, donald trump responded by doing what he always does. Lashing out. This, time on social media, claiming that President Biden had weaponize the doj and the fbi. Of course, there is no evidence to support that whatsoever. And its requests, the special counsels office contends that trump hosts amount to more than a mere breach of decorum, because his public vit
If you want to ask any questions about this case where we re headed, you can always find me at airy melber on social media, whichever one you use, and if you want to connect with me you can go to ari melber.com to connect with me directly. thank you for spending time with us on this special two hour edition. our colleague joy reid joins tomorrow night, tonight she was on well earned vacation. all in with chris hayes starts right now. arts right now. tonight on all in i am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday the 25th day of august. donald trump is given ten days to surrender. he s got to surrender by the 25th. the debates on the 23rd. what s the plan? to surrender, he will surrender. a familiar refrain returns