for the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now trump indicted. the first ever crimina indictment of a former president of the united states the first time in his lif that the guy is actually min held accountable for his own dirty deeds. did you think this day woul actually come with this man? karma is a bench. we don t know what happen in this event. but we do know that th republican party has decided that it s not going to take an off ramp once again. give the president some money to fight this bowl [bleep]. in washington, trump buddies in the house are still demanding that essentially d break hand over all thei evidence to them you have no jurisdictio here it will require them to b pro of money payment to poin stars, pro insurrection, pro classified documents sitting around in mar-a-lago thereafter before so many things oh, those prosecutors. this is a genuine test of how much are we are as a democracy that believes in liberty under law. and i don
it s the first time in hi life that the guy is actuall being held accountable for his own dirty deeds. did you think that this day would ever come for this man karma is a big pitch. we don t know what but what we do know is that th republican party has decided i not going to take an off ram once again give the president some money to bite this bowl [bleep so demanding that da brag essentially hand over all of his evidence - you have no jurisdictio here it will require them to b pro-hush money payments to por stars, pro insurrection, pro classified documents sitting around at mar-a-lago - arrested me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. this is a genuine test of how much war we are as a democracy that believes in liberty under law. and i don t know how we ar going to do. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle, back at msnbc headquarters in new york city donald trump s true hometown this weekend, the former president will likely be preparing
law and can do whatever he wishes with impunity and he s finally facin accountability we re sending a powerful message to the world that no one is above the law, not even a former president that in the united states of america, there is no king or queen, or the only king or queen is the majesty of th law. when you say we are sending a message, who is we the american legal system american democracy, that s what s at stake. the decision to indict donal trump was not made on the basi of politics, it was made on th basis of law by a grand jury o his peers. and as a criminal defendant, donald trump is entitled to du process, he s entitled t presumption of innocence and he should surrender himsel to manhattan district attorney and defend himself in a cour of law, rather than attempt to delegitimized the process. and i find it outrageous tha house republicans have bee intent on intimidating alvin bragg, district attorney, an
american democracy, that s what s at stake. the decision to indict donal trump was not made on the basi of politics, it was made on th basis of law by a grand jury o his peers. and as a criminal defendant, donald trump is entitled to du process, he s entitled to th presumption of innocence and he should surrender himsel to manhattan district attorney and defend himself in a cour of law, rather than attempt to delegitimized the process. and i find it outrageous tha house republicans have bee intent on intimidating alvin bragg, the manhattan distric attorney, and interfering with a ongoing criminal prosecution that, to me, is a violation of ethics, it s abuse of power. you know, republicans ofte decry the weaponization of government, and here you have republican weaponizing government against the manhattan district attorney is that what concerns you the most as this process begins? because it s not about political weaponization, thi is about the american lega system and that s gettin